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High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies by David Denby

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  • Step #1: Read “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies” by David Denby from pages 364 to page 369 of your book the “Signs of Life in the USA” 9th edition by author’s Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon.
  • Step #2: Now answer the following questions…
    • Question 1). Describe in your own words the stereotypical male and female villains common in teen movies.
    • Question 2). From Paragraph 6… what does Denby mean by the comment, “Adolescence is the present-tense moment in American life”?
    • Question3). In Denby’s view… what sort of characters are typically the heroes in films?
    • Question 4). In what ways does a Cinderella fantasy influence teen films?
    • Question 5). From paragraph 14… what is the “menacing subgenre” of teen movies ?


Notes from me to the writer…

  • The assignment must be done in Times New Roman Font Size 12 with 1 inch margins all around.
  • The ISBN for the book of “Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers”. Ninth Edition is ISBN 1-3190-5663-6
  • I did include image files with screenshots of the pages that include “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies” by David Denby from pages 364 to page 369.


Thank you for your time.

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High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies by David Denby
The villains commonly presented in teen movies are mean people. The stereotypical male villain is athletic, which makes him popular, despite being poor academically. He is feared by everyone in the school, including the teachers and because he knows this, he can get away with everything, including harassing other students. The female villain always walks with her pack which mostly involves two similarly mean girls who follow her every lead. She also means to other people and thrives in the knowledge that she is regarded as important by others.
The comment “Adolescence is the present-tense moment in American life” means that teens are not worried about the future at all, they are more concerned about what is happening in their lives currently.
According to Denby, typical heroes in teen films are those k...
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