Cinematic Stereotypes

You drive to the local movie theatre. You buy a ticket for a comedy movie. You buy your popcorn, and walk into the movie. It's one of those 'fish-out-of-water' movies, where a guy is in a place he's not supposed to be in. In this movie, it's about a nerd who moves to an area where there's all these crime wars, and he tries to join a gang. The movie starts after some previews, and the opening screen is of a nerd. How do you know he's a nerd? He's got short straight hair, has thick glasses with thick rims. He takes short steps when he walks.

It's this kind of things that really makes me angry. I mean, really, 'nerds' are not to be classified by Steven Spielberg. People can only be judged by what they act like, not what they look like. You can easily say 'They look like XYZ so they are a nerd'. But why is XYZ nerdish? Because these moviemakers said so. They're making somebody's life harder because these moviemakers said so. And no, I'm not talking about specififc moviemaker jobs, or directors, or people. It's the industry. They're making stereotypes by putting them in movies. If someone dresses up 'nerdy' too, they're are a million variables. Maybe they can't afford new clothes, etc. If someone acts idiotic, and like they're better than everybody else, or whatever pisses you off, fine. It's personalities that define people, not their clothes, or hair style.

It's not only nerds. It's gays, minorities, and other people.

It's the movie industry. Don't point the fingers at the bullies (for the most part). Point it at the people who inspire the bullies, the people that tell the bullies who's prey and who's lord.