Evaluation 2: How does you media product represent particular social groups?

Our main character, Megan represented a new girl. She is seen as an outcast with very few friends. In many ways, she is similar to Cady Heron in Mean Girls. Both characters are new and seen as an outcast. However, they both makes friends with popular characters. Megan becomes friends with Ellie and Cady becomes friends with Regina. At some point in the film, both characters are disliked. An 'outsider' is a stereotypical character in teen angst films. There are differences between Cady and Megan however, because Cady becomes popular in Mean Girls, while Megan stays as a bit of an outcast despite becoming friends with Ellie

  

 

Ellie is represented as one of the 'populars' at the beginning of the film, and remains that way for the whole film despite being friends with Megan, who many people dislike. She is also smart and responsible, and gets good grades at school. She is similar to Kate from Wildchild. Kate befriends the new girl, Poppy, and Ellie befriends Megan. They both care about their appearance as well as their studies. The 'popular' girls are also frequently represented in teen angst films, normally as being very bitchy. At the beginning of the film, Ellie and her friends stare at Megan as if they are judging her and looking down on her. Although this is dissimilar to Kate's character, it is a stereotype of a lot of popular girls in teen angst films.

Aaron is the 'sidekick' to antagonist in our teen angst film. He doesn't necessarily want to bully the main character but does it to stay on the good side of the antagonist. He is similar to Ryan from High School Musical, because Ryan doesn't really want to be horrible to Gabriella and Troy, but his sister convinces him that he should. In addition, both characters care about their appearance. They both have hobbies however Aaron's is sport and Ryan's is musical theatre.