Stereotypes in books, films, media etc that bug you

badabing106

I don't think I have ever read a book where the older detective wasn't a raging hard liquor drinking alcoholic

EmmetSpiceland

badabing106 wrote: »

I don't think I have ever read a book where the older detective wasn't a raging hard liquor drinking alcoholic

Stop reading “Hardboiled” detective novels so.

Back on topic, it bugs me that the “sly” or “sarcastic” character on radio ads always has a strong Dublin accent. As if all Dubs are “Del-Boy” types who’ll rip off or take the piss out of anyone they encounter.

badabing106

The vifilcation of rodents in film. It is wrong. Highly intelligent, inquisitive, curious creatures, with not a single bad intentioned bone in their body

A rodent will never 'snitch' on you

ILoveYourVibes

badabing106 wrote: »

The vifilcation of rodents in film. It is wrong. Highly intelligent, inquisitive, curious creatures, with not a single bad intentioned bone in their body

A rodent will never 'snitch' on you

Agreed.

Also cats.

And older men being portrayed as grumpy or old fashioned.

judeboy101

That the nazis were bad people. History is written by the victor, remember that.

goose2005

badabing106 wrote: »

I don't think I have ever read a book where the older detective wasn't a raging hard liquor drinking alcoholic

You should watch "A Touch of Cloth", it sends up a lot of those detective stereotypes. He has a set of bar optics in his car and all

Kermit.de.frog

Irish stereotypes.

davidk1394

judeboy101 wrote: »

That the nazis were bad people. History is written by the victor, remember that.

They were gas men in all fairness

freshpopcorn

Straight white men only want sex!

judeboy101

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Straight white men only want sex!

What else would we want

freshpopcorn

judeboy101 wrote: »

What else would we want

Pints!

Brian?

badabing106 wrote: »

The vifilcation of rodents in film. It is wrong. Highly intelligent, inquisitive, curious creatures, with not a single bad intentioned bone in their body

A rodent will never 'snitch' on you

Ratatouille? An American Tale? Fifle Goes West? Flushed Away?

Very positive representations of rodents.

ILoveYourVibes

Brian? wrote: »

Ratatouille? An American Tale? Fifle Goes West? Flushed Away?

Very positive representations of rodents.

In the velvet darkness of the blackest night there's a guiding star.
No matter what or who you are.

ILoveYourVibes

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Straight white men only want sex!

Awh! :P

meeeeh

The kooky best friend.

frag420

judeboy101 wrote: »

What else would we want

Free dental...

Dr. Bre

Why are the Russians always bad guys in films !

farmerwifelet

That men find women who can't bake or paint without getting flour/paint on their face so sexy!
That someone only realises who the love of their life is when they are marrying someone else and the proceeds to wreck their wedding and their love gratefully runs away with them instead of punching them!!
Also if your wife and child are murdered/kidnapped it's perfectly fine to go on a murderous rampage and cause multiple car pile up injuring/killing innocent people as you get revenge and the police will just shake your hand at the end and let you stroll off into the sunset.

ILoveYourVibes

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Why are the Russians always bad guys in films !

Yeah. Guardians of the galaxy was a welcome departure.

ILoveYourVibes

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Irish stereotypes.

I think I almost fell for some of them.

We always think the Brits are smarter than us!

Some Irish stereotypes are cool though :P

farmerwifelet

Also women are always wandering around their houses in matching lingerie.
Irish men are bombers or priests.

ILoveYourVibes

farmerwifelet wrote: »

Also women are always wandering around their houses in matching lingerie.

I am

KathleenGrant

farmerwifelet wrote: »

Also women are always wandering around their houses in matching lingerie.
Irish men are bombers or priests.

I don't even match my socks much less my lingerie.

ziedth

The sassy Gay Friend - Reality TV is the best for this. Very rare to not have an American reality TV show without one.

The Kooky Best Friend


The Oaf/Nerdy Best Friend (Male)

The Rape of Lucretia

farmerwifelet wrote: »

Irish men are bombers or priests.

Handy way of signalling whether they were from the north or the south.

mfceiling

The quiet, nerdy girl with the glasses and the frumpy clothes.

Takes of glasses, puts on nice dress and gives her hair a bit of a comb.... Hey presto and she's a supermodel.

freshpopcorn

After hours moderators care about nothing but coke and hookers!

Your Face

The genius artist.

Scarinae

As someone who writes for a living, the portrayal of journalists really annoys me! They will spend weeks or months just doing one article - how is this cost effective?

