The brainboxes

Representation Of Working Class By Thicky Tasha & The Brainboxes

Corrie
Cobbled streets, working class housing estate (chimneys for tasha).
Stereotypical working class accents (Manchurian), clothing.
ONE GAY MAN (+ two lesbanims), to show tolerance, stereotypically camp! Asian family running corner shop, tolerance of ethnicity
Strong/Dominant female characters. E.g Liz, running the pub, Carla running factory
Factory going into liquidation (almost), audience can relate to it (linekers & mood shutting down for tasha (again)), personal issues also made present, family problems
Some woman used to run the cabs
First ever Soap Opera; Ken Barlow has ALWAYS tried to escape, right from the beginning.
Soap doesn’t marginalise women so their audience are mainly working class women.
Wor Norris: Stereotypical Nosey Neighbour

Brookie
Typical working class accent (Scouse) Set in Liverpool
Blamed the government for job problems etc.., no personal problems really, decline of Liverpool’s traditional factories
Middle class families living in working class estates (OMG)
Clothing, housing estates, although they are a bit better than the ones in Eastenders and Coronation Street
Talking about the football, having very stereotypical family problems; Not being able to get out of bed on time
Economic threat/downfall

Enders
Stereotypical cockney accent, stalls in the street, run down shops and laundrettes
Typical car garage, run down park graffiti everywhere,
Mix of class; Working class and upper working to middle class families
The club and the Vic, busty bar maid
Burger and chicken nuggets, not top notch meal
Dysfunctional families with personal problems which tend to be sometimes over the top
Women working in laundrette, stereotypical
Strong female characters, Janine and Lauren, which cause conflict between women
Social Mobility; Darren believes in it and wants to move up (wearing suits) Arthur (FATBWOIII) doesn’t.
‘ Pass Out’ & ‘One in a Million’ to show storyline

General Banter
Mainly have non-diegetic music in soaps except for Hollyoaks as that tends to target a more modern teenage audience.
Representation often reflects the dominant ideology of the society that we live in.
Collective identity-the individuals sense of belonging to a group, not just representations.
Working Class is mainly reflected through the mise-en-scene E.g clothing,
In nearly all the soaps you have people who are trying to escape their class.
All have working class accents
Always dominant female roles, in most soaps.
Social realism often taken to a new level; Alcoholism, rape, drugs, murder. They attempt to recreate the world of ordinary everyday people on screen
Their representations have changed over time-with social, political and ideological change.
Iconographic music is usually present

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The brainboxes

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