In the TV drama, Skins, British youth is exaggerated and has a strong sense of hyperbole. There is a lot of focus on the stereotypical aspects of youth of today such as drugs, sex and hard partying. However, we do not believe that this is a true representation of the actual youth of the present, it focuses on one particular social group and is not a fair representation of youth society as a whole.
How might a non-british audience view this representation of British youth?
A non-british audience may view our youth as disrespectful, destructive and unruly. Skins does not give a positive representation of british youth and culture to other cultures. Therefore, they may apply stereotype to every young british individual and Skins gives a false picture of our culture and youth.
From your point of view, is this representation realistic?
From our perspective, we feel that this representation is not realistic and that it has been magnified highly. Skins has pin pointed one social group in particular and this does not represent british youth as a whole. However, for some youths this representation may portray how and what they are but for us it is not realistic.
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