Representation

Class - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14488486

The general representation of the underclass is rather negative and perhaps unfair, the opening sentence talks of a more menacing underclass, the pictures show teenagers, in hoodies and mainly show black people too which is an unfair representation of this race and class too. The BBC is a very respectable company and they offer coverage of most news stories, they are unbiased in the majority of their reportings and wish only to convey the facts, although it appears to be a negative representation, this is not intentional.

Gender - Family Guy



Family Guy represents women negatively the majority of the time. They are seen as either objects of sexual desire or just as complete idiots in general, this particular scene shows the suffragettes, who are displayed as silly teenage girls having pillow fights and calling boys cute. This is a negative representation but it plays on the stereotypical image of women for humour not because this the view they actually represent.

Age - Harry Brown



Harry Brown represents the elderly very differently to anything seen before, although it shows Harry as a standard pensioner to start with, he soon transforms into the badass that the film focuses on. This is neither a positive or negative representation as there are both aspects, it is positive that it shows not all elderly people just sit at home watching day time TV but it is negative in the fact that harry goes on to kill  handful of people. The producer has tried to change the representation of the elderly but he does not necessarily wish for it to be a positive or negative, it is more what you make of it. It is primarily done for the entertainment factor, as it breaks the stereotypes and therefore this draws attention to the film.

Race - Family Guy



This is a very negative representation of the British and Indians, it displays the british as conforming to the stereotypes such as having large teeth and being incredibly well spoken. The Indian woman has been given an incredibly strong indian accent and also has a bindhi spot, this is a religious marking from Hinduism, just because she is indian does not mean she is a Hindu. Again, this is a negative representation but just the same as before, it is done for the humour not because this is what the producer actually believes the British or Indians to be like. It plays on stereotypes because people find this funny, even those who have been given the negative representation.

Sexuality - The Big Bang Theory



Sexuality is represented negatively here, one with the women actually suppressing her homosexual tendencies and everyone assuming Raj is gay because he is incredibly camp. Raj is supposedly the stereotypical gay guy, this is a negative representation as it is saying everyone who is camp is gay, this is a view reflected by a lot of people, however it does not necessarily reflect the views of the producers of the show. This has been probably been done for humour rather than actually trying to represent sexuality in a negative light, and is a joke continued throughout the entirety of the TV show, showing it has been accepted as humour not spite.