ENG 102 Women Representation on Media TEDTalk Essay

In a 5- to 7-page essay, you will select a TEDTalk on any topic of your choice andcompare and contrast it to a work of art of your choosing that engages the same image. Youressay must argue which work extends the argument about the image by writing a comparingcontrasting argumentative essay. Compare and/or contrast this image. Determine how the worksportray the image as similar or dissimilar, how the works reinforce or undermine each other’sdepiction of the image, how they assert one may be problematic, or how they extend or alter theimage or critique the image. Then consider, examine, and engage what the image represents inand beyond the film. Your task is to identify an angle, choosing what about the image you wantto interrogate in terms of the work.For example, consider an image like the older woman in drag as depicted by Tyler Perry asMadea in Madea films or Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire in Mrs. Doubtfire andcomparing/contrasting it to a TEDTalk about the portrayal of women in media andentertainment. Then, follow the line of questioning as you compare and contrast this image. Howis the figure of the older woman complicated because of the actors’ performances? What does itmean that the actors are men portraying not just women but matriarchs? Are these realisticimages of women or stereotypes? Does gender impact the effectiveness of the film’s message?Are there cultural implications built into these images and the portrayals that impact anaudience’s response? Is their dragging discounted because the films are comedy? Are thereboundaries that should not be crossed in portrayals of women’s or gender identity? Is there acultural sanctity to the image of the matriarch, or is that why she is made comical? What are theimplications of such films on American psyches? What messages are reinscribed because of theimage and the actors’ portrayal?Parameters: Your TEDTalk can be on any topic and given in any method. Your chosen work of art can be a film, TV show, album, song, novel, poem, short story,play. Whichever work you choose must be something that you have seen, heard, or readwithin the last six months. You must use five peer-reviewed secondary sources to support and refute your argument.One source will support you, and the other will refute you. You may decide which sideyour other three sources take. Your sources must be from books, expert interviews,lectures, speeches, newspapers, reputable magazines (i.e. The New Yorker), essays,articles, and/or websites. The sources must be valid, relevant, and reliable; therefore,Wikipedia is not acceptable (it never is). If your source is a website, it must have anauthor who is identifiable, credible in the subject matter and provides a bibliography forthe information to be verified. The sources must have been published within the last 10-20 years. You must use summary, paraphrase, and quoting when incorporating your sources. Consider using one source to help frame (offer context) to your topic and how you willargue your perspective.

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