Power Struggles and the Strong Woman

Katherine Hui RAYMOND WATERS CWL320 30 November 2011 POWER STRUGGLES AND THE STRONG WOMAN dawn Glory, directed by Roger Mitchell, is a romantic drollery and a reification of morning television. It is heavily coated in a regulation base plot the female protagonist is nervusd with obstacles in which she must oercome to prove her worth to those who have doubted her wrong season at the same m balancing her love interest. One of the most prominent archetypes in comedy is the strong woman archetype. The strong woman plays an outstanding role delineation power sputters, especially in the peeplace.Becky Fuller, 28, is a amply-energy and wide-eyed admirer manufacturing business. She quickly becomes a lik satisfactory character in which the audience cannot cooperate but root for. Through her struggles with pursuing her dreams of becoming an executive maker at the Today Show, Becky finds herself hired to revitalize a morning arrange maneuver forcet in turmoil. Throughout the mo vie she experiences struggles with herself, her network, and the male alazon Mike Pomeroy, a spring naturals anchor acclaimed for his experience in crosscuting real news.There is a parallel harvest-tide between all the characters in the movie as well as the morning award itself. The movie begins with a learn, visually framing Beckys obvious social ineptness and her overt inscription to work. Because of her prank in early morning news, the audience hears her on a 3p. m. dinner date with a marketing executive, whose job adds into the irony of the duo. Becky is set up to her phone and unable to talk about anything other than her work. She stumbles over her linguistic communication and acts as if she were still a pubescent teenager on her stolon date.The marketing executive immediately realizes her awkwardness and incapacity to remove herself from her job and quickly asks for the check. Here the audience sympathizes for Becky, seeing her struggle in onerous to fulfill one of lifes basic needs companionship. The date is fol milded by a montage of her daily routine in which we see Becky in her comfort zone in complete control of what she is torrid about work. The audience sees the contrast between her dedication with work and struggles ith men and is able to feel a sense of admiration and respect for the character. Although she lacks in being able to make social connections she makes up for in her fear to her work. Becky is a highly dedicated to her job at Good dawning immature Jersey. She is the rootage one in, last one out and knows a shitload more about news than someones whose daddy pay them to smoke bongs and talk semiotics at Harvard. Becky is tipped off that she would be promoted to executive producer, something that she has pursued since she was 18.Instead she is laid off and expectantly replaced by a male who has more experience with an education from Harvard. This is a constant struggle in society today women are underrated and easily replaced in the work place. The strong women archetype serves to prove society wrong through the laughable spirit theme. Although Becky is consistently faced with others doubt in her including her own drive she perseveres through the negativity as the strong woman and is given the prospect as an executive producer on Daybreak, a perpetually fourth part rated morning show at IBS.On Beckys first day she is already confronted with multiple complications her bosss lack of faith, the shows hapless morale, and its semi-talented staff. Quickly she proves that she posses the type of assertiveness and ardent attitude that Daybreak desperately needs, making the executive decision to fire a long ladder co-anchor Paul McVee, the epitome of the conceitedness and one of the main reasons for the shows meek morale. Becky a puddle faces another challenge finding the perfect replacement. Daybreaks low budget forces Becky to find an unconventional way to hire a new anchor.Through her wit and ability to think on her feet she finds a loophole in one of IBSs contracted and retired news anchors. Mike Pomeroy, the braggart(prenominal) male, is a world-renowned and respected television journalist. His opinion of morning television is far from low and is highly reluctant in having to co-anchor Daybreak, finally he is forced to rent the position due to his six million dollar contract with IBS. Pomeroy refuses to cover anything un-newsworthy and becomes a constant struggle in Beckys effort to break the show.Pomeroy disregards all of Beckys requests, even getting drunk before his first day at work, further conveying his role as the braggart male. Becky withstands anything that Pomeroy throws at her, paralleling her strength to his experience. Pomeroy compares morning entertainment to a worthless sweet-flavored donut, in which Becky counters by comparing hard news to a boring bran muffin. Both characters finally come to reconciliation when they collaborate on their first bre aking news story, covering the live arrest of New Jerseys governor on charges of racketeering.Becky is elated and compares their breakthrough to a bran donut. She is faced with yet another challenge improving Daybreaks ratings or having to face cancellation. One challenge that television faces today is the quality of entertainment. Often times ratings are based on controversy and popular destination and the dumb-ing down of information to appease the commercial audience. Becky fully understands what viewers compulsion and overlooks this issue, completely devoting herself into doing absolutely anything to increase ratings.Through the strong woman archetype Becky shows that she has a clear vision and proves to her co-workers that she has a concrete strategy and ability to fit out the audiences needs. Her dedication rallys morale and similar Lysistrata she is able to swing her crew to be just as committed as she is. Becky performs miracles, introducing new segments and changing e verything from the weather broadcast to their interviews. This progression is farced paced, paralleling the shows change magnitude success.As Daybreaks ratings go up theyre able to gain access to more famous celebrities, which in turn increases ratings even more. The shows breaking point comes with Beckys and Pomeroys bran donut, signifying her achievement at Daybreak and her ability to overcome the tribulations of the male alazon through her strong testament and perseverance. Throughout the plot Becky becomes romantically involved with Adam Bennett, another producer at IBS. Although first light Glory is a romantic comedy, it touches lightly on Beckys relationship with Adam, focusing more on her exchanges with Pomeroy.Expectantly, Becky struggles with removing herself from work while trying to build a relationship with her love interest. Her dedication to work is her Achilles heal as well as her inimitable strength. Adam is able to overlook her awkwardness, even to the point ador ation. The shows successes and downfalls parallel with Beckys growth in her ability to sustain a relationship. Towards the end of the movie, like with all romantic comedies, she is finally able to overlook her obsessions and succeed in overcoming her disability to make a romantic connection.The comic spirit seeks to march strength in those who deserve a chance to exhibit impressiveness those who are overlooked by societys standards. In Morning Glory, Becky Fullers enduring strength, forceful determination, and self-belief transcends beyond any high profiled work experience or degree from Harvard. Daybreaks growth parallels with Beckys relationship with Mike Pomeroy as well the crews morale. Becky is a prime example of the strong woman archetype and she triumphs over her inner struggles as well as struggles with the higher forces of society.