Analysis 2 1

                       

                                                            Gerardo Berlanga

                                                            HUMN-240

                                                            Professor Miceli

                                                            3/4/2012

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The concepts of rituals and stereotypes of the topic, Threes Company, Journey, and Steven Curtis Chapman, is that it was a daily ritual when I was growing up. The ritual of Three’s Company is that it aired for several years from March 15, 1977- September 18, 1984. The stereotypes of this famous T.V. show would be that this would at first thought to be seen as a sexy singles based humor T.V. show in which there were misunderstandings about sexuality and drugs and playing off certain stereotypes. When it was about three people helping each other out economical wise, in which they became all best friends. The group Journey, and artist singer Steven Curtis Chapman, the rituals and stereotypes are that on both groups of people, they are all males, and in both groups of bands/artist, it is predominantly Caucasians that listen to this type of music since it is made up of a rock group back in the early 1970’s and 1980’s. The same with Steven Curtis Chapman his stereotype would be that he is a Christian singer and writer and would mainly attract predominantly Caucasian and Christians across the U.S. Another of the stereotypes of the group Journey would be that for many years, rock groups have been known for not just only music and entertainment, but have also been known for drugs as well. In this case not necessarily the group Journey may have not been known for this cause, but because other rock bands have been known to have done this type of things drug related, that’s where this stereotype falls into play especially since they were known to be a very famous rock group. Their rituals would be that they all had to practice on a daily basis to become better at what they would do. The theories that would apply to my popular culture topic would be that they all have been successful people and have all become an iconic figure and popular culture not just to the people in the U.S., but all

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Around the globe. These theories analyze and describe the topic that I have selected because it all has to do with popular culture. With music, and artist’s especially very famous music entertainment and famous T.V. show icons, they are an example of what a lot of people live today. For example, if it is a love song, or a Christian song, many people can relate and incorporate these lyrics and lifestyles into theirs because it is all too familiar. The insights that I gain from applying these theories to my popular culture would be that I learned something new in the sense that there are daily rituals and stereotypes all good and bad.