What a legend!
Anchorman – the
legend of Ron Burgundy is a cult comedy testosterone loaded 1970s USA. It
is about San Diego’s top-rated news anchorman Ron Burgundy. The movie comes
with an at times overload of sarcastic humour, which could at times be viewed
as humourless examples of gender inequality and ideal example of the double
standards in the then male dominated world of media.
At the start of the movie Ron and his ‘gang’ are introduced
to the audience and portray themselves as cocky, ignorant, sexist and even vein
bunch of overly hetero sexual males. The plot of the movie starts when their
whole world is being turned upside down by the arrival of an aspiring female
journalist on the scene, of course no other than Veronica Corningstone. It
becomes apparent form the arrival of Veronica that she has ultimately has her
eyes not only on Ron himself but on his seat behind the new desk. This female
presence unsettles the deeply and they are in every possible roundabout way to
get rid of Veronica. The battle of the sexes ends with Veronica turning the
tables on Ron and the gang and Ron hitting rock bottom in his career (which
appears to be over) and on a personal level losing everything including his
ego. Veronica takes over Ron’s job as ‘anchorman’, however in a time of need,
when accidentally ends up in a bear cage, Ron returns to the scene and saves
not just the day and the news, but also Veronica.
The 2004 movie was directed by Adam McKay, the former head
writer of Saturday Night Live. It stares Will Ferrel, who has also co-written
the movie and David Koechner, Steve Carrell and the never aging Paul Rudd as
the members of his gang. Veronica Corningstone is being played by no other than
‘Married with Children’ star Christina Applegate.
Whilst this whole movie explores in a great satirical manner
those outdated thoughts of male versus female dominance in the workplace, it
also ridicules them. In the end I think nothing has changed in Ron, he might
have become a bit tolerant at last. But then again, this is what makes this
movie a good and provided for many laughs throughout.
Ron is truly a legend on the screen and this portrayal of
this part of his life, so let me finish by saying
Stay Classy San Diego (Ron Burgundy)
And thanks for stopping by (Veronica Corningstone)
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