Since it's that time of year for electing our new president, we are going to see a lot of political advertising. In Sheryl Crow's song,"Woman in the White House", we are presented with a type of song that has to deal with politics and the current election. Sheryl Crow's song talks about how America will be a lot more civil if we had a woman president. This type of song is an example of juxtaposition because of the stereotypes that Sheryl Crow uses towards woman that are mostly not true. In her song she assumes that if America has a woman president, then there would be a lot more money towards the economy and everyone in the country would get along. She explains how there would be more money towards the economy because if a woman is president, then she wouldn't be spending all of the money. Just from my personal experience's, I believe that those statements are mostly false.
The album cover for this song is an example of a juxtaposition as well. Sheryl Crow tried to go for a type of sex appeal when it came to her album cover. When people are listening to this song and they see the album cover, I think that they will not take her song seriously because I highly doubt that a woman president would where something like that in office. The album cover also contradicts itself from her point in the song. Overall, I think that this juxtaposition isn't very effective towards her sales. Since the song is upbeat and somewhat "catchy", the audience will not be able to comprehend the real message behind the song and they'll just think that the song is a joke. I believe that this song will not be taken seriously in the future as to whether or not America should have a woman for president.
Emily Shouse
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I can understand where you’re coming from but I happened to interpret the song a lot differently. When she stated that women knew how to balance a check book, I don’t think she meant it was going to improve the economy drastically. In my opinion I think it meant women are better with money and can stretch a dollar if you get my point. Having a woman as president wouldn’t change the amount of money being spent towards the economy, it’s just not possible, but I think she’s saying that they know better ways to spend it. When talking about her album cover I agree that she was going towards more of a sex appeal towards her listeners, but also to me the album cover represented empowerment of women. Any woman as president would be seen in heels and tights no doubt, especially since that’s already what all women politicians wear already. I personally don’t care too much for the song but I also think she made it very clear to get her point across to listeners and I think it’s easy for listeners to analyze the song.
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