Abstract
Conventional expectations about subcultural groups can be undermined by unusual performances of some individual members. Several recent movies have concerned people of exceptional ability who unexpectedly excelled at prestigious centers of learning. The Man Who Knew Infinity, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything deal with outstanding scientists and mathematicians at Cambridge University who encounter serious difficulties because of their irregular characteristics. The contradiction between their low status identities and their amazingly high intellectual achievements shows the destructive effects of subcultural stereotypes in the context of supposedly universalistic academic institutions.
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