Stereotype – a stereotype is a widely held but fixed image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Countertype – a type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another, going against common ideas about certain groups of people.
Task 3 –
This is example of stereotypes being prominent in movie culture, the female characters are represented according to the commonly held idea that women are weaker and dim.
Kill Bill shows examples of countertypes in film. Contrasting to the docile and inferior stereotype of women, Kill Bill paints a women as a leading protagonist who fights and ‘does the dirty work’.