Sallis Tropes
My tropes.
In response, I can make Sallis Tropes with respect to popular culture.
There's always the wise, noble, and helpful Negro - after all, that's how Negroes are in real life, eh? Then there's the White alpha male type, typically with unshaven stubble, since over the last several decades the definition of rugged manliness is forgetting how to use a razor for several days (a definition no doubt meant as a counter-balance to plummeting testosterone levels). Then we have the angular flat-chested woman who is presented as the paragon of beauty and desirability (see Tokyo Vice and Banshee for perfect examples of this trope), but in fact appeals only to Hollywood homosexuals who see in her a dickless and ballless pre-adolescent boy. An associated trope is the man-jawed, cleft-chinned woman who is also presented as a beauty, although one whose T-levels are higher than the unshaven male star. Then we have the overweight landwhale who dumps her needy nerd boyfriend and somehow snags a tall handsome alpha male type (see The Tourist). Homosexuals and trans freaks are always noble and competent. Then there's the sinister yet noble Nordic Germanic villain, as opposed to greasy sleazy Wops or the also typical brutal Neanderthal-like Eastern European thugs. Jews are always sensitive and intelligent.
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