Here’s another snipet from my paper on Teeth!
The location and time setting of Teeth seem purposefully ambiguous so that the viewer understands that what happens to Dawn and the men of this movie can happen anywhere and to anyone. The movie is set in a pleasant suburb filled with flourishing trees and bright green lawns. However, it is noteworthy that in almost every outdoor shot, there are ominous smokestacks of some unmentioned factory that are polluting the air with dark black smoke. This contrast between the seemingly pleasant community and the contaminating smoke can be interpreted as a representation of Dawn’s outward appearance and what lies beneath her exterior. It could also be a representation of many of the oppressive tendencies of the community. For Dawn, it is her peers’ taunting of her decision to remain abstinent. For the greater community, it is their reluctance to accept female sexuality on the same level as male sexuality. This societal representation is also another reason for the ambiguity of the suburban setting because it reinforces the notion that these oppressive tendencies are not constricted to this one place.
No, this blog post won’t be about the fantastic Nsync song which its title references, but rather a look into the culture of teen pop stars promising their viriginity until their married through public announcements or through wearing promise rings. Recently, 
both Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Simpson all made claims that they were going to abstain from sex until marriage. From the looks of it, it seems that Jessica Simpson was the only one who kept that promise. Apparently there is 