https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjQishYOy0
I chose this video because we see two great athletes competing to be the best. In the first scene we see Dwayne Wade blocking a dunk attempt by Kevin Durant. We see Durant waking up in a sweat and pushing himself to be better and not get his dunk swatted again. These shows how belittling it is for a man to get his shot blocked. In the WNBA there are very few women that can dunk so it is not as big of a deal but for a man that makes you think you did not work as hard, and it hurts your ego. This commercial just goes to show how hard work can pay off but it also shows the competition factor that we see even off the court. Many times we see men and even women competing to be the best. In this commercial Dwayne Wade shows that he will not be dunked over. The consequence of this mentality can lead men to become angry, because it is an ego trip and many men do not being shown up by someone smaller than them. This can give men confidence issues, and positive and negative thinking. Many men will begin to question themselves to prove if they are manly enough. As in the Gatorade commercial we see both men waking up stressing out over not acceding in their goals for either dunking over one another or blocking a dunk.
So what does the lack of women in this commercial say? That women are less valuable in basketball because they can't all dunk? Excellent blog; well done!
ReplyDeleteEmily Connelly
I definitely agree with the fact that both men and women are competitive. Not only in the sport, but in their regular lives as well. We are a society that enjoys competing and I'm sure it's difficult for athletes to remember that not everything is a competition in the "real world".
ReplyDeleteMartha Slichter