2. Stereotypes of the Young.
Gangs
Crime
Lazy
Loud/Noisy
Sexual
Drugs
immature Moody
Argumentative
Boy Racers
3. Stereotypes of the Old.
Grumpy Stubborn
Moany
Traditional
Narrow minded Hard of hearing
Anti-youth
Set in their ways
Lonel
y
Dependant
Have lots of hobbies
4. Ali G
• Ali G is a fictional character that
is played by Sacha Baron
Cohen.
• He has starred in his own film
called ‘Ali G Indahouse’.
• He is well known for poking fun
at things and for being very
funny.
• He takes some stereotypes of
young people and plays them
well.
5. Drugs
• One of the stereotypes Ali G fits into is Drugs.
• In this clip it shows Ali G smoking drugs, it is made
to be funny by making the spliff really big and
exaggerating it.
• Drugs are a big part of the media and have a lot of
press written about them, they are gradually
becoming easier for people to get hold of.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQRm8Z_SaI
6. Boy Racers
• Another stereotype that is recognised by
Ali G is Boy racers.
• In this clip it shows Ali G poking fun at boy
racers, with him and another ‘crew’ racing
in the street.
• This stereotype would be more typical of a
male.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmutdQ
VbF5c
7. Sexual
• Ali G uses sexual references a lot in his
programmes and the film ‘Ali G indahouse’
• Most of these sexual references are used to
create humour and to make the audience
laugh.
• This is stereotypical of todays youth as in the
media sex is constantly focused on,
especially with younger people. For example
there are always stories in the media about
teenage pregnancies.
