Love Don't Cost a Thing

In my opinion the movie Love Don't Cost a Thing is not the greatest example but the only one I could think of at the time. However this movie is about a high school loser (Nick Cannon) who pays a cheerleader (Christina Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. This film is a Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.

Furthermore, Alvin Johnson (Cannon) is an extremely intelligent nerd under consideration for a General Motors scholarship, as he is skilled in designing engines. However, he's always dreamed of hanging out with the popular kids, especially Paris Morgan (Milian), a beautiful, popular cheerleader dating NBA star Dru. When Paris crashes her mother's expensive SUV during an argument with Dru, Alvin agrees to repair the car in return for two weeks of dating. Alvin uses money he had saved for his project, jeopardizing his scholarship. After a few missteps, Alvin begins to integrate himself with the popular crowd. He and Paris grow closer as she shares with him her secret love of music, but Alvin misinterprets her feelings and stages a break-up at the end of two weeks. Alvin continues to grow in popularity, alienating his former nerd friends and dating Paris's friends. At the end of year Senior Skip Day, Dru returns, but leaves after he finds out Paris had been dating Alvin. In an attempt to get him back, Paris exposes her deal with Alvin to the whole school, returning him to mediocrity. Alvin's father (Harvey) agrees to pay for the part, explaining to Alvin that he'd supported his sudden transformation because he wanted him to have some of the same experiences he did in high school. At the basketball game, Alvin stands up for his nerd friends against the former jocks. As Paris follows him out, she is stopped by Dru, but she blows him off and the two become a couple.

In essence, the way this film relates to the ideas of imperialism. Is Alvin Johnson (Cannon) attempts to buy Paris Morgan (Milian) because she may have been the popular one in the situation but by crashing her mom's SUV she becomes the weak one and Alvin Johnson (Cannon)by the end of the film ends up taking over and becomes even stronger because of Paris Morgan (Milian).

P.S. It ended up blowing up in his own face because he gets to "big head" -arrogant about the power he had gained from the student body. WHich leaves me to ask this question. Do you think this is bound to happen to the United States of America???