In a recent episode of Glee called 100 in scene 13 two of the female characters Rachel and Santana are shown as being catty towards each other in this scene as well as being in front of everyone in the room, and are publicly humiliating each other for what feels like no reason at all. This gives a negative representation of younger people to those who watch the programme because it shows that two young women are harsh and that younger people must not care about other people's feelings. These two characters are stereotypes with Santana shown as the popular bully who points out other peoples flaws and Rachel being the hardworking ambitious one. These stereotypes are shown clearly here with Santana telling the group all of Rachel's flaws just to prevent Rachel from getting something that she wants.
The camera starts with a mid shot from a lower angle which makes Rachel look like she is looking down on everyone around her, this shows that she is stuck up which yet again shows young people in a negative way, because instead of having someone who is ambitious shown in a positive way she is shown as negative.
Santana stands up but the camera does not show her face but instead a mid shot just showing her body this is so that she can look more dominant over those we can see that are sitting down near her. Mise en scene is used here to further the point that Santana is 'catty' because she is shown wearing a leopard print top. Cats are feisty and dominant creatures so this shows that Santana has power and is a strong woman. However yet again a strong woman is shown in a negative manner instead of being strong she is also a bully. Santana is also wearing a red skirt, red has connotations of danger as well as anger.
The dialogue also shows the separate stereotypes of the girls, Santana says " you have sold half the people in this room down the river more times than I can count." This shows us that Rachel's character is negative and throws away friends to get what she wants. Therefore the girl who throughout all of the previous series has been seen as the innocent victim of bullying but yet her character is now being shown in a negative way to the audience. By having Rachel change from ambitious to overambitious is showing the hong audience that is bad to have dreams and to achieve them.
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