Cecily Strong is a comedian of the famous and popular show Saturday Night Live on NBC. She often works with her coworkers to made fun of what happening in the world. As a comedian, many of her jokes fall into the category of dry sarcasm. So, it is important to take that into consideration when watching the speeches she gives. In in April of 2015, she gave a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton. The comedic speeches at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner allows people to criticize high ranking politicians, mainly the president, in a way that draws attention to what needs to be taken care of and what needs to stop which is what makes it both a persuasive and informative speech. While she is bring …show more content…
That's not my job I mean, can you even imagine?”(“Cecily Strong Complete Remarks at 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner”) This remark is criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision to let the lower court deal with the Notre Dame birth-control case where Notre Dame, a Catholic university, did not want to cover contraception with their health plans for employees. Obviously Cecily Strong believes that a women should be able to decide for herself whether or not to use contraceptives, not the government or the people she works …show more content…
I don’t want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they’re the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.”(“Cecily Strong Complete Remarks at 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner”) Police brutality is an ongoing dilemma in the United States and the current issue relating to it was Freddie Gray’s death in police custody. This was a very important incident that months later would lead to violent riots in
A memorable and powerful statement that stays with the audience is created by the contrast between speaking the truth and its power. In Winfrey's speech, parallelism and antithesis create a memorable, persuasive, and impactful message that resonates with the audience. Oprah creates a powerful and moving speech with these tools, inspiring her audience to fight for equality and
In “Forget Gun Control. America Needs Fallacy Control.”, Michelle Malkin, the author, mainly talks against outspoken celebrities on the argument of gun control. In response to such celebrities as Jimmy Kimmel and Billy Baldwin, Malkin points out the unfactual statements they claim. She believes feelings, outbursts, and emotional responses by these celebrities should not be taken over critical thinking. Michelle Malkin effectively goes against these emotional outbursts by these many Hollywood celebrities.
Because she has such an educated background, she is a high scholar and able to give credibility and trust to the audience. Many women are always ambitious to become a career leader and a housewife so her background will most likely to have an attraction to many women. Women will more willing to accept her argument because she have such a high credibility. However, if Mrs. Schlafy mentions her personal story during the speech, such as the challenges of raising six children and working at the same time and how the ERA will negatively impact her would create a strong and impactful statement because women can be further relatable. Also, the way Mrs. Schlafy dresses up draws women’s attention.
Through the structure of her speech, she makes it easy for her audience to follow. Not only is she addressing her political party, but to everyone else. Her intentions are far from stating political reasons, but it was for every American who is suffering from AIDS or is potentially exposed to the deadly disease. As she says “we have killed each other with our ignorance, prejudice and our silence,” it is time to speak out about AIDS. Keeping it in will only cause more harm as “we do the president no good if we praise the American family but ignore a virus that destroys it.”
In her speech, “The Morality of Birth Control”, it appealed to the audience because she was able to appeal to their emotions. From this, she was able to tell the audience to believe what they think is the best. She also attacks the people who are against birth control because it does not affect them and they do not understand what the use it is for. Sanger is saying that birth control can help women gain a higher education because they do not have to be distracted about taking care of their children, but can focus on school instead. The purpose of birth control is because of women’s morality and they believe that they should be educated first to prevent mishaps and other things that can be prevented.
When you think of actress Whoopi Goldberg, you may think of her roles in films like The Sister Act, her role as co-host of the The View, or perhaps even her signature look of dreadlocks and invisible eyebrows. In reality, Whoopi Goldberg has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years and has been constantly revealing new talents, skills, and strengths. Her strengths include comedy, acting, singing, producing, writing, and creating. In this speech, I will discuss Whoopi’s iconic career and the many skills that she has shown the world.
Nikki White is a ballerina that has never done stand up comedy before and the first time she went was hilarious. She was talking about the social inequality of women in today’s society, especially pregnant women. She explained how pregnant women do things and the problems they encounter. In a comedic way she made physical movements that was exaggerated in the way pregnant walk and also made hand and face gestures to make her point go through in a more understanding way. She also made fun of how women would normally fight or argue with others like how “middle school girls” fight by talking and making face expressions from one side of a room to another and from car to car while driving.
She does a great job of explaining her point to her audience by repeating her main point over and over again. However, this speech was given twenty years ago, nothing was changed. At the time when Clinton gave her speech, it may not have been appreciated that much by the society. However, she mentioned this speech again in 2008, and this time, many more people came to know the reality of how women are being treated in other countries. Her speech was also considered influential in women’s rights movement.
It’s clear that this is a very personal speech, targeting issues that are most relevant to Sojourner. By pointing out in the audience, she is making the issues more real, dragging her equals to her side with a simple finger towards a man. The act identifies a real enemy, not just empty talk, as if saying “the ones denying our rights are among us, right there”. This makes the men in the audience uncomfortably aware of their genders power over these decisions. An example of this would be when Sojourner is talking about religion.
She used many humorous photos to soften up what is widely known as a harsh topic. Politics are not what I personally get into due to the very reason she was speaking about – people are defensive of their viewpoints and with their viewpoints become the Backfire Effect, which she had mentioned. To simply put, the backfire effect is to tell another of their opinion and when their opinion of the statement does not match theirs it
One reason her speech was so popular was through her use of humor, and the tone that resonated with her female audience. “Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!” (Commencement Address to the Wellesley College Class of 1990). As Barbara Bush was speaking at an all-female college, her tongue-in-cheek remark that one of them may be a future president by indicating a male would take her position, shows her sense of humor and ability to gain favor with her crowd.
Showing up at the Olympics with a face not showing the representation of a ‘brutal regime’ and just by being a woman hypnotized the audience into forgetting who she really represents. There was no footage of what she spoke or said to anyone aside from what Kim Jong-un sent her to say to President Moon. However, not much needed to be said when people can see the influence she is having on the south
The rhetorical strategies she chose to use for her argument ensured she presented the most thought provoking, impactful speech. As her Ted Talk continues to reach millions of listeners around the globe, her hope is to breakdown those perpetuated stereotypes and convince the audience to reject the single story by seeking and more importantly, sharing diverse
This study examined the effects of abuse of discretion by law enforcement officers. I examined five articles from scholarly sources and also interviewed one law enforcement officer and an individual who had recently been party to an incident involving police discretion. Based on my research and the interviews I conducted, I determined that cultural conditioning, race and class play a significant role in how a police officer uses his or her discretion. The basic question at hand is not whether an officer believes he should uphold the law. It is a simple question of whether or not the officer sees value in the life of the individual with whom he’s interacting.