ENGL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stoner Film
13 Jul 2015
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The 2012 teen action comedy 21 jump street is one of the few teen films that accurately portrays the representation of social groups during the 21st century and thus illustrates the positive outcomes of ignoring social norms. The contrast between the time when jenko and. When jenko and schmidt arrive at high school for the second time, and their undercover identities are switched, they are able to ignore the previous social assumptions of themselves and adapt to their new, yet forced, social groups. In contrast, the hostile, unfriendly nature depicted in other teen movies, and at the beginning of 21 jump street when. Even the adults in the movie are more realistic. For example, when schmidt"s parents welcome schmidt and jenko into their house, they treat them with love and want to know every detail even though they are going through an undercover and classified operation.
