Hollywood's Misinterpretation Of College Students: Fantasy Or Reality

The reality of college life

Numerous individuals perceive college as being one big party however, that allegation is unrealistic. Preconceived notions of how college really works, ultimately ruins the actuality of college life. A way people get a vision of college life is through watching movies and television. For instance, Lisa Mauro in “Hollywood’s Depiction of College Students: Fantasy or Reality” states “We are portrayed inaccurately and this portrayal is being shown so often that it becomes a stereotype” because the public listens to anything Hollywood entertainment presents to them. Students are recognized as individuals who party all the time, consume an abundant amount of alcohol, apathetic, and have lack of knowledge characterizing

In fact, Lisa Mauro in “Hollywood’s Depiction of College Students: Fantasy or Reality” asserts that multiple Hollywood films portray college students as “all around partiers, heavy drinkers, lazy, and dumb.” Mauro says that movies significantly impact the ways individuals perceive college life because Hollywood portrays college students as negative stereotypes. This stereotype is heavily acknowledged in the film Animal House. The fraternity being displayed in this film is the Delta Tau Chi House. As first seen on this film, the members of this fraternity were partying, consuming alcohol and throwing bottles of beer across the room and through the door; as this continues throughout the movie. Vernon Wormer, dean of Faber College, main objective is to remove the Delta fraternity from campus due to various conduct violations and low academic standing. Since they are already on probation, he puts the Deltas on something he calls "double secret probation" and orders Omega president Greg Marmalard to find a way to get rid of the Deltas permanently. When the members find out about this, they try to cheer themselves up by

According to Mark Rubino in “Tranquility: College Through the Looking Glass,” Hollywood films depict college students in Ivy League schools being extreme competitors among classmates, people backstabbing, and stealing to make the perfect grade. Rubino goes on to say that…. This act done by college students is promoted in the film Paper Chase. This film features a hard-working student known as Hart, who faces his rigors the first year at Harvard Law School. The first day of class Professor Kingsfield challenges his students with questions asking accuracy and creativity in their responses and humiliating those who are unable to respond. Hart organized a study group with peers from his class to get a better understanding of the subject material. He begins reading every article Kingsfield has published to be capable of answering his questions during the lectures. He gives Hart a work assignment, but because of his bizarre obsession and eagerness to both please and defeat Kingsfield, Hart is unable to complete the task on time. The next day in class, Hart fumbles when Kingsfield asks him a question. Since he wasn’t able to answer correctly, he told him to call his parents to pick him up because he will never get through law school. To study for the final exam, Hart and his classmates check into a hotel where they are surrounded by trash, in their