The document discusses southern stereotypes portrayed in popular films set in the South. It outlines some common stereotypes like being racist, religious, and loving fried food. It also describes the portrayal of two social classes - an upper class that is wealthy and lives on plantations versus a lower class that is poor and uneducated. Several films are analyzed that depict these stereotypes, including Forest Gump, The Notebook, and The Blind Side. While the films play into southern stereotypes for entertainment, the document concludes that in reality southerners are just like people in other regions.

1. Southern StereotypesA view of the South in the Media

2. Most Common StereotypesRacistThick Southern AccentConservativeReligiousInbredLove Fried Food

3. Two Different ClassesLives on Plantation/EstateSouthern DrawlWhiteWealthyStand-OffishLives in Projects/Sticks“Redneck”African AmericanPoorUneducatedUpper ClassLower Class

4. Popular Films Based in the SouthForest Gump (1994)Sweet Home Alabama (2002)Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)The Notebook (2004)Talladega Nights (2006)The Blind Side (2009)

5. Forest Gump

6. Forest GumpForest is a slow human who has trouble picking up on the normal things that happen in life.He travels throughout the world experiencing different events in history due to his running ability.His oldest friend Jenny comes from a different life in Alabama and as a result her life ends up leading her on a dark path.While they come from two different worlds they are able to keep their bond as friends and continue to come back to one another throughout different points in his adventures.

7. Living SituationsForest Gump’s HouseJenny’s House

8. AppearanceForestJenny

9. The Notebook

10. The NotebookAllie comes from an Upper Class family that is vacationing in Noah’s small townNoah comes from a Lower Class background and works in the lumber yardAllie’s family does not approve of their relationship and takes her away cutting off all contact between the twoAfter Allie becomes engaged she returns back to that small town several years later to find Noah and realizes that the love they had once had for each other was not over

11. Living Situation’sAllie’s Vacation HomeNoah’s Home

12. AppearanceAllieNoah

13. The Blind Side

14. The Blind SideMichael Oher is an African American boy from the wrong side of town who finds himself enrolled in one of the most upscale Christian Private Schools in TennesseeHe is taken in by the Tuohy family (an Upper Class White family) when Leigh Anne realizes he has no where to goThroughout the movie the connection between the Tuohy family and Michael grows and he is given opportunities that he would have never had.The movie ends with Michael becoming one of the most sought after college football recruits and taking a scholarship with Ole Miss

15. Living SituationsTuohy’s Home

16. AppearanceLeigh Anne TuohyMichael Oher

17. In the EndOne can see that Southern stereotypes are very popularized by the mediaThey have chosen to portray the complete opposites of social classes and play into the common southern stereotypesWhile some of these stereotypes are true, most are actually incorrectWhen watching a movie people base their opinions of how Southerners are through their representation in the movieHowever, most of the time southerners are just like everyone else.

18. Referenceshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878804/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332280/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/