KIDULTHOOD TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

The Kidulthood trailer contains a mixture of anti-social activities commonly accosiated with young black people growing up in Britain. The trailer depicts characters Alisa and Becky girls snorting cocaine, including the consumption of weed by the school bully Sam and protagonist Trife. There is another short clip where Alisa and Becky are with Trife's friend Jay stealing alcohol from an off-license, and then gulping it down carelessly later on. Trife's other friend Moony complains about his burger at a take-away outlet saying " I told them no onions!!!" before picking up the burger and throwing it at a member of staff. Trife, Jay and Moony force their way into school bully Sam's house where Jay takes out a condom and openly has sex with her before throwing the used condom in a fish tank within the room. Alisa's friend Becky is shown preparing herself to peform oral sex for a split second, and Sam is furious to find Trife, Jay and Moony in his house, and the trio beat him up and Trife photographs Sam's injuries on his phone before they run away. Trife is sometimes donning a revolver, where as Sam is donning a baseball bat. The kidulthood trailer plays up to most of the stereotypes presently used to portray young black youths in Britain, with the issue of violence being videod and posted on forums for 'entertainment', smoking,drinking and sex under the age limit, the carrying of dangerous weapons and the general disrespect shown to those in authority. Kidulthood to some extent glamourises these issues and makes them attractive to a young audience, as these young people on screen are shown as being comletely free to committ these offences with no restrictions.