How do Americans act? The show is a bit on the crazy, over dramatic and mean side at times. They are outgoing, very expressive, and at times can be very material and shallow. Some are intelligent why some are as dumb as a stump. They may pounce on the weaker members of their society and yet for those within it can be very forgiving and supportive. They look like they walked out of magazines like, “Teen”, “GQ”, “Cosmo”, and “Sports Illustrated”. They look older than what would be expected of people their age (they are supposed to be like 16, yah right) but are all, generally, very attractive and fit for the most part. They are a diverse group of individuals and have at least four or five different ethnicities that they hang out with, they are mixed gender, sexual preference, and there is even one pregnant girl. They are far more diverse than you would expect the average teen in America to be. They are students for the most part that like to sing and do some dancing. They are also cheerleaders. Some are teachers, husband, and wives or girlfriends. For the most part they now like to hang out with each other, or a select few within their group. I the beginning of the show they didn’t like to hang out with each other due to the different “social status” each had. They live with their parents or in their own homes (teachers that is). The state they live in is Ohio and to be honest, I don’t even recall the name of the town they live in. The show takes place in the high school they attend.
The good things this would tell someone who has no other experience with is that we are diverse, talented, can be kind, and we are very attractive. The bad things this show would tell someone is that we are shallow, vain, materialistic, and that we can be mean. This show lives so out there on the edge of our reality that I would fear any impression it would give off of us as a people in general. One thing else it would show them, is that we have a good sense of humor and we really like to smile. The show I watched is “Glee”.
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I also did mine on Glee, I personally like the show, I think the crazyness and never being able to predict what was going to happen drew me in. I don't think that the average high school would have that much diversity. I also agree that they could have done a better job at at casting people who were actually in the age bracket of a high school student.
ReplyDeleteI have never watched the drama before but sounds interesting. I agree most of drama is dramatic and thing which never happen in a real life could happen. I agree with Sara and I thought that America has diversity but not everywhere. For example, this small beautiful town RF and LA California are very different.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this show, but after reading Sara's post and your's, I may have to see an episode. I think that most American television shows feature young, beautiful people. In real life, beautiful people exist but not in such high concentrations. I think this affects both how other countries view Americans and how Americans view ourselves (at the very least, it affects our self esteem if you don't fit the part). I also agree that most areas of the country, including Ohio, are not as diverse as you described.
ReplyDeleteThat show weirds me out way too much in order to watch it. It's crazy and almost evident to how the United States, as a media imperialist, just sweeps its audiences away and inspire so many, even those who didn't even like theater before, to dance and sing and tryout for yet another t.v show! GLEE has been an ongoing facebook contest to vote friends or family on the show. This is hilarious, and forgive me for my assumptions, but I never expect or imagine you watching that show. Haha!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this show but hear so much about it; maybe I will have to watch it some time. I agree with Katie on how American television shows cast their characters. So many of the actors and actresses are young and beautiful and portray this image (and sometimes even lifestyle) that just isn't realistic. Especially for the younger generation-middle schoolers and high schoolers. Shows like this give kids the impression that life is glamorous, dramatic, and sometimes even encourages inappropriate behavior. And to wonder why 13 year olds are drinking and having sex these days...hm, I wonder, Teen Mom!
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