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At no other time in history have sports played such a dominant role in daily life. Thanks to the 11 of the
Internet and television, adults and children alike consume sports at an astonishing rate. When we are not
physically involved in sports, we play them via video games or in fantasy leagues, and we watch them on TV.
The celebrity status of top athletes speaks to the importance we attach to sporting events. 12 , athletic
endeavors have a tremendous economic, political, and cultural influence on our society. Hosting sporting
events can boost tourism and revenue for a city. Sports in society can even influence our understanding of
gender roles and socio-economic issues, and they can help 13 city-, state-, and national identity.
Sports’ 14 effect on culture is especially evident among those who may not enjoy playing or watching
sports—these people often still know the names of key players, and they may still take national pride in
Olympic medals. In fact, sports in society are so vital that the United Nations has 15 them a human right:
Sport and play are human rights that must be respected and enforced worldwide; sport has been increasingly
recognized and used as a low-cost and high-impact tool in humanitarian development and peace-building
efforts.
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The incredible thing about television is that characters have the potential to be represented in a million
different ways. Unfortunately, producers tend to stick to the same few archetypes and tropes. Nearly every
show about high schoolers includes a tough jock or a rebellious bad boy. As such, it is no surprise that television
follows a few patterns and stereotypes when it comes to portraying intelligence.
One of the most obvious and frankly painful depictions of intelligence is the socially awkward genius. In
spite of their high IQs and brilliant minds, these characters have trouble understanding jokes and other social
cues. For instance, nearly every character in “The Big Bang Theory” acts this way. Most of the show’s humor
comes from the contrast between the awkwardness of the brilliant physicists like Sheldon and Leonard, and
the “normal” people like Penny, the waitress who lives across the hall. Another kind of intelligent character is
the one whose abilities are limited to helping the protagonist. We thus can see that in the show “Arrow,” Felicity
Smoak is a computer whiz who worked as an IT girl for superhero Oliver Queen’s company before joining
“Team Arrow” as a hacker. She could do anything from finding shortcuts during a car chase to sending a greedy
criminal’s illegally-earned income to a charity as a twisted form of blackmail—all from the comfort of her