Blog Post 2

Blog Post Two





Within my project I’d like to represent high school athletes and the way that they are looked at. High school athletes around the nation are constantly portrayed as reckless and stupid. It may be the case for some, but not the case for all. Athletes are being shown as the “cool” and “mean” kids around high schools.


One example within the media of this is the movie 21 Jump Street. Jonah Hill is portrayed as a chubby nerd and Channing Tatum is the dumb jock. They are both undercover cops, but when they switch their schedules in school Tatum receives all of Hill’s hard classes and doesn’t know what to do. Tatum gets tutors and help in school and Hill is slacking off and passing with flying colors. This movie shows that, just because Tatum is a football player, it means that he is incapable of being a normal student.


A second example is in the tv show Ned’s Declassified School Survival guide. In this Nickelodeon show, Ned and his friends share tips on how to survive high school and somehow the most popular basketball player makes it onto almost every episode. This character fits the role of an airhead. This portrayal makes athletes feel bad and is simply unfair. I want to show how athletes strive to be the best in whatever their sport is and in the classroom. The representation of an athlete is negative within films and Tv shows. Athletes all over the country receive an automatic stereotype and most of the time it doesn’t make sense. I want to fix this bad message and turn it into a great one.





In my film I want to keep some characteristics and then throw some away. I would love to throw out athletes “stupidity.” This just simply isn’t always a fact. I’d also love to throw out the whole popularity thing as it also isn’t the truth. I’d keep the things athletes wear because that is something that represents who they are as a person.