Maid In Manhattan Movie Analysis

Nothing better than watching a typical Cinderella story about a maid who falls in love with a wealthy person, unless the movie is filled with stereotypes. When watching a Maid in Manhattan, you first see a maid that falls in-love with a wealthy man, but as you continue to watch and think about the details of the characters you start to see all the stereotypes that make the movie so entertaining. Before getting to in depth of analysis of the movie, let first ask ourselves ‘What is a Stereotype?’ While reading through different definitions of stereotypes, I found one that seems the most explicit. On the dictionary website, dictionary.com, it states under the sociological definition that a stereotype is, “a simplified and standardized conception …show more content…
When analyzing the movie you can point out many of time where the producers are using mind changing stereotypes. Watching movies that use stereotypes for entertainment purposes pose a threat to the audiences mind. The audiences is given different images about to put in their mind about certain races, cultures, and people. Although there are many people to blame for these unfortunate images, people can only blame their selves for believing the entertainment business. The job of the entertainment business is to entertain their audience, not to tell the truth, and although we shouldn’t believe everything we read or watch, we still do. Many people will watch Maid in Manhattan and not see the stereotypes in the details but characterize people around them that seem fit. The audience needs to take into consideration that the movie production business will use stereotypes to entertain people but they shouldn’t take them so literally. More movies will continue to be published that will use stereotypes to entertain us, like Maid in Manhattan. What we, as the audience, needs to do is be aware that stereotypes are characterizing people who don’t always fit into those characterizations, and we need to be aware of the