07/07/2009

Common Stereo Types of a Teen Genre


Genre: Teen

Taditionally in a teen genre film there are two groups of friends, ushally in a schhol. One group is traditionaly the 'popular' group, who consist of the bitchy girls and the 'jocks' (popular boys). The other group is traditionaly the protagonist so 'the unpopular' group. Taditionally a group of people who don't follow the crowd and are seen as uncool, and reffered to as 'nerds' or 'geeks', they are ushally victims of bullying from the 'popular' group.

In the High School Musical triology, the lead character Troy Bolton is the popular kid in school, captin of the basketball team and the school heatthrob, this sterotypically is seen as antagonist but in HSM he is the protagonist. Troy is still hard working at school and also part of the drama club which is not stereotypical of a 'jock', his girlfriend is also the new girl at school and is seen as the geeky clever girl. This is a more traditional representation in this genre.

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