Social groups
– The social group represented in the opening sequence is white male, one considered sane the other insane. Binary opposition.
– Young, white, working class males? Sexuality an issue? Disability?
How are they represented: Protagonist
• Protagonist = emergent representation of male lead = positive• Intellect > Brawn
Protagonist from “Brick” (Johnson, 2005)
How are they represented: Antagonist
• Antagonist = Dominant representation of psychologically torn villain = Negative
• Norman Bates?
• Stereotype, perhaps residual(?)
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