Since the beginning of the decade, movies keep coming out with a unique plot: the life of teenagers in the United States. Whether it’s in high school or in college. A few examples could be Mean Girls, High School Musical, One Tree Hill to not name them all.
All these shows, whether they still air or not, have one characteristic in common: they all show an American way of Life in the United States that usually, isn’t completely real.
Whether these shows tell the story of New York’s golden youth, the incredible story of two young teenagers playing in a musical play of their high school and falling in love, or a bully who will intentionally take anyone they walk by down.
What do movie or TV show producers try to show in their work? Are we witnessing an intentional desire to attract people to the United States? Why not show what high schools and colleges really look like? Is this way of showing the world what the American way of Life looks like in the best conditions? To what extent can we say that the movies show the reality of teenage life of Americans?
It is also important to understand how some producers try to point out more societal problems among teenagers at school in order to educate teenagers on these « hot topics ». …show more content…
A TV Show where the golden youth of Manhattan live better than most adults around the planet. By watching the first few episodes, you can most likely set up a plot in your mind: young high school seniors drinking, going to swelled galas, and doing drugs. This is the supposedly magical life of young Manhattan high school students: how disillusional does it get? It doesn’t take much to know that this whole environment is made up, and that only one student in New York out of ten thousand have this lifestyle, like many metropolis such as Paris, London, Los
All these shows, whether they still air or not, have one characteristic in common: they all show an American way of Life in the United States that usually, isn’t completely real.
Whether these shows tell the story of New York’s golden youth, the incredible story of two young teenagers playing in a musical play of their high school and falling in love, or a bully who will intentionally take anyone they walk by down.
What do movie or TV show producers try to show in their work? Are we witnessing an intentional desire to attract people to the United States? Why not show what high schools and colleges really look like? Is this way of showing the world what the American way of Life looks like in the best conditions? To what extent can we say that the movies show the reality of teenage life of Americans?
It is also important to understand how some producers try to point out more societal problems among teenagers at school in order to educate teenagers on these « hot topics ». …show more content…
A TV Show where the golden youth of Manhattan live better than most adults around the planet. By watching the first few episodes, you can most likely set up a plot in your mind: young high school seniors drinking, going to swelled galas, and doing drugs. This is the supposedly magical life of young Manhattan high school students: how disillusional does it get? It doesn’t take much to know that this whole environment is made up, and that only one student in New York out of ten thousand have this lifestyle, like many metropolis such as Paris, London, Los