ROYAL WEDDING! ROYAL WEDDING! ROYAL WEDDING!

As if I didnt make my title to this post obnoxious enough, I just wanted to remind everyone that the royal wedding is tomorrow.

Coverage starts at 6:00am on the Royal Channel, so I am also reminding everyone to set their alarm clocks so they do not miss a minute of the madness!

I am personally a fan of Kate Middleton and Prince William. But, media coverage has really gone to new levels with this wedding! We must not mind it though, I cant count off the number of events I know just happening in Annapolis tomorrow, to celebrate the royal wedding.

Hey why not, anyone can use an excuse to have a dress up party!



Toast! To the Royal Newlyweds. (Tomorrow) ;)

Charlie's Angels: Introduction Tells All

I remember our professor saying that many media critics will spend alot of time analyzing the beginning of movies and show. They read alot into how each character is introduced, because it gives a first impression to the audience. As many of you probably have noticed, a person's first impression mean's alot!

I enjoyed watching the first half of Charlies Angels in class to analyze how each character was introduced in the movie.



So as we talked about in class, "Charlie" introduces all three women in the beginning, starting of with a somewhat "Once upon a time.." manner. The women are beautiful, and two of them are seen sexually, one in a bathing suit and the other in extremely short shorts. He explains how he "saved" them and they all look so happy to be a part of his... team?

But what I found most interesting is how Charlie really isn't introduced at all. He just begins to talk, the audience is really just supposed to assume that he is Charlie and he is important. We never even get to put a face to Charlie, we just see an attractive women bring him a drink while he is poolside, once again furthering his importance.

I would personally like to see a movie where a women is important enough she doesnt have to be seen, because after all, physical appearance seems to be all too important to us these days!

Girls Intelligence Agency

I could not believe the topic that came up in class about the Girls Intelligence Agency (GIA). This is a website that reaches out to girls to discover products that will be most successful. They host sleepovers, do shopping trips, even do "in room hangouts" to better get inside these girls heads.

They are most known for their "sleepover in a box", where they send a box full of products to a host of a sleepover. All of the girls then try on or out all of these products. The host is then to report back to the GIA about the products that were the most and least popular. The "report" to the top right shows the expect results from the "word of mouth" after a sleepover. Obviously it is an incredibly intelligent idea, who wouldnt want to have a bunch of free stuff at a sleepover? Or to be taken on shopping trips just for the fun of it?

What these girls dont understand is what is going on behind the frilly pink products and the fun gifts. These companies are holding opportunities they know young girls will buy into, and then using them to make their own companies rich. Children are not meant to be marketed to. At this rate, no child will understand any concept of "saving", or "appreciating what one has" if they are constantly all being held to such high standards with such rediculous marketing.

Kendra: From Playmate to Mommy

After our "porn" lesson I thought it would be appropriate to do a blog on Kendra Baskett, formerly known as Kendra Wilkinson. Kendra's fame began as a playboy playmate. She entered the playboy mansion at only 18 years old, and was one of the "Girls Next Door". Famous for a quite obnoxious laugh, she was the "sporty" girl next door. 

Kendra met Hank Baskett, with whom she moved out of the playboy mansion with and got married. To the surprise of many, she was soon pregnant with Hank Jr. She even got her own show, "Kendra", which followed the lives of her, her husband, and son. 

The fact that this women is famous and has her own show simply because of being a part of the playboy mansion is its self incredible. It just goes to show what a big business the playboy industry is, giving understanding to the insane statistic from last class, that the porn industry makes more money then the NFL, NBA, and MLA put together. 

The media has been incredibly harsh on Kendra on not being able to loose all the baby weight from Hank Jr. Some media can be good, but not all, as im sure Kendra now knows!

Kendra post baby