Rushmore

Max Fischer

Is he a stereotypical teenager?

  From what twe as an audience see of Max in the montage, no, he is definately not a 'normal' teenager. For starters there is the amount of out of school activities he, not only takes part in, but is president or founder of. Secondly is the type of activities they are, a couple of examples are; Bee keeping, stamp collecting and colirgraphy, these are not usually the hobbies associated with a teenage boy wich would be something along the lines of  football or egging. On the otherhand he's working very hard to try and fit in and be a part of something by being in so many clubs this makes him seem slightly like a 'normal' teenager, just wanting to be accepted.

Mise en Scene.
Looking closer you  notice that in all the scenes he has his school uniform on, not the normal Ivy League school uniform of plain unbuttoned oxford shirt with beige chino's either, but a smart navy blazer, red tie and in some scenes a lovely red felt beret, worn at a jaunty angle of course. This could make his seem like abit of an attention seeker, trying hard to be spotted by the teachers and givin credit, or it could be trying to show the audience that he's not as well off as the other students and can't afford the proper ourfits. The bee's on he front of the front of the year book that starts the motage off could represent the school being a colony with only one person being to Queen bee, also it relates to the saying the 'bees knees' which Max could be trying to be. The song playing in the montage is by The Creation "Making Time" the last lines are "pulling the wool, acting the fool" this means pulling the wool over someones eye, could be hinting that Max is trying to pretend to be something he's not, or "fooling" someone.