Analysis Of Getting Down Up What Is Really Real

Argumentative Essay #1 In the essay â€Å"Getting Down To What Is Really Real,† John Jeremiah Sullivan discusses the reality TV show â€Å"The Real World†. In his essay, Sullivan gives us an inside experience with the main stars of the show in order to give us a glimpse of what their real lives are like. He argues, â€Å"the single most interesting thing about reality TV, is the way it has successfully appropriated reality†(Sullivan 97). Similarly, Hispanic culture has been portrayed stereotypically in TV shows and films throughout the years. Latino characters on TV mostly take roles of maids, thugs and Latin lovers who have a heavy accent and immigration problems (Nittle). Movies like Maid In Manhattan and A Day Without A Mexican have represented these stereotypes quite clearly, and that sadly reflects how people see them. However, most recently, the TV show Jane The Virgin is applying a more complex and realistic depiction of Hispanic characters by breaking these stereotypes. 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