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This analysis provides a refutation argument of an article in "The Christian Science Monitor" that maintains films perpetuate stereotypes that have a negative impact on viewers and society. The argument uses a variety of film examples to disprove this argument.

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"The impact of movies on society is generally viewed to be negative by many critics of Hollywood film. One such critic is Gloria Goodale, film critic for "The Christian Science Monitor", who argues that ethnic and gender stereotypes in film surface regularly. Asian-American were unhappy with "Lost in Translation" which depicted the Japanese as sycophants, Arab groups objected to the images of dirty Arabs' in the Mummy films and African-American activities protested the lingo used by the Jar-Jar Binks character in..."

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