1. Kidulthood is an Anti-Youth film, for example, they show youths as violent, aggressive, sexual, druggies, carefree, delinquents. It portrays the negative stereotypes of youths, therefore constructing a negative representation towards youths. "Messed-up youth" mantra as a badge of honour" and "If ever a film wanted an ASBO more than an Oscar", these quotes from the review of Film 4 describes what they thought of the film, this clearly states that the film is very anti youth.
2. I believe that the Kidulthood is not accurate to the actual experiences of teenagers as it cannot be generalised to the whole population of teenagers. For example, not every teenager is violent, abuses drugs or is in gangs. There are many youths that are educated, calm and law abiding. "Teenage pregnancy, gun crime and suicide are three issues one is likely to come across in almost any newspaper on any given day. In fact if the UK papers are to be believed, Britain's streets are currently breeding the most vicious, morally comatose generation our nation has ever seen" this is a quote from musicOMH suggests that the activities that occurred in Kidulthood happens in everyday life.
3. In Fish Tank, there is some adult fascination over youths, as the music and the ways the adults were dancing was youth orientated. The constant drinking, swearing, sexual activities are linked back to youth activity, which suggests that adults fascinated about being a youth again, therefore, they seek out youth activities to make them feel young again.
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