Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

The character of Synthia in Pitch Perfect is homosexual and the way it is portrayed is meant to be comedic but this representation can be considered to go to far with the many jokes aimed at her and how she acts with the other girls in the group. When they are rehearsing and the whole thing turns into chaos so she grabs the nearest girl by the breasts and says, “I’ll protect you”, showing how she sees the other girls around her. This is meant to be comedic and to some it is, myself included but to some this is quite inappropriate because this would probably not happen in real life so t some people this can seem quite offensive.

When she is first introduced during the auditions we see how because of her short hair and also wearing a cap that everyone thinks that she is a boy. Immediately the others see her as different and very masculine. This again is meant to be comedic but can be seen as offensive but is more comedic because of the way the boy in the back says “Nope not a dude”. She is very stereotypical of the comedic lesbian as she also looks at all the girls and smiles and all the others talk about how she acts around the others and how they think she is gay.

Out of all the characters in the group we see that she is very different to the others in quite a few ways. She is the only black character in the group along with being the only gay character. She also has short hair when the others have long hair so she is also more masculine than any of the others. Synthia is the films representation of how being gay can make people seem very different to the others and single them out so having the gay character being black and also very masculine shows how she is viewed differently to the others.

When one of the characters mentions that they need to focus on the group more and not on boyfriends she singles Synthia out and says “or partners sorry”. This is singling her out again and when she does this Synthia just sits back and slouches like she is ashamed of who she is and how she feels.