Kenny, a 2006 mockumentary directed by Clayton Jacobson is a film about a Melbourne civilian showing his life as a worker of a portable toilet rental company, Splashdown. Throughout the film, Kenny Smyth (acted by Shane Jacobson) shows how he lives his life, the struggles he often lives with such as his father going to hospital, or when his kid gets dropped off to him unexpectedly. The movie is about how Kenny will do anything for his job and he is showing the world how important his job and his life is. The stereotypes within this film are often found in Kenny’s family rather than out in public, this is because Kenny’s “family” is more scripted than out in the public. Australians in this film are represented as people who have bad jobs but jobs that they love. This is shown as Kenny is a worker in a small business but loves everything that he does, he went to the toilet convention in America to buy and sell the portable toilets that he loves. Australians are also stereotypically know as people who have never ending compassion to things they like such as Jackie, the woman who was the flight attendant on the plane he was on to the convention. Throughout the film you can see the Australians that are represented aren’t often wearing nice clothes (such as tuxedos, or formal wear) this is a stereotype as they are …show more content…
known for wearing clothes with stains or caps. Kenny, for the entirety of the film, only wears his work uniform and casual clothes, he never actually wore any formal wear, even for the interview on selling his toilet to the hotel owners. Another stereotype that was shown was when Kenny went out with Jackie, when they went out, both times he didn’t take her out to a romantic dinner but to a bar instead. Throughout the film there were many types of different language techniques, these techniques were used in a way to keep the audience interested in the film. Kenny was one of the biggest users of the language techniques, some of which being the endless puns involving his work, another big way to keep the audience entertained is to bring in senseless or surprising swearing, this will leave the audience astounded and shocked but nevertheless laughing. One of the other techniques was when Kenny decided to get serious and told the sad stories of his life, he (Kenny) spoke much quieter than in his normal voice. I'd love to be able to say "I plumb toilets" and have someone say "Now that is something I've always wanted to do". The different types of shots throughout the movie were always different and changing.
Most of the shots where it was talking about Kenny’s personal life it was with a handheld camera to make the audience feel much closer to him. Some shots were filmed further away from him, this was done to show scenes that he didn’t want people to see but the camera crew decided to put in the film anyway, these scenes were meant to be the heart-warming scenes as it was “the real Kenny”, the Kenny without a script. Some other shots gave a close-up on Kenny’s face to show the emotion he had such as when he was ordering portable toilets for the interview with the Japanese
men. This film appeals to Australian audiences as Australians feel a bond between him and themselves. This is because of the Australian stereotypes and archetypes throughout the film, to make a connection between the two. Another reason why this film could be appealing to the australian audiences are due to the places and events that we know and love; such as the Melbourne Cup. Australians can relate to that scene in the film as it is a place that is in Australia that they know about and they can relate to. The audience understands how there is a mess there afterwards and all about the different types of clothing and hairstyles just for the event. Kenny is a mockumentary that have used different techniques to connect the audience with him. These techniques including slang that Australians would often use, places and events they would often talk about or even go to. These techniques kept the audience hooked on to the film, with the help of many jokes and emotional journeys. Although this film made Australians feel close to Kenny, it was surprisingly far from us, as it showed untrue but common stereotypes about Australians such as lots of swearing and beer-bellied people.
The movie depicts what it was like to be Australian in the decades of the 50’s and 60’s and the decisions of the Australian government over this period, through the journey of four Aboriginal women and one Irish man. The movie explores the treatment of indigenous people living in this era in comparison to white Australians. The unique ways in which the characters made their living provided for scrutiny, judgement and vulnerability. In the movie you see just how differently the Aboriginal community was treated compared to the white Australians during these era’s.
During the scenes that Red dog is travelling the desert looking for John, viewers are able to see a perfect example of what the Australian outback is really like. Dry, vast and scattered with the odd tree, red dog is on the search, he hitchhikes up the whole western side of Australian. During the daytime scenes in Red Dog you see the glaring sun beaming upon the rich Australian soil and you can only imagine how hot it would be if you were actually there. As red dog sits in John’s house waiting for him every day he observes the sunset in the distance, as it disappears behind the rocky road. For international viewers the landscape in the movie red dog clearly represents the Australian outback. The stereotypes throughout red dog, are typical to the average Aussie bloke; Bogan attire, beard, dirty and always with a bear in there hand. The actors use jargon and slang to depict the average conversation between two Australian
Movies are a new edition in today’s culture. They are a new form of art medium that has arrived in the late 1900s and were a new way to express ideas and viewpoints of the time. A good example of this is the movie The Manchurian Candidate. The movie had a simple plot a man is kidnapped after the Korean war and is hypnotized to work for the communists and take down the U.S. This movie showed the American public’s fear of communism at the time. If a movie like this can easily portray the fears of the American people at the time then it can easily portray stereotypes of gender. There have been thousands of movies where the male protagonist is a rough tough dude but there is one movie that has that stereotype is broken. That movie is none other than Napoleon Dynamite.
