The use of stereotypes in media can be a very hard thing to adapt, and talk about. Primarily because stereotypes can often give the wrong impression of a specific group of people. However if done well, they can often be the highlight of the story they are in.
In modern culture, the use of stereotype characters has lowered over the years, and it's good that it's not as prevalent as it used to be. Yet there's still something so fun about having a character, or many characters be the epitome of the "stereotype" class. It can really make a character shine out more than even the main protagonist, so long as they are written just as well as everyone else.
But ultimately, no story absolutely needs a stereotype in their cast to make a good story. If say a movie was type casted specifically by people who are represented by one class each, then it would be a drag of a movie to get through. And overall it wouldn't be fun to watch.
In my life, I can't say that I have personally been affected by stereotypes in real life. Although I can understand where they come from in media. Throughout my life, I have watched movies, tv shows, and even read books where there's always one character that comes off as annoying because he/she is a stereotype. And I've always felt bad for that character, because the actors are just doing what they're told to. So I never minded the characters themselves, nor the people that played them.
All this said, I don't believe characters that play stereotypes are necessary to make good entertainment, so long as the characters are written well, and feel like real people, that is good enough for me, and not as some comedic misrepresentation of someone else.
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