Spacecat
Answer each question in depth and provide specific evidence from
the text or speaker whenever available. The more you write, the better!
S
SPEAKER:
Who is the speaker/writer?
What do we know about
them? What can you tell or
what do you know about
the speaker that helps you
understand the point of
view expressed?
P
PURPOSE:
What is the speaker/writer
hoping to accomplish?
What is the reason behind
this piece? What do they
want the audience to do
after having listened?
A
AUDIENCE:
Who is the speaker/writer
trying to reach? How do we
know? Do they indicate a
specific audience? What
assumptions exist in the
text about the intended
audience?
C
CONTEXT:
What is the time and place
of this piece? What is
happening in the world as
it relates to the subject of
the speech or the
speaker/writer?
The speaker is Justin Baldoni. He is a Hollywood actor that mostly
plays characters that are masculine men. Characters that are
macho and charismatic; how Hollywood saw him. He has a
sensitive father that he resented at first. He has a wife and two
kids. He plays characters that are different from himself, so he
knows how it feels to play someone else, that is how society
views them. He has been a guy and seen how people can
transform, and how he has grown as a man. He grew up also
feeling the strain of toxic masculinity, and having to conform to it.
He gives an example by saying how he used to cut off his wife
mid-sentence when she talks, and how he is trying to change that.
He also talks about a guy who he talked to in the comments on a
picture of his that talked about how he grew up in an environment
that thought public shows of affection made you look weak.
He is trying to convey that the stereotypical roles of males and
females are toxic and has to end. As well as that, how society
views men is wrong and toxic. He wants people to teach their kids
and other people around them to be better humans. He feels that
there needs to be a change in society, specifically men’s ideals
about how they should behave. He wants the audience to go out
and inspire others to be more vulnerable, and for men to rely and
have the courage to be vulnerable around other men. He
addresses men to be vulnerable with other guys, and to set that
example. He challenges men to look inside themselves.
He’s speaking to guys mainly. Because he is addressing them
directly, and asks them to think about their insecurities. He
addresses women, to apologize for men’s behavior, and to ask
them to be patient, and to be allies in men’s journeys to be better.
He also addresses parents, to raise their kids to be better
humans. His subject is toxic masculinity, so it is mainly for men.
However, most of the audience was women.
November 2017 at TedWomen conference. So most of the
audience was women. The #MeToo movement was going on,
which was a movement against sexual harassment with many
women coming forward talking about how, they too, were sexually
harassed. Including high profile people being accused of sexual
assault, and coming out about how they were harassed. Against
“locker room talk.” Also during Donald Trump being elected to the
presidency.
E
EXIGENCE:
What was the spark or
catalyst that moved the
speaker/writer to
act/write? How did that
event impact the
speaker/writer?
C
CHOICES:
What are the rhetorical
choices that the
speaker/writer makes in
the speech? Think about
overall structure, devices,
diction, syntax, etc.
A
APPEALS:
Which of the three
rhetorical appeals (ethos,
logos, pathos) are present
in the text? Where? Why?
T
TONE:
What is the
speaker/authors attitude
toward the subject? Is the
tone the same throughout
the whole piece? Where
does it shift? What
evidence is there to
demonstrate the tone?
He woke up after 30 years, realizing that he was in conflict with
himself. He realized that what society wanted him to be conflicted
with who he was, and what he wanted to be, as well as the roles
he played in Hollywood. So he decided to talk about it, and help
others talk about it. He uses his platform to combat toxic
masculinity, and to inspire men to be vulnerable with others and
their significant others. It also inspired him to evaluate his own life,
and how he treats the women around him, and to be vulnerable
with his friends.
He uses funny anecdotes, and humorous language to set the
audience at ease and connect with them. He uses contrasting
words like strength and vulnerability to give a broad type of
language. He speaks clearly and familiarly, in a way that everyone
can understand and relate to. He uses specific examples from his
own life, as well as people who reach out to him. He talked about
how the fitness magazine reached out to him to be a “game
changer” when he started to post his workout routines. He also
talks about feminism and how women can help, and how parents
can affect their kids. He uses a lot of repetition to emphasize
shortcomings and how to be patient. He talks about how he was
affected. He addressed both sexes separately and then how both
can help each other. He uses the metaphor of a script that he and
other men were following and returns to it. He asks a lot of
rhetorical questions, and references a lot of movements. He talks
to the audience casually.
He uses specific examples like his talk with his wife, his talk with
his boys, his talk with the dude online to boost his ethos. He uses
pictures and examples of his own feelings and thoughts to appeal
to people's emotions. He uses his wife and kids, as well as quotes
and anecdotes to appeal to people. He appeals to logos about his
analytics, about how most of his following was women when he
talked about equality, but when he posts about workouts, more
men followed him. He also says how men are only here because
of women.
He wants a change in society. He is hopeful for change, and
wants people to do something. He feels urgency. He shifts tones
when talking about sexual harassment and talking to women.
About how he treats women around him, and how other men treat
women. He demonstrates this by the tone of his voice, and
urgency