The film industry is among many influences that contribute to class stereotyping in society. Since its inception, the cinema has inserted itself so much into viewer's collective consciousness that it now has the power and ability to influence the way in which they think about society with its onscreen portrayal of characters and social groups. These influences depict social groups with a few predetermined and unchanging attributes. In Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood displays stereotypical representations of low-class citizens from the American South. These characters are typically viewed as lacking refinement, people skills, education and an overall knowledge of the world and its culture. Through a comprehensive analysis of Million Dollar Baby, the different stereotypical generalizations and classifications of the depicted economic class structure will be identified and assessed. As well, an examination of the ideological messages transmitted on the construction of the social identity of the characters.
             Popular film is a powerful force. It has the ability to illustrate and give the illusion of false realities in life. Motion pictures have the capability of showing and teaching us about different groups and classes we are not apart of. According to Langston, class is something that you are born into, "class is your understanding of the world and where you fit in; it's composed of the ideas, behaviors, attitudes, values, and languages; class is how you think, feel, act, look, dress, talk, move and walk; ..." (pg98, Holtzman). These ideas of "class" gives individuals a social ranking based on their socioeconomic position. Million dollar Baby essentially revolves around and depicts the lives of the working class citizen, which can be further be broken down into upper and lower working class.
             For the most part, the majority of the characters in the film are apart of the lower working class
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