This story was from the Daily Mail and written by Gerard Couzens.
The event was part of a Spanish TV show when Brenda Perez, age 21 spent 7 hours in hair and makeup to change herself into 'Dani' Perez and took part in an all male football match.
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| 'Dani' Perez |
Essentially, Brenda ran circles around the male athletes, and the rival team's manager commented to his assistant saying 'Keep watch on number eight’ and 'He touches the ball well doesn’t he.'
The purpose of this story is to try and raise the awareness about Women's professional football as it is often overlooked. By showing the talent of the female athletes on a popular TV, and in a comical way it broadens the audience of the piece. In comparison, for example if there was a serious documentary about women's football it would not get the exposure it needed to have an impact.
I personally think that the message of this story comes across as a bit of a joke. Although the intentions of the story are to show how skilled women footballers are to highlight the lack of credit and support they get, in a way I feel like it's a bit degrading to the woman, as the men are tricked into playing with the woman as if she is not worthy almost? I do like that the story is trying to push the equality of the sport but I think maybe it could have been dealt with in a more thought through manner.
You clearly understood the purpose of the campaign and how the article portayed the importance. You obviously saw the meaning and differences behind the form in which the campaign was done, such as it being done in a 'comical way'. The topics at hand are controversial and most often get overlooked as you stated, so it is good that you went out of your way to look out for it.
ReplyDeleteAs an improvement, try to look at the campaign from a slight distance, rather than analysing the meaning with full force, try to look at how the writers of the article actually wrote it themselves, what kind of words they used and how that illustrates your bias.
You however did clearly understand your position in this situation and showed a clear stance on what the article is about. A well structured analysis.
I thought you chose a really interesting story and I like your comment on how you feel that it made a mockery of the essence of the campaign, showing both a clear understanding of the story and expressing your opinion. However, you could have further provided context as to the type of paper The Daily Mail is - tabloid or broadsheet, for example - and whether that changes the credibility of the story.
ReplyDeleteI think you conveyed your opinion of the article well saying how it came across in a less serious way, could you speculate on why this is and maybe talk more on how stereotypes was the reason for the situation. And also I feel if you responded more on the context of the article you may be able to write about why it was written in a mocking way.
ReplyDeleteInteresting story to cover, this really shows the power of makeup and the view of women in football.You realised its purpose and differences behind the form in which the campaign was done. The actual topic is controversial and most often get overlooked as you mentioned, so it is good that you went out of your way to look out for something that would raise awareness for this type of thing.
ReplyDeleteHello Darcy,
ReplyDeletevery good article. You named your source, you added a picture, you shared your own opinion and you analysed the purpous of the article.
Johanna