Stereotypes Of Pop Culture

Many individuals would ask, what is pop culture? “Popular culture is a term that once characterized mass-produced or low-brow culture: pop music, potboilers and page-turners, movies, comics, advertising, and radio and television.” Today, pop culture remains particularly aimed at younger people; however, popular culture may be targeted at anyone of any age group. Popular culture may influence our thoughts, likes, dislikes, behavior, and many other characteristics of an individual. First, in the article, “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies,” David Denby, a staff writer and film critic for New Yorker and the former film critic for New York, wrote, “High-school movies are also full of unease and odd, mixed-up emotions. They may be …show more content…
Twain shows the stereotypical images that society creates through a hoop skirt. There are many individuals who remain afraid to stand up for his or herself and what he or she believes in. From society, it is implanted into our brains to “enjoy” or “love” what everyone else loves. According to Twain, “It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist.” It sometimes remains very hard for an individual to stand up for him or herself. Instead, this particular individual will most likely act as if she likes or dislikes something just to fit in with society. Third, Denby and Twain both believe that society has changed in the matter of what we value most. Everyone on this Earth should feel comfortable in his or her own skin and acting like his or her true self. Denby talks about the high-school movies that always have the “popular” characters in them, and this teaches children that they should strive to be in the “popular group” at their high school. Twain talks about how one woman stopped wearing a skirt because it was not in fashion, even though the girl liked it. Both authors of these articles showed the