Amy Schumer's character in Trainwreck is a prime example of this. She is told by her boss to write a profile of a sports doctor and manages to have an entire relationship with him in the time she's allotted to write the piece (not to mention that it's ethically dubious to get involved with someone you're meant to be writing objectively about) and doesn't appear to work on any other articles in that time. When she's interviewing him she doesn't take any notes, nor does she record what he's saying

AttentionBebe

Librarians are sexy and/or mean ladies who hiss at people to be quiet. Spot the writer who hasn't set foot in one in 20+ years

764dak

Rastafarian Jamaicans

ToddyDoody

The construction / DIY lesbian.
The princess / fairy gay man.

ToddyDoody

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Straight white men only want sex!

Completely.

They also want the house cleaned.

StupidLikeAFox

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Why are the Russians always bad guys in films !

And the Americans always the good guys!

rossie1977

Russia in particular Moscow..it's always snowing/dark and dreary in films. Just been and it's a world class vibrant city that is so clean. Was warm too

jimbobaloobob

rossie1977 wrote: »

Russia in particular Moscow..it's always snowing/dark and dreary in films. Just been and it's a world class vibrant city that is so clean. Was warm too

Good to hear any time I was there it was as you first described.

ILoveYourVibes

I am trying to think of Stereotypes of Irish women.

I suppose that we are all like Mrs Doyle would be it.

whisky_galore

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I am trying to think of Stereotypes of Irish women.

I suppose that we are all like Mrs Doyle would be it.

Freckly red haired colleen, Irish Mammy or battleaxe.

ILoveYourVibes

whisky_galore wrote: »

Freckly red haired colleen, Irish Mammy or battleaxe.

uh huh they bother me ...

Peregrinus

Hi! I'm a college professor in a movie. I finish all my lectures with a snappy, compelling concluding line, and as the students gather up their papers I tell them not to forget the assignment that is due in on Friday!

Peregrinus

Hi! I'm a theologian in a movie. I work at the Vatican, or in a very old monastery. When the protagonist of the movie comes to visit me I take him into a musty room, the door to which is opened with an impressively large key, and I show him something written in Latin in a very big, leather-bound book.

flazio

badabing106 wrote: »

I don't think I have ever read a book where the older detective wasn't a raging hard liquor drinking alcoholic

Mrs Marple?

Peregrinus

Hi, I'm a black cop in a movie. I am the sidekick to a white cop. There is an even chance that I will be killed in reel two, but this rises to nearly 100% if at any stage I have mentioned my impending retirement (if I am old) or my fiancee (if I am young).

Peregrinus

Hi! I'm a computer programmer in a movie. I can do absolutely anything in six lines of code or less. My code always runs perfectly the first time. I can find bugs in code simply by reading the code on-screen. All programming languages are at my command. I can break into any system in seconds.

Oh, and as a sideline when not coding, I can enhance any image to any resolution with perfect clarity.

Peregrinus

Hi! I am an Australian man in a movie. I either:

(a) . . . wear a bush shirt and shorts, carry an improbably large knife, and can fix a broken jeep that is caught in rising floodwaters, or

(b) . . . am an extremely good-looking surfer.

ILoveYourVibes

Peregrinus wrote: »

Hi! I'm a computer programmer in a movie. I can do absolutely anything in six lines of code or less. My code always runs perfectly the first time. I can find bugs in code simply by reading the code on-screen. All programming languages are at my command. I can break into any system in seconds.

Oh, and as a sideline when not coding, I can enhance any image to any resolution with perfect clarity.

And the image never changes colour slightly when printed or on a diff machine and this is possible without printing out color separations and adding specs.

You never hear of common added software like lighbox or photoshop for enhanced image resolution to make it easier. For some reason this guy wants to enhance the image resolution in python. Why we never learn, but this guy uses python for everything yet it never seems to take long and he gets everything right first time.

Everyone has to learn python if they sit at a computer in this office.

ILoveYourVibes

If i am a highly intelligent person i am inevitably an asshole.

If am a stupid person i am sound.

Peregrinus

Hi! I am a not-slender young woman in a movie. I am the protagonist's loud, sassy best friend, and the protagonist is a slender young woman. I am always there for her because, not being slender, I have no life of my own, and certainly no romantic relationships.

AndrewJRenko

farmerwifelet wrote: »

Also women are always wandering around their houses in matching lingerie.

Until the plumber arrives.

How about the IT hacker who can hack any system or database in seconds to find out what you had for lunch and what hat you were wearing.