Art provides opportunities for change in thought or appreciation by the artist and the observer. However, in David Denby’s essay, “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies”, art abides by the experiences of authors and artists, producing art based on feeling and self-pity. Plato’s “Book X” also reflects on these ideas as he illustrates the fault in human nature and the betrayal of the poet to the audience as they hand a façade of reality to the reader. However, the cliches and stereotypes produced by these artists exploit the flaws of society, providing satire that over exaggerates and exposes their personal experiences. Not reflecting reality but simply relatable, art rhetorically inspires capricious feelings on the observer that inspires…show more content… As the artist imitates reality, he fails to convey the entire truth or essence of the object. For example, screenwriters reflect on their own experiences attempt to make their social fails and triumphs universal and relatable; however, stereotypes emerge from their writings. Stereotypical high school movies, with “these fixed polarities- insider and outsider, blonde-bitch queen and hunch shouldered nerd” (Denby 714) surface from these movies, creating an expectation of high school to be a hierarchy. However, "fixed polarities" don't actually exist in real high schools, only in order to appeal to the audience does the artist create a general, overexposed character that the audience can easily
