Watch 2 videos from the “All The Tropes” list linked below. Do make sure you don’t get lost in their other videos and end up watching one not from that list, because while their other videos are somewhat similar, they generally won’t work as well for this assignment. The “tropes” videos are generally titled something like “the girl” or “the _ guy” and they track the development of that character type across multiple movies. They also have a series that goes in-depth on individual characters, and it’s easy enough to get them mixed up (e.g., the video about Regina George on dictators is the character study type of video but the video on “the mean girl” is the trope video). Just make sure you pick from this playlist and you will be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY8-JHLY9yDPIaO3VhNdSN9Axbsw4WzVD
.You can pluck this specific example right from the assignment if you want something easy, or you can brainstorm for other ideas if you like. Some examples of the types of opinions you might express: do the tropes that they are describing seem convincing to you? Do you believe that the tropes reflect the actual state of society? Do you believe they influence our behavior? Do you think the specific tropes you selected dealt enough with difference and diversity? (Most videos, for instance, are very much focused on white heterosexual tropes–is that understandable, since tropes are based on what is commonly represented in the media, or is it a problem with the focus of the videos?) Or are you the type of person who prefers not to analyze your media and therefore dislikes analyses like these?