American culture has a variety of stereotypes that “define” our culture. From uptight high school cheerleaders to white-collar, working-middle-class men in an office. America views different races, ethnicities, and even class groups through heavy stereotypes. In the film Not Another Teen Movie, shows these different stereotypes about high school and teenagers across their groups/classes and race. Many teen films depict the standard high school setting and a typical white or suburban high school. These films tend to go against stereotypes and show a more positive side of high school. For example, High School Musical showed a typical high school love story between Troy and Gabriella. They were not part of the same “group” in their high school. Troy was a jock and hung out with the popular group of students and Gabriella was smart and hung out with the smarter, nerdy group of students. Ultimately, true love prevails and brings the two young couples closer together, even though they belong to different social groups. In Not Another Teen Movie, it shows all the normal high school stereotypes, such as the jock with a cheerleader for a girlfriend, horny freshman boys, different high school groups, and the race to be prom queen . . This film is good at showing different stereotypes in American high schools, but it also shows how the body and the male gaze are still displayed in this film. Not Another Teen Movie is a satire and deliberately portrays different stereotypes throughout the film. The film chooses several different films to imitate and shows the stereotypes of these films or what individuals usually think of a certain group, class or race. A big ster... in the middle of paper... Jake took Janie to a popular party but first he had to fix her look. Another stereotype depicted in the film is that popular girls are thin and very well shaped. For Janie to be seen as popular, her clothes and hair had to be changed to fit this stereotype. Once dressed for the party and many other scenes after her transformation, Janie is no longer looked at in the same way by the camera. The makeup look comes into effect when she gets her new look. Walking towards the beginning, the camera reduces Janie to just her legs and hips before finally showing her face. According to Robert Burriss, “Eye tracking has been profitably applied to the investigation of sexual preferences and attention in several studies, making it easier to measure attention to different parts of the body, such as body size. , hips, breasts, pubic area and face” ( Burriss 21).