Posts tagged tropes.

bananaleaves:

Negative Stereotypes of Asians in Films

fascinasians:

The Typical Asian American Male

Evil Asian Men

More often than not, Asian men have always played the role of the evil and greedy gangster in popular adventure movies such as Lethal Weapon 4, Rush Hour and The Year…

Tropes vs. Women: #6 The Straw Feminist

femfreq:

The Straw Feminist trope is a deliberately created, exaggerated caricature of a feminist that is used to undermine and ridicule feminist movements.

More info and Full video transcript is available at FeministFrequency.com

How to Make a Michael Cera Movie

kyssthis16:

r-o-n:

I love when people have a sense of humor about themselves lol

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Chris Meloni is awesome!!!!!

Tropes vs. Women #5: The Mystical Pregnancy

The Mystical Pregnancy is a trope writers use to create drama and terror by invading, violating and exploiting women’s reproductive capabilities. Often these female characters have their ovaries harvested by aliens or serve as human incubators for demon spawn. Sometimes they are carrying the Messiah and other times Satan himself.

(more info over at Bitch)

“Superhero Movie Law #42”

lol right??

The Random Black Girl 

Patina Miller singing Random Black Girl.  It’s about how new musicals all just so happen to include a soulful, sassy, big-voiced, big-bottomed black girl in the ensemble (I’m looking at you, Glee).

(via Sociological Images)