The All American Rejects - Gives You Hell
The video for The All-American Rejects song 'Gives You Hell' is prime example of the use of stereotypes in the media. In this video there are two neighbors fighting, one who is portrayed as up-tight and nerdy and one who is portrayed as a rocker. We can distinctly tell the difference between the two through the clothing they wear, with the more nerdy one wearing shirts, ties and sweatshirts and the rocker wearing more casual clothing. Also the rocker is shown with tattoos all over his body, another stereotypical association that can be found in this video. Another example of this is the things each of the characters do to annoy the other one. The rocker character does things such as driving the lawn mower over their garden and playing music loudly. The nerdy guy however uses his brains to mess with the other guy, creating pranks such as shining the light through the window by bouncing it off two mirrors. This fits in with the stereotype of rocker not being too bright and nerdy people being smart.
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