- Thought-provoking
- Shocking
- Emotional
This play is very short and yet it still creates a strong emotional response through the language and the main topic of the play, the state of the nation.
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Below I have done a mind map of the Themes of 'Blondie':
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The following links are about the events of the Houla Massacre and both made me think about how people are treated and it also links to the play as Hayley Squires used this massacre as her stimulus.
Reading the play made me think about how the appearance of a presidential politician can affect the votes. After doing some research I found out that it is not only attractiveness that can affect the votes but also if the politician looks trustworthy or fearful. This links in with the play as B, the president, dyed her blonde to get more votes.
The play touches on how the coalition government changed the nation. When I read this it reminded me of the outrage of students about the University fees being risen.
A video about the University applications falling after the fee rise
Doing this research has made me think about stimulus' we could use. I like the idea of doing a play on how looks matter in politics but we could also do a more hard-hitting play on the genocide and people trying to "play God".
Another good stimulus we could use could be the coalition and how it has changed things within the nation, a play could be based on either the good or bad things that the coalition has done or on both good and bad.
Beauty=Power?
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Doing this research has made me think about stimulus' we could use. I like the idea of doing a play on how looks matter in politics but we could also do a more hard-hitting play on the genocide and people trying to "play God".
Another good stimulus we could use could be the coalition and how it has changed things within the nation, a play could be based on either the good or bad things that the coalition has done or on both good and bad.
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Beauty=Power?
The media has made it so we cannot escape the pressure of needing
to be beautiful and they quite often link beauty and power together. In fashion
people are told how to dress for work yet still look sexy (see picture below). Model's
are shown to have endless work possibilities, creating their own clothes line,
books, judges on shows. They have a certain power to get what they want, with
endless contacts. Alina Kabaeva is an example of this. Alina is a rhythmic gymnast turned member of the Russian
parliament. From her picture, below, you can she is what the media deems
as beautiful. Thin set, cleavage, strong facial features. It's interesting how
beautiful women are nowadays shown to be strong, independent and powerful in
the work place or even lifestyle. The current American president, Barack Obama,
is considered to be good looking. He has been reinstated as president of the USA.
But through all this there are still many leaders who are not deemed as "being
beautiful" yet have had a lot of power in their hands. Hitler, Thatcher. Hitler
was certainly not deemed as "good looking" yet he had so much power. He
was very good at getting people fired up. He was good at telling people what
they wanted to hear. He was good at getting people in interested in what he had
to say. Him becoming chancellor had nothing to do with looks and all to do with
how he ran his party. This is a prime example of how beauty does not always
equal power. Another example is how being beautiful used to come hand in hand
with the idea of being stupid and dumb. Models were thought of as dumb and
shallow minded. They certainly had no power over anyone other than that of
their beauty.
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| How to look good at work |
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| Alina Kabaeva |
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Overall the media has implanted
into our minds that being beautiful is needed to survive in this day and age. We
are told how to look good while doing our job, we see models getting a ton of opportunities
and we see polls on who is the hottest politician. In this day and age yes,
beauty can defiantly equal power. But it has not always been like this, it used
to be about what you were saying and what message you gave across.
There is a good range of research here that links to the text. Again, you could have gone on to annotate some of the research, or given quotes from the text to show hoe the research directly supports what you have cited. The mind map was a great idea!
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