Binary oppositions and ideology

There are several examples of binary oppositions within this clip of Nigel Farage and Russell Brand. For example, Russell Brand is represented as being more left wing and the representing the working class ideology whereas Nigel Farage is represented as being more right wing and representing mainly the higher class ideology. However, through the clip we can see some of the working in favour over Nigel rather than Russell because they believe that Russell does not understand how some of the working class feel that immigration is a major issue that is affecting their everyday life, yet there is still support for Russell and his views as some believe Nigel is going beyond the facts on immigration and that there are much more important issues to deal with.



The binary oppositions within this clip are represented through the characters of Penny and Sheldon. Penny is represented as being quite unintelligent, which links to Medhurts theory as Penny is stereotyped to be a dumb blonde, on the other hand Sheldon is represented as intelligent. These link to the ideology of intelligent people having a superiority in society hence the reason why they have better jobs, lives etc while those who are unintelligent are less likely to succeed, there is however an alternative ideology that has lately gained a lot of support where intelligence is not linked to success.