In the classic movie the “Anchorman, The Legend of Ron
Burgundy”, a comedic and fictional film about a famous journalist team that
stars Will Ferrell as the main news star. Now, the movie is mainly about this
famous broadcast news team that is shown to be predominantly males running the
news station, until a woman aspiring to report the news and enter the
journalism world turns their world upside down. Christina Applegate who plays
the female character Veronica Corningstone, who starts reporting on news
station and becomes part of the journalist team. This change and movement
towards women in journalism angers the news team, and she continues to show
that a woman can be a tremendous new reporter and journalist. One of the most
famous quotes from the movie said by one of the male new team members was, “It
is anchorman, not anchorlady. And that is a scientific fact”. This is
incredibly sexist towards women in journalism, and Veronica Corningstone’s
character shows how wrong the men were. I enjoy watching this film because not
only is it absolutely hilarious, but it empowers women to follow their dreams (such
as journalism) even if others are telling them otherwise.
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