I don't think Fast & Furious is the kind of movie to watch if you're not into stereotypes and clichés. Like many movies made in the US it's aimed at the US audience, and thus has to keep things simple and easy to understand. There are a lot of movies that can be considered part of popular culture that doesn't make use of these cookie cutter plot devices, and for some reason a lot of them seem to be produced in other parts of the world.
About the slash thing, I'm not sure I'm following you there... To me slash is just as much cultural stereotype as the ones you described, only it's aimed at women instead of guys. Combine that with the sexual paranoia that is common in the US of A and you get the reason why it's not a common theme in popular culture movies.
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Date: 2009-04-29 08:27 am (UTC)About the slash thing, I'm not sure I'm following you there... To me slash is just as much cultural stereotype as the ones you described, only it's aimed at women instead of guys. Combine that with the sexual paranoia that is common in the US of A and you get the reason why it's not a common theme in popular culture movies.