Queer Cinema

Towards the end of the book at the dance Vernon the football quarterback sees him dancing with his ex girlfriend and he gets really mad but Scott realizes that he can stand up for himself. On page 257 Scott sees his newborn brother for the first time. Since Scott

Three main character of this film, who clearly communicate aspects of the genre are Ferris Bueller, Ed Rooney and Cameron Frye. Paragraph 1: Ferris Bueller- The character Ferries Bueller is the film Ferris Bueller’s day off is introduced as the protagonist of the teen gene. Ferris is the typical fun, enargite, mysterious teenager who is loved by everyone. The first image shows Ferris laying sick in bed with his mother standing over him. Ferris is manipulating his parents into thinking he was sick to get the day off school.

Film genres give the audience information into the type movie it may be, this in turn helps them to decide whether the movie is suitable for them or not. The Maltese Falcon, a film categorised as Film Noir and The Searchers, a Western genre film, are both from different genres but both reinforce and challenge dominant social and cultural beliefs and values throughout each film. Each genre can be broken down into; codes, conventions and narrative conventions. Codes are aspects of the text that help the audience make meaning. These codes can be shown as symbolic, written, audio and technical.

The notion of a “queer way of life” presented in Judith Halberstam’s essay, Queer Temporalities and Postmodern Geographies, can be quite jarring upon one’s first encounter with the alternative perception of the normal progression of a human being’s life; however, the continuous use of queer time and space found in Western contemporary films demonstrates our society’s acceptance, and desire, for representations of alternative ways of living. The complex characters and storylines developed in the famous musical and film Rent capture the essence of queer space and time, which is the possibility of existence lying “outside of those paradigmatic markers of life experience -- namely, birth, marriage, reproduction, and death” (Halberstam 365). Touching

Nathan Juhl Mrs. Daigle Pre-AP English 03 October 2017 Independent Novel Project: Hit Count Main Characters A- The protagonist of the book Hit Count by Chris Lynch is Arlo Brody. Arlo is a freshman in highschool and is in love with the game of football. Arlo is hardworking and determined to play highschool football for the varsity team even though his mom quotes head injuries from ´the file´. Arlo is one of the best players on the varsity team and makes all of the monstrous plays and that is enough to convince him that everything is okay.¨All I ever wanted to do was hit people¨ (Lynch 1). B- The antagonists of the book Hit Count by Chris Lynch is Arlo 's mom.

The comedy film, Napoleon Dynamite (2004), is a hilarious cult movie that stars Jon Heder as Napoleon, Efren Ramirez as Pedro Sanchez, Tina Majorino as Deb Bradshaw, and Aaron Ruell as Kip Dynamite. This movie follows the character of Napoleon who is a socially awkward 16-year old boy living in Idaho. Napoleon is not a popular character. He only has three friends and they are the dweebs of their high school. However, this does not discourage them from running for class president, attending their school dance, and living their immensely awkward and immature young lives.

Post 1 Micheal Tan’s article talks about his opinion of the film Zombading. He is not happy about the stereotypes in the film and the way Zombading provide a potential opportunity for the homophobia people to laugh at LGBT characters. To me, stereotypes are not a problem because the film is full of representations which are not stereotypes. Like Jigs. Even though I disagree with Tan on other parts of his argument, I do agree with his point that it is quite disturbing that the father took Remington’s curse, so that his son could live as a straight man again.

After much difficulty to get a girl, he ends up with a beautiful one who he loses his virginity too. Additionally, in Superbad, all three boys main goal is to lose their virginities. Evan and Seth both fail at their intent to have sex but Sam succeeds and has sex with a pretty girl. His character’s loss of innocence is very similar to Terry, he begins the film as a nerd and ends up as a character with more confidence. Another aspect of maturation/loss of innocence in the films is the characters and they're dealing with alcohol.

In many shots of the commercial, the women are wearing low cut blouses to show off their breasts. The movie also showcases a chubby teenage boy that intends to be part of the Baywatch lifeguard team. Putting an overweight contender can relate to some teens that are also overweight that wish to do something that overweight people usually do not do. This movie also appeals to adults that watched the original series. These adults will want to go see this new Baywatch instillation because it was part of their past and seeing it would be very nostalgic.

J.D. Salinger does not censor any of these aspects in his book which was unusual for the conservative times it was written in. This is one of the reasons why the book became popular back in 50s.The emotion of teenage angst is expressed through Holden’s bitter and sarcastic remarks towards the people around him, his falling grades, his need to not confirm to the rules of society. This is the reason Catcher in the Rye has a large number of adolescent fans and although technologically the times have changed, but on an emotional level the alienation that Holden’s character feels is still relatable to any teenager, making it a popular work even today. As Holden very aptly says in regards to the feeling of