Saturday, May 3, 2008

SUPER.

OK. I know that this movie isn't brand-spankin'-new, however, I was recently watching it and I realized how perfect it was for this class. If not for race, which it does a terrible representation of for those who aren't American, it represents the main characters near perfectly. The three teenage guys (Seth, McLovin, and Evan) are in their Senior year of high school and each of them have a crush on different girls. They get invited to a party at one of the girl's house and the meat of the story comes from the journey that they each have in order to get to the party.

The representation of gender comes in during the very early stages of the movie...basically the first line. Although it's a raunchy film and girls usually don't like it, the guys talk about...guy things. Their man-parts, girl parts, sex, Seth's little artistic issue as a child, drinking, what's going to happen in college, what they THINK is going to happen in college and so-forth. The thing is, these "boys" transform into young gentlemen by the end of the movie. No, they don't become strapping young men with perfect grammar, but that's the point. The representation of teenage males in America is great. From being losers and being spit in the face in the very beginning of the movie, to winning over each girl that they like in the end, they truly become Super-Bad. My hats off to Seth Rogan who wrote this...I'm marrying you.

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