[ SECRET POST #3503 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3503 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

How different America portrays itself in its own media. Especially when it comes to schools. (Do... American film/show writers not attend American schools?) I came to America as a teen and was expecting something completely different.

Also, the size of American grocery stores.

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

tv writers probably went to private school honestly

Re: Culture shock

[mrs_don_draper]

Anything involving American schools in media is less about the school and lessons themselves and more about the friends and relationships within the school.

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

I think some things are just easier to work with. Like, one trope that always rang false was the "three popular girls who run everything" trope, because at my school at least, three bimbos would've just been ignored. But the complicated thread that's high school friendship IRL is way too confusing for a simple teen film, so what would really be a bunch of interconnected girl posses is simplified to three (plus one) Queen Bees in movies like Mean Girls.

I mean, it's the same reason adults in adult movies and shows never seem to have to go to work.

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say mostly American writers don't care about reality. Its easier to keep regurgitating the same tropes that came before you than portray reality (which is usually pretty boring)

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

American here who can attest that media portrayals of high school are hilariously inaccurate. For one, usually the actors are at least in their twenties, and they portray "high school popularity culture" as far more of a thing than it really is (at least in my experience). Not to mention extreme cliques. Like yeah, if you're in a school activity, chances are that's your group, but I swear American teens are not that narrow.

I did hear once, though, a fair argument that high school portrayals are really more of an adult fantasy than meant to be authentic. I've never felt nostalgic for high school, but I guess the appeal is there. Maybe with the nostalgia goggles and a good deal of fantasy, high school can seem all about you, learning, not having to pay bills (usually), dating, and hanging out with friends.

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

Apparently the high school popularity clique IS that much of a thing, but mostly just in Chicagoland suburban high schools and maybe a few other equivalent big-city suburbs and nowhere else.

Re: Culture shock

[(Anonymous)]

The way American high school are depicted on tv and in movies looks completely ridiculous to Americans, too, for a variety of reasons.