Genre Research: White Chicks

 





The elements of this movie that my final task is based on is sarcasm and exaggeration. The film shows sarcasm all throughout. Inversion is shown too. The twin brothers turn into white girls. It also plays on stereotypes a lot in 'White Chicks' which adds to the comedic value of the film and is probably what makes it most memorable.  It is made clear that the two friendship groups have had an ongoing dispute for some time.  Instead of doing the typical action fight scene, they play with the comedic feature by turning it into a ridiculous dance battle. Which also emphasizes the misconception that girls don't fight, physically. The element of exaggeration is took to a different extent.  This adds to the stereotype of the American Beverly Hills/Hampton girls over the top, girly and ridiculous attitudes of having to be better than the other. And by reflecting on the girls' sassiness and determination to look sexier than the other. Showing the mood to be competitive, tense and a mixture of angry and lively. Another convention of the film is that they all seem to be competing. In this film the comedy and action features are mixed together.  Through the use of humorous dialogue throughout the film. In order to diffuse what could be described as bad situations, showing the audience both elements of these two genres combined as one.  These are the stereotypical characters who are recognized from frequent reoccurrences and are often criticized for being very cliche.  Where this stereotype is being conformed to, another is being rejected. The rich, muscular man,  would be expected to follow the black stereotype here as it does with women. However instead they go against this giving us something different to add to the comedy genre. One of, if not the most famous scene from 'White Chicks' is that of Latrell in the car with his girl who he eventually finds out is one of the FBI agents.  The scene where the girls go shopping and are all complaining about how they look and their body image reflects on the exaggeration of females sometimes. Certain ones not all.


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