Sunday 15 November 2015

Representation

I believe the US comedy Brooklyn nine nine 
In this TV show we see a lot of diversity in this Brooklyn police precinct. Although the protagonist in this show is a white American male we also get to see a lot more people of different ethnicities portrayed higher up. There are two female characters who are of Latin decent, this is quite irregular to see as typical stereotypes about women not being able to be offered promotions into higher service jobs which are usually male dominated, it is also more significant as the two women are not white Americans.
Another stereotype this show has subverts the usual one and is more of an alternative portrayal. In the show there is a homosexual black American Captain for the Brooklyn precinct. This is significant because in real life there has never been anyone like this character and its also subverts the stereotypes that some black males especially in the area of Brooklyn are against the police force and they they are sometimes on the receiving end of unlawful police brutality.  

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