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stereotype and archetype: Opposites in artistic creation

quote of criticism in the newspaper ABC about the film No call it amor... llámalo X firmada por Javier Cortijo :

"Mala, repleta de chistes de barra de Whiskería, situaciones sitcom de vergüenza ajena, y personajes casposos y arquetípicos "

Me sorprende mucho el calificativo "arquetípico" dentro del razonamiento utilizado por Cortijo para enjuiciar la construcción de personajes de esta película. Creo que todos captamos el sentido que pretende darle, ya que se encuentra marcada por un análisis más cercano al reproche que a la argumentación. Pero el significado real, o al menos el significado that given the term "archetype" in artistic creation, is very different concept here is handled.

But what is an archetype? Is it a stereotype synonym (word sure all the readers who will come to mind)? Is there a difference between these two terms? Drawing

relief and universal resource dictionary, we find the crux of the matter:

"Archetype: original and primary model in an art or something else."

"Stereotype: Image or commonly accepted idea of \u200b\u200ba group or partnership with immutability. "

The opposition between two concepts can be clearly seen. The archetype of a unique brand, exclusively, on developing an idea, while the stereotype refers to plantemientos already in place widely in the social group. The first is proper common latter. A radical difference that sit on the important bases of artistic production.

archetype and stereotype the script

Both the script as any other type of work, use the stereotype is a resource poor. Its design is based on the topic and the commonplace and almost always hollow. There is nothing different, nothing new, it offers the same with different packaging. Often these formulas are included in the cliches of genre or narrative fashion, which should not be neglected ever. They are also present in all areas, both on the characteristics of the characters as narrative structures, resources, script ...

However, the archetype has a strange, unknown to the audience that is attracted by its unusual nature and unknown. The great merit of building a good archetype is the ability to give this story an absolute alien who is a reflection of what days we live and feel a day from a perspective that brings different shades. Which often provide the leap to archetypal narrative will be searching for new models, new references or creative skills.

To conclude in the most revealing as possible, a quotation from script guru Robert McKee defining these two concepts:

"The archetypal stories that reveal universal human experiences dress unique expression of a specific culture. The stories stereotypical lack both content and form. are reduced to a limited experience of a particular culture disguised in general "

Given this, do not think a story of whiskey bar "is itself an archetypal construction. Javier Cortijo , great critic whom I admire, it goes this time with a very common slip and extended vocabulary. No big deal, but at the same time to create, that boundary is always maintained solid and immovable.