I will be doing my weekly analysis on the movie “American Pie – Beta House.” Just like the previous “American Pie” movies, this one is about trying to prove manhood by sleeping with girls. However, this movie has a slight twist compared to the rest. In this movie the main character Erik Stiffler goes to college with his friend Mike Coozeman. Erik’s cousin Dwight is a brother at the Beta house, one of the major fraternities on the campus. Erik and Mike decide to pledge to the Beta house in order to meet many women and help boost their social skills.
There is one little problem with pledging the Beta house this year at school. Edgar, the head brother at a rivaling fraternity house is trying everything in his power to close the Beta house down. Edgar and his brothers are what the Beta house calls “Geeks.” However, they are not like the traditional geeks of the past who do everyone else’s homework and still get looked down upon. Edgar and his band of brothers are more advanced and are more aggressive then the geeks of the past. They do not allow jocks or preps to take advantage of them.
After being put down enough from the Beta house, Edgar challenges them to a competition of Greek Games. In the end the Beta house wins by a narrow advantage they picked up from another fraternity.
This relates to today’s pop culture because in today’s society geeks are making a comeback. In the TV/Reality show “Beauty and the Geek,” and even in “I Love New York,” a high intelligent male gets to the last three people before getting eliminated. Even more today being smart and sexy seems to get you further ahead than just being beautiful.
There is one little problem with pledging the Beta house this year at school. Edgar, the head brother at a rivaling fraternity house is trying everything in his power to close the Beta house down. Edgar and his brothers are what the Beta house calls “Geeks.” However, they are not like the traditional geeks of the past who do everyone else’s homework and still get looked down upon. Edgar and his band of brothers are more advanced and are more aggressive then the geeks of the past. They do not allow jocks or preps to take advantage of them.
After being put down enough from the Beta house, Edgar challenges them to a competition of Greek Games. In the end the Beta house wins by a narrow advantage they picked up from another fraternity.
This relates to today’s pop culture because in today’s society geeks are making a comeback. In the TV/Reality show “Beauty and the Geek,” and even in “I Love New York,” a high intelligent male gets to the last three people before getting eliminated. Even more today being smart and sexy seems to get you further ahead than just being beautiful.
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