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Stereotypes In Soul Plane

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Defenders in the entertainment industry argue that those who continue to pin point the stereotypes in television and film are simply “exaggerating”. The characters portraying the groups are all fictional and have no impact in real life. For example, Soul Plane which was viewed as this African American movie showing them in the most stereotypical way. However, Chuck Wilson which was one of the script writers says it was nothing more than another Dumb and Dumber. Robert Mckee who is a creative writing coach says “they aren’t out here trying to change the world” (Mckee). If writers focus on sociology problems in script writing the film wouldn't be as good as it intended to be. Some argue that the portrayal of these groups almost give them credit,

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