Daily Mail had such an egregious
article title of how women are relegated to only being important for how they
look that I had to share: 'Most comedy talent in one place!' Jerry Seinfeld beams at SNL's 40th anniversary as wife Jessica, 43, shows off toned figure.
Jerry gets to “beam” and be quoted
while Jessica gets to tag along to show off her body, as if that is the only
reason she exists, to be a pretty piece of arm candy for her husband.
She doesn’t even get to beam in
adulation of her comic husband.
Oh! But don’t worry, while Jessica
doesn’t get to say anything, at least her purse does!
“Her gold purse made a statement
with the word 'Saturday' emblazoned across the front.”
Thank goodness she had her purse,
or she might not have even known where she was or what day it was, huh?
And it’s not like Jerry doesn’t
appreciate what he owns, as the writer sees it: “Still, the 60-year-old
comedian appeared to be keen on showcasing something else - his 43-year-old
wife's enviable figure.”
Oh yeah, uh-huh. I can tell that’s
what Jerry is doing there.
Look at what Mail Online does next—Jerry
must be happy, so that calls for a metaphor—you now, fancy writing: “The
Seinfeld actor looked like the cat that got the cream as he wrapped his arm
around the fit blonde.”
Jerry is a cat and his wife
becomes an inanimate object.
But Daily Mail figures the photos
can’t be enough, so we get a luscious description of Jessica’s body parts, errr,
I mean, outfit: “Jessica's clingy purple Narciso Rodriguez jumpsuit called
attention to her muscular arms, and its low-cut bodice put her cleavage on full
show.”
Perhaps realizing how objectifying
the article was becoming, the reader gets to learn that Jennifer actually is
something besides Jerry’s wife: “The cookbook author completed the look with a
black double-chain necklace and colorful dangling earrings. Her blonde locks
were slicked back and she had on a bright red lip.”
Finally, we get a mention of Jerry’s
attire: “Meanwhile Jerry looked dapper in a black tuxedo, crisp white shirt and
black bow tie.”
Umm, yeah, his outfit just gets a
sentence because we know what a man wears isn’t important, it’s what he does.
So then we get a description of his experience of the SNL 40th
Anniversary special.
I understand that it’s a night
about comedy and he’s a comedian and that’s why the article is about him, but
why does his wife have to get turned into just an objectified thing for the
night?
Can you imagine if Daily Mail
wrote an article about one of the female comedians there with the title: 'Most comedy talent in one place!' Tina Fey
beams at SNL's 40th anniversary as husband Jeff Richmond, shows off buff figure?
