Journalist stereotypes in movies ....

ron.burgundy · 17-02-2006 4:06pm #1

Hey all,

I was watching Die Hard 2 the other night and saw how journalists are portrayed in films. Its always in a negative light, can anyone else think of any other movies with this kind of stereotype?

Of course Anchorman is one!

Sleepy · 17-02-2006 4:13pm

Not in High Fidelity...

In that movie journalists are sexy twenty-something brunettes that want to shag you... I like High Fidelity

Dudess · 17-02-2006 4:20pm

Big time! Especially female ones. In The Life of David Gale, Kate Winslet plays your usual ball-breaking, man-hating, but vulnerable, hack. Ditto Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (although that is a satire). Who else? Courtney Cox in Scream - another unpleasant piece of work. Network - Faye Dunaway is just evil. I'm actually a journalist myself, but it doesn't really bother me. It's just funny. Be nice to see a female journalist who isn't nasty and manipulative with a hidden agenda, though.
I don't know. Am I wrong, but do most of the "honourable investigative journalist" roles go to males?

Hugh Hefner · 17-02-2006 4:34pm

Weird. I was just thinking about this in the shower, not 20 minutes ago (it's not what you think).

Dudess wrote:

Courtney Cox in Scream - another unpleasant piece of work.

I think this is a time when the character was acceptable. I mean, her name was "Gale Weathers" for **** sake. I think Kevin Williams (the writer) was playing up the stereotype.