As a person, myself who’s from a Chinese background, I have struggled to define myself as an Australian. Traditional literatures placed those with different heritage, and those who don’t fit the guideline, to feel unaccepted and un-welcomed. However, nowadays contemporary literatures have opened up a new world and changed the ideology. This showed young Australians to see beyond the traditional Australian stereotype and feel part of the Aussie community. ‘Nobody calls me a wog, anymore’, is an example of many contemporary
Kenny early on shows signs of being insecure when he deals with kids picking on him during the school day. Kenny likes
The film Australia by Baz Luhrmann displayed numerous misrepresentation of Indigenous Australians. King George or better known as the “magic man” according to Nullah demonstrates an inaccurate and stereotypical view of Aboriginal Australians as being mysterious and spiritually powerful. Australia depicts Aboriginal Australians as being in touch with nature which is a positive stereotype. Nature plays an important role in the Aboriginal culture since they live off of the land by hunting, gathering, and farming the land. Aboriginal Australians were also portrayed as the “other” in this movie and their culture was viewed as being primitive compared to that of the white culture. Movies portraying Aboriginal Australians as being exotic, mysterious,
Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, we are presented with various representations of stereotypes involving numerous characters of all ages. Due to specific encounters, we are faced with repeated stereotypical situations. For example, Walter Cunningham is a poor, misunderstood boy who comes from an underestimated family name. Along with the main character Scout, who narrates the story from a young age and finds herself constantly reminded to be the lady she is not. In like manner, Tom Robinson is familiar with the ways of Maycomb, Alabama who easily loses hope with his case of an alleged rape. Walter, Scout and Tom all validate as victims of stereotyping, but from the goodwill within and taking the time to understand someone beforehand,
These stereotypes include; drunk, violent, lazy, petrol sniffer, live in the outback, un-educated, criminals and have to fit the image of dark skin with wide noses (Korff, 2014). Indigenous youth are confronted with these during their school life. They will be called names and bullied because people believe these stereotypes, assuming they apply to all Indigenous people. Tammy Williams, from Black Chicks Talking is an example of the bulling Indigenous teenagers face during school. At school one year, a group of teenagers from the school wrote nigger above her school photo in the year book. This was just part of the bullying she received during her school life for being Aboriginal. Tammy is not a stereotypical Aboriginal. She has travelled to America, has won multiple awards and is now a lawyer. Botj, from Yolngu Boy, is a stereotypical Aboriginal. He is a petrol sniffer, smoker and criminal and he is lazy. However, there is a story behind why Botj is like this. Botj is a troubled teenager who drinks and smokes as his father is an alcoholic. He had a troubled family life and this contributes to the actions he takes. The media is largely to blame for the negative stereotypes of Aboriginal People. The media reports negative stereotypes of the Aboriginal community, drinking problems and violent behaviours, which intern makes the white Australian community believe the negative stereotypes that have been
Throughout Australian history a racist attitude towards Aboriginals has been a significant issue. From the moment the early settlers arrived on our shores and colonised, the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been take in and dominated to bring them in line with an idealistic European society. These themes have been put forward by Jack Davis in his stage play, No Sugar, the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight for survival during the Great Depression years. Admittedly Davis utilises his characters to confront the audience and take them out of their comfort zone, showing them the reality of Aboriginal treatment. This is an element of the marginalisation that Jack Davis uses through out the play this starts from the beginning where he discomforts the audience by using an open stage. One character that Davis uses through out the play is A.O. Neville, Davis uses him to portray the issue of power, this is a very important issue that is carried through out the play.
... got to the woods where Kenny wanted to hunt. Tub was trying for somewhere different; two years in a row they'd been up and down this land and hadn't seen a thing. Frank didn't care one way or another, he just wanted to get out of the goddamned truck" (Wolff 76). Kenny is in charge. He gives only one reason why they have to hunt at that place and the other two give up. Tub wants to make a change. He puts himself out there by making a suggestion to Kenny and is immediately shot down. Frank is indifferent. He is a product of his surroundings. He is cruel to Tub when he is with Kenny. When he is with Tub he is himself. The unspoken bond between the two men spurs the realization not to take Kenny to the hospital. The both make the decision that Kenny was asking to be shot the whole day. Kenny's treatment of Tub and Frank justify his murder in their eyes.
“The sitcom is a jumble of mixed metaphors: the repetition compulsion of eternal sameness conjoined to a desire to overturn the established order; a profound aesthetic conservatism bundled with an ingrained desire to shock. Every sitcom possess not just a routine that it perpetually seeks to overturn but also a particular style of fomenting that chaos.”
But familiar landmarks and also the unfamiliar ones aren't the whole make-up of Australia's heritage. It's the people that make a difference. Australia is made up of people from all walks of life who have migrated here for different reasons. Among these, the most common migrants are from Greece, Italy, Russia and Asia. Australia is made up of material culture: the places and objects, but also Living culture: In forms such as Music, Crafts, Literature etc. It is an interplay between international cultures and beliefs, the claims of nationalism and ethnic and religious traditions, as well as the local and community priorities that’s make up the unique Australian heritage.
Thus, this creates connotations to patriotism and pride towards the country the reader lives in. Coupled with the large image of Australia filled with smaller images of people of all ages, and race, sporting the Australian flag, influences the reader to enter the article with a positive attitude towards Australia Day, as it seems to put this day in high esteem, which consequently convinces the audience, before even commencing to read, that the day is about ‘unity’ and not division. The smaller images of a non-traditional and traditional stereotypical Australian prove that race play no part in this celebratory day, creating the sense of Australia being an accepting
After going through the whole magazine and filling out the chart with the appropriate traits, I found similar results to what Kilbourne would have predicted, given her description that magazines create a mythical world where beauty is defined as white people that are rarely ugly, overweight, poor, struggling or disabled, either physically or mentally (1990). From going through the magazine looking for data and now studying my data chart of findings, it has been made apparent that the February edition of Vogue was a stereotypical American fashion magazine. This is made evident by the fact that it has an overwhelming amount of caucasians with bodies that are thin, attractive, and able-bodied. Specifically, with only looking at the models that
Kristen Bell is teaming up with Gaumont Television to produce and star in a new animated children’s show, Do, Re & Mi.