why would we ever want to go out to a restaurant, when we get stuff like this is coming up day after day?Darryl possesses a sense of idealism that is expressed by the morals he stands for. He not only shows this by not giving in, but elaborates it by not making other people feel down when things are at their worst. In this, the viewer is positioned to react toward Australian males in a positive way. Although there are some scenes that might prompt the viewer to react negatively towards Australian males, in most cases these scenes are merely only Darryl retaliating to protect his rights. The Castle is set in the cultural context of Australian metropolitan society, at a time where major developments and expansions were abundant. This text shows how easy it was to clear land to expand a major development. These days clearing land is not as easily done, in fact there are programs (i.e. green peace) to prevent the clearing of forests.Nevertheless negative constructions of Australian males are persisting in Australia today. A good example is in the song Chris Franklin Bloke and beer advertisements. The dominant reading in these texts is that Australian males are all lazy, beer guzzling, labourers who wear thongs, faded blue singlets and have beer guts. This matches the dominant reading portrayed by most texts in todays society. Both texts are supposedly about your average Aussie bloke. Chris Franklin Bloke constructs the Aussie male as being no more than an uneducated eye sore, who has nothing better to do with his money than drink it away. I'm a labourer by day, I piss up all my pay. The construction of the Aussie male is much the same in beer advertisements, in that they express that everything will be all right as long as they have their beer. One such example contains the following dialogue.Tommo, you forgot the food.Dont worry. We got plenty of beer, he says as he opens a truck full of beer.Both texts position the reader to react in a ...
