Yorkshire Stereotype

Representations of Yorkshire
In this task I will be looking at how Yorkshire, mostly in T.V but film as well, is represented and stereotyped, to do this I have looked into a few T.V programmes set in Yorkshire as well as generally looking into some Yorkshire stereotypes.

After watching a few episodes of “I Didn’t Know You Cared” it was very easy to notice some of the Yorkshire stereotypes which they had created, take one of the main characters for example, “Carter Branden” who uses what is considered to be “Yorkshire language” with such phrases and words as “Bloody”, “By eck!”, “now then” etc.

Another programme that can be compared to “I Didn’t Know You Card” is “Last of the Summer Wine” which again is set in Yorkshire, and set around the countryside involving characters based on farmland, which is a very common stereotype surrounded with Yorkshire.



An interesting source for stereotypes on Yorkshire people is this comedy sketch created by monty python, where it focuses in on the point that Yorkshiremen smoke cigars and drink whisky whilst using language such as “I” and “eck”, they also focus on “tea” as something that Yorkshire people also drink.

British Villains

Film Villains

Actor: Sean bean
Role: Ian Howe
Film: National treasure

Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Role: Hannibal Lector
Film: Silence of the Lambs

Actor: Heath Ledger
Role: The Joker
Film: The Dark Knight

T.V Villains

Actor:
Role: Ian Hainsworth
TV Show: Desperate Housewives

Actor: James Marsters
Role: Spike
TV Show: Buffy the Vampire

Actor: Sendhill Ramamurphy
Role: Mohinder Suresh
TV Show: Heroes

Z Movies

According to an article on ejumpcut the term Z Movies refers to that of “political thrillers” described by guy Hennebelle in one of his articles

After researching into the term ‘Z Movies’ and reading an article (http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC38folder/HiddenAgenda-JFK.html) on Hidden Agenda, I managed to pick out a point which I feel is very relevant to the argument as to weather Hidden Agenda should come under the category of a Z movie.

“Both HIDDEN AGENDA and JFK fit nicely into the category of "Z Movies," or films in the tradition of Costa Gavras' political thriller Z. Outlined in an article by Guy Hennebelle in Cineaste, Z Movies” – Jump Cut, Jerry White, After reading this review you can see a point in what the author is trying to put across however I majorly disagree, the film, Hidden Agenda, does put across conspiracy theories about the British government, however I feel that this is not targeted at the British government, I believe it is simply a plot to a film, an interesting one at that, but nothing more

There is also another description for the term z movies, which is that they are poorly made using a low budget, however again I would most definitely disagree with this as although it was made on a low budget it is directed and created very well with good acting and a very good script with some key quotes.