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    When watching movies about high school‚ it soon becomes apparent that there are common character tropes within the genre. For instance‚ there is often a popular blonde with a dumb‚ jock boyfriend‚ and an average‚ but likable new student who challenges her authority. When asked why these types of characters are so plentiful‚ David Denby‚ writer of “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies‚” explains that these movies are the products of indignant screenwriters who both fantasize and scorn the

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    In the essay “ High School Confidential : Notes on Teen Movies” by David Denby is explaining what happens in teen movies and mainly is describing different characters that are involved in these movies. Throughout this essay Denby uses extreme words such as the most hated and dumb to describe some of the characters in the movies. Throughout this essay Denby states the different characters that plays in teen movies. He starts off by describing the popular girl which he says is usually blonde and

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    High school in real life is full of surprises‚ but according to David Denby in his article "High School Confidential‚" High School in the movies is very predictable. The typical Hollywood "High School Scene" opens with the jock and the cheerleader characters. Blonde and buff‚ the Jock and the Cheerleader are superficial and proud to proclaim it. They are popular and perky‚ and always too good to be true. The cheerleader is usually the enemy of the hero or heroine. She is generally rich‚ blonde‚ and

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    What defines a work as “pop culture?” And conversely‚ what defines a work as “art?” What magical quality distinguishes the seemingly unremarkable projects of Bay‚ Warhol‚ and Collins from the prestigious masterpieces of Welles‚ Rembrandt‚ and Tolstoy? Popular culture is the ocean in which the arts swim‚ and when one contemplates and examines “the arts” it is done in a world defined by popular culture. (Or‚ in cultural theory terms‚ popular culture is the Other‚ for the arts — the thing the arts supposedly

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    English 5 9/21/2013 Oedipus and David Denby In David Denby’s great books he speaks about one of his classes on Oedipus. David Denby writes of his own life experiences and how it connected to him. He talks about this women named Rebecca who had a strong feeling about Sophocles and the tragedy that happened to Oedipus which I have similar thoughts on. Rebecca is an intense reader and can’t wrap her head around things when it comes to confusing situations. David Denby makes a good argument on whether

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    article "High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies" by David Denby‚ p. 366‚ I believe that genre films reflect reality. All the scenes in genre films took place in high school‚ where presented many types of people such as the jocks sport‚ the nerd‚ the gangsters‚ the mean girls‚ the pretty girls‚ the prom queens‚ the ugly girls‚ the rich kids‚ and the slackers. Because of the presence of these people‚ it made the genre films more reality. Even though‚ I am not a teen in high school right now

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    detail‚ it categorizes people and divides them among each other. In the essay “High School confidential: Notes on Teen Movies.”‚ author David Denby states that typical teen movies all have the same two type of characters that are repeatedly used. “She is beautiful and rich…everyone is afraid of her‚ that’s why she is popular…she has a counterpart. He’s usually a football player” (366). In reality‚ this may apply to many schools where it is indeed correct that the popular people are the most attractive

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    Mean Girls and High School Confidential The movie Mean Girls‚ was filmed and produced to highlight the various and different forms of the “average” High School‚ and its students which include: the various cliques of students‚ who believe they are the most popular‚ or those who are too scared to expose themselves to the real world. There are many various groups described in Mean Girls which‚ reflect upon almost all high schools throughout the world. Mean Girls brings out a major discussion

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    government‚ media outlet or other controlling body. According to Denby‚ his main issue with censorship is with the media and how it affects our society‚ especially the younger generations. Denby makes things today seem responsible for the way that they are because of media’s portrayal of teenage life. As Denby states in his “Avalanche” essay‚ he gives various reasons as to why our society has been crushed by the avalanche of crud. Denby starts off discussing about censorship in the past such as the

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    STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL www.luxurycare.co.uk “luxury care in a luxury Environment” PRE-Employment Health Questionnaire The purpose of this questionnaire is to determine your fitness for the post you have applied for with Luxurycare.co.uk and to advise management of any reasonable adjustments (measures needed to support you in this post if you have a disability which falls within the Disability Discrimination Act 2005). It will be retained confidentially on your Employee File in accordance with

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