Hot and Funny

            Whether this is a wonderful time for women or not, it is a time when how women are portrayed is scrutinized. In Meredith Blake’s article in the Los Angeles Times, “Emmys 2014: A Night of Highs and Lows for Women”, Blake discusses how women were victims to sexism and also brought home many accomplishments at the 2014 Emmys. Although there were several important women who won awards in typically male dominated categories, the focus was on Sofia Vergara. The actress stood on top of a spinning pedestal while posing and smiling. Blake compares this occurrence to the offensive “We Saw Your Boobs” song featured at last year’s Emmys and contrasts it with Beyoncé’s feminist performance the night before at the VMAs. The night also featured a strange possibly sexist comment from Stephen Colbert.

            While I see how some people are taking Sofia Vergara’s pedestal to offence, I completely disagree. I thought that the spinning pedestal was funny and that her poses were humorous rather than purely sexual. Although this is being declared a contrast to Beyoncé’s performance, I think they are not so dissimilar. Vergara defended herself saying, “I think somebody can be hot and funny”, and showing that she was both flaunting her body and being funny at the same time. Vergara and Beyoncé both were trying to convey that a woman can be both proud of her body and be successful at many other things. They prove that a woman can be beautiful and still be wonderful at other things too. It’s also wonderful that so many women won awards at the Emmys, although that wasn’t a very controversial part of the evening. Colbert’s comment was just weird. I’m not sure if it was sexist or what, but it did sound a little bit bad. Overall, I think the evening was actually pretty successful for the women of the entertainment industry.

The original article: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tv/la-et-st-emmys-2014-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexism-20140826-story.html