Monday, February 13, 2012

Stock Characters (Modern Family)

          My stereotypical character isn't all that minor but she isn't the protagonist either, she shares her part equally with the rest of the cast throwing in her Colombian flare whenever it's needed. So I chose a woman named Gloria who is very loud, feisty and centered on family. I can't fit all of this into one video but I did manage to find one that shows off the loud/feisty part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuSvPWxaZw  Some other aspects of Gloria's personality is her love for her huge family, (Gloria's happy to name of all 29 of her cousins and is proud of each of them even the ones that steal cars) and her passion for love and life, (She's always encouraging others to step out of their box and live more freely.)
          So other then Gloria I did think of a few good stock characters, I just couldn't find videos for them. The first are Ace and Linton who are probably some of the most stereotypically black people I've seen. They're part of the TV series Skins and are the brothers of one of the main characters Jal. Ace and Linton spend their time with their friend in their room trying to become big time rappers and speaking in some gangster language that's impossible to understand. The thing is they're supposed to be a joke it's more the writers mocking that stereotype because both of them come from a wealthy family and really have no hardships in front of them, just two black guys wishing they came from the ghettos.
        
        

1 comment:

  1. hahaha the last part about Ace and Linton was pretty funny! And I agree with the part about Gloria after watching the show it's clear she resembles a typical Columbian woman

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