Episode 1 of Big Time Rush is the pilot and provides the
background needed for all the episodes that follow. They are four teenage boys
from the state of Minnesota who play hockey. In the pilot the three of them do
their best to help one of them (James) reach his dream of becoming a pop star by
performing badly. This doesn’t work and instead another boy (Kendall) gains all
the attention. However, Kendall turns it all around on the producer and forces
him to create a boy band of all four of them, and thus begins the road to stardom,
aka the American Dream.
What is the American Dream? Well, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
defines the American Dream as “an American social ideal that stresses
egalitarianism and especially material prosperity”.
The first line in the show is Kendall Knight, one of the main
boys, saying “Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime.” While he isn’t
talking about achieving teen boy stardom, it is something that comes up again
later on in the episode. Big Time Rush initiated the return of boy bands,
however that is something I can explore in another paper. Once the boys arrive
in Hollywood, they go through a series of obstacles in order to achieve their American
Dream of becoming a famous boy band.
These boys come from a tiny town in Minnesota and all they
know is hockey and high school. After one fateful night they are simply catapulted
into the daunting world of fame and fortune.
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