The Importance Of Stereotypes In The Film Horrible Bosses

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Minorities have made significant strides towards autonomy and equality over the last century. They had been subjected to oppression and cruelty. There was no proper representation for the natives and were considered ‘barbaric’ by the Europeans and Americans. In both continents, the Africans have been exploited to suit the needs of the colonizers. They have always been stereotyped, which are hasty generalizations, in all walks of life. In this article, I will discuss the relics of these stereotypes and how they are still portrayed, through various social media. Film is an important source. There are hundreds of movies made during the course of a year. A lot of themes are explored and conclusions are drawn. History is a major subject in film, …show more content…

The story depicts the life of three friends who conspire to murder their bosses when they realize they are in the way of their happiness. There is major stereotyping of the African American people as seen through certain scenes in the movie. The Blacks are shown as the perpetrators of crime and the neighborhoods where they dwell in are referred to as ‘dangerous neighborhoods ‘ and the black’s as ‘dangerous people’. The name of the character ‘motherfucker jones’, use of word like ‘y’all’, ‘ thirty large’ and their association with murder, gives the audience the conception that the African Americans are associated with crime, murder and other immoral occupations; that all black people are illiterate and immoral. A link has been attached below, which shows the scene where the linguistic features such as tone, content, aim etc used by the Black guy are extremely …show more content…

It portrays the African Americans in a typical role, that of the slave. Their dialect is also stereotyped with certain changes in the mode of speaking. Patsey is considered to speak in ‘unintelligible’ English seen through dialogues like “I got this from Mistress Shaw. Misstress Epps wont even grant me no soap. Stink so much, I make myself gag” , “that all I ax. Dis here what I went to shaw’s ‘fo.’ The disparity in her use of English in comparison to the standard English in the form of excess use of unnecessary terms colloquial terms, is marked in this

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