Blog #5 Sports, movies and Society

            In society everyone has a certain thing that they do for entertainment. A stereotypical male will watch hours of sports on television. Men watch a lot of sports because they feel that is shows strength and they like teamwork. They also will watch sports because then they have something to talk about with their buddies. Athletes are idolized because of the athletic abilities of the athletes and how they look because it shows strength. In sports both males and females can be idolized sexually and in the 2 pictures we saw they were. The male had his picture of him staged and it was only covering his gentiles. The women was in her sports bra after taking her shirt off from winning soccer and everyone made a big deal about it but, I feel since she was in a sports bra and it was a natural reaction it is not a big deal and it is not a big deal due to it being a spontaneous reaction. The Male was a staged picture because it was photoshop'd so that he was jumping out of the pool and there is no way he would be able to do that and still cover up his genitals.

            Sexism also ties into the Jud Apartow movies like knocked up and 40 Year Old Virgin because in these movies there is a stereotype and many sexual references. In Knocked Up that is the reason that they guys including Seth Rogan’s Character go to the club because they want to dance with sexy women and try to “hook up” with them. Katherine Hegel’s character is the stereotypical female who is hard working and trying to have a little fun when she and her sister go to the club. When her and Seth hook up it is because of them both being drunk so she takes him to her house and they end up having sex which you can tell she regrets later on. Society is like this because it seems like it happens a lot where people get drunk and do not know what they are doing and they regret it after. Another stereotype that comes up in the movie is that all guys think about is sex because the guys are watching movies to see where boob flashes are. Also after Katherine Hegel’s character ends up pregnant and she and her sister go to the club they are turned away because they are not the idea of what they bouncer feels is sexy. These stereotypes end up getting imbedded into people’s minds which causes them to think that way. In 40 year old virgin there are a lot of sexual references because of Andy (Steve Carelles character) never having sex because he wasn’t good at it. Also the guys pick on him and this is what happens in society when a guy hasn’t done what most guys have done he is perceived as either a gay guy or he is a loser. His buddies are all giving him bad advice because that is what they have seen on TV and have experienced so they feel that this is the way he will be able to lose his virginity. The comments they make are all stereotypical but it is comments that happen in society when just guys are around.

            Lastly Pulp fiction was about society and its stereotypes but Quinton Terrentino was making fun of what happens in society because there was detailed dialogue between the two guys who were acting as the investigators/ mob hired help. His style was also to mock the way that violence is by making it unrealistic. Therefore, the movie was realistic but funny at the same time.  All of these examples portray stereotypes that happen in society just maybe not at prominate as they did in the films and they are funny to look at and it’s a way for our society to look at the movies and relate them to other people and then laugh at themselves.