Thursday 19 November 2015

Representation of Ethnicity

Ethnic Representation in TV Dramas

Black character - Luther


This is a picture from the trailer for the new Luther series, in this clip Luther is portrayed as dangerous as he acts violently towards his office. This is a stereotypical representation of ethnic characters, as characters are seen as exotic, dangerous, humorous and pitied. This is the case as he will be pitied due to his actions of anger in his TV shows trailer. Although, there is countertypes due to the fact that black people are normally associated with low paid jobs whereas in this case he has a high paying job.

Black character - Danny


This is a picture from the TV drama, Spooks. This picture is taken from the part of the drama when the black character, Danny is killed. This is stereotypical as the black character is always involved in violence in TV, in this case he is the one being killed but he is associated with murder due to his colour and the stereotypes for a black character.

Black character - Michael Dawson


This is a picture of the character Michael Dawson from the TV drama, Lost. In this drama he is taken to court and not allowed to see his child anymore. This is stereotypical as the black character is appearing in court straight into the drama, they have done this as it is a stereotype that black people are associated with crime and mostly appearing in court.

White character - Detective Jimmy McNulty

This is a white character from the drama, The Wire. He is a detective which is stereotypical as the white male has a well paid job in the drama. This is stereotypical as normally the white man has the best job, which in this case this stereotype is used as he has a job as a detective and the part is not played by a black male.


White character - Daryl Dixon


This is a character from the Walking Dead, TV drama. In this case, he is tolerated by the group due to his skills in hunting and his efficiency when killing. This is stereotypical as the white male in the drama is liked by every cast member. This is due to the fact that he has good hunting skills and for this drama, he will be the one to go too in order to stay alive.


White character - King Joffrey


This is King Joffre from the TV drama, Game of Thrones. In this drama he has the title of King, this shows stereotypes as he is white and is king. This is because the white character will have a superior role to the other ethnic groups. This is the case as the drama is based from the past, when some ethnic minorities were seen as different.


Chinese character - Sun


This is a character in Lost, that is Chinese. In this drama she learns how to play the piano, this is giving the stereotype that she is intelligent which is a common stereotype with Chinese people in TV dramas.

Chinese character - Glenn Rhee


This is a character from the Walking Dead. In the drama he is smart and tactical. This is stereotypical as from war tactics, the Chinese are seen to have great tactics. This is due to skills when killing and hunting, the drama may have used this stereotype to attract all ethnics.






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