Teen Movies So simple
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In every "teen" movie a similar formula is used to create the attention getting, money making movie that every teenager in America must see. This formula consists of having stereotypes that teens in high school can relate to, something blocking the main characters from getting what they want and what the audience wants to see, and a miraculous turnaround that results in a happy ending.
In all "teen" movies there are sterotypes that teenagers can plainly relate to in their own lives. This is part of why these types of movies are so appealing to teenagers. In The Breakfast Club there are very obvious stereotypes. There is Claire, the popular girl, Bender, the bad-boy, Brian, the nerd, Allison, the crazy girl, and Andrew, the jock. In Pretty in Pink, Andie is an unpopular girl who likes a very popular guy, Blane. Blane's best friend is popular like him, and Andie's best friend, Duckie, is unpopular like her. In Sixteen Candles, Samantha is an unpopular sophomore girl who has a crush on a very popular senior guy who has a very popular senior girlfriend.
Stereotypes may be one strategy to make these movies appealing but there are also conflicts that are blocking the main characters from having a happy ending...