Denby And Seitz Summary

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The authors Denby and Seitz, writes about different type of movies, Denby focused on teen movies, and Seitz on African-American movies. Both started their articles with stereotyping the majority of movies. The purpose of Denby’s article is what teen’s movies is all about. Nearly most teen’s movie has a blond girl with an attitude, and that girl is always got an athlete boyfriend. Also, the outcasts group, which is the weak group at the beginning, but at the end of the movie, they become the heroes. The outcasts is usually bullied by the popular kids such as the blond girl and the athletes kids, but at the end of the movie, the outcasts always win and become the heroes. The purpose of the article is to show what the high school is look like

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