Wednesday 6 October 2010

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                            Dominant and alternative ideology
A movie that presents dominant ideology is kidult hood; this movie shows kids being involved in violence, crimes, robberies and fights. This reflects the negative image people already have of young people.  It also shows many young black males involved in crimes and drug dealing. This is also another stereotype. Another stereotype is young people taking drugs or being high or drunk, This movie shows many
A move that shows alternative ideology is cheaper by the dozen, as this shows a range of different age grouped siblings who are all different yet find ways to fix in with each other. Also, Even though there teenagers there aren’t committing crimes or taking drugs.
Kidulthood:
The film is about a group of fifteen-year old teenagers from a rough area of London. The main characters are Trevor aka "Trife", and Alisa (Red Madrell) whose single day is followed. Although the opening scenes of a school ground seem to portray a fairly typical story of bullies and teenage life, it is soon obvious that something more sinister is going on. An older student named Sam (Noel Clarke), the main bully of the school, harasses Trevor and his friends and Sam brags to Trevor that he has been sleeping with Alisa. It also transpires that a student, Katie, is being badly beaten by a group of girls. She is approached after school by Sam, who even threatens to kill her if she tells anyone. It is soon clear that Katie's parents are not paying attention to her and ignoring the extent of the bullying. Katie then decides to write a note and hangs herself in her room.
Cheaper by the dozen:
The film opens with patriarch Tom Baker taking a morning jog while his wife Kate narrates on how the two met and became the parents of 12 children. At this point, the Bakers are living in a rural neighborhood near Midland, Indiana. Tom coaches the football team at a small college and Kate is working on a book about her marriage and motherhood that she hopes to get published in the near future.
While at work one day, Tom gets a visit from amazing Shake McGuire, his former college football teammate who is now the athletic director at their alma mater. Shake informs Tom that the university is seeking a new football coach and that he wants Tom to help make their old team a group of winners again. After work, Tom tells Kate about the job offer in the basement, turning on the washing machine so that the kids cannot hear about the job offer. The kids hear Tom and Kate talking anyway and when Tom tells the news the kids are disappointed and they demand to vote about the move and Tom agrees. After Tom loses the vote to move he anyway accepts Shake's offer much to the children's dismay.
The Bakers move into a large, 1920s-era house outside of Chicago. While Tom is being interviewed by Fox Sports about the new coaching job, Kate gets a call from her publishing friend whom she had sent the book to and learns that the book is getting published. The publisher wants the book in stores by Christmas, so she must travel to New York to do promotional work for the book. This means that Tom will have to look after the children.

1 comment:

  1. WWW - You show a good understanding of the term 'dominant ideology' and apply it thoughtfully to Kidulthood.

    EBI - You explain more carefully why you think Cheaper by the Dozen has alternative ideology.

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