Timed Essay Question 6
Question 6: Discuss how the representation of gender, class or age would appeal to a target audience in one of the media products you have analysed this year. The representation of class, gender and age I will be focusing on will be from the show “Dinner ladies” which is a sitcom about people from Manchester working in a canteen inside of a factory. Age is one of the biggest ranges of the show, with the characters ranging from early twenties to elderly, and each age has its own representation inside of the canteen as well as inside the friendship group. The younger characters are shown to be ignorant and lacking knowledge compared to people older than them, constantly saying stupid things and making foolish mistakes while seeming almost scared of people older than them. The older people in the kitchen seem to be the binary opposition to them, constantly making fun of everyone especially the younger people while also seeming wise and smart. They seem to have less of ...
