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Clueless Concepts Application Paper

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Concepts Application Paper: “Clueless” The movie that I chose for my concepts application paper was “Clueless.” “Clueless,” is a coming of age comedy directed by Amy Heckerling in 1995. The movie follows the life of a rich and popular high school girl, Cher and her best friend Dionne. The duo takes on the project of changing a new, unpopular girl, Tai, into one of the coolest “it” girls in school. Along this journey, Cher finds herself establishing relationships, and finding her true inner self. An analysis of the movie “Clueless,” uncovers many relationships, and behaviors between characters that are prominent examples of person perception. The film “Clueless,” begins with the characters Cher and Dionne meeting a new exchange student, Tai, and taking it upon themselves to transform her into one of the most popular girls in school. Tai’s interdependent self was very important. According to the text by Tubbs, the concept of interdependent self is having a high value on connection that is collected by self esteem, and also wanting to be apart of the “in” crowd. Tai really wanted to be apart of Cher’s popular clique. Because of her necessity to fit in, Tai allowed Cher and her friends to influence and change her style of dress, interests, and even the people …show more content…

According to Tubbs, stereotyping is the generalization of a group that is often inaccurate. Throughout the film, Cher and her friends stereotyped many of the people and groups in their school. For an example, Cher did not want to associate with anyone that was in the “hippie” clique because they were perceived as unsuccessful, and unmotivated. Cher made this judgment before attempting to get to know anyone apart of this subculture. After Cher opened her mind, she met Travis, who was a “hippie” that was very motivated to succeed in the Amateur Skateboarding League. Travis was an example of how stereotypes are often

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