Thoughts on the Bullies

Something about the bullies that was pointed out last week about the bullies was how generic they were. And though I think it is true that the bullies are indeed that archetype of the bully which, if not seen in the hallways of elementary or high school, have certainly been represented on TV or film for the last thirty or forty years—my favorite being the ones in Back to the Future WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT MCFLY!! A couple of thoughts I was having about the bullies was that the way they are presented which is as a stereotype, is that it is both true that they say the things quite a lot, are not the most clever bunch, and therefore portraying them as such serves as both accurate and a way to ridicule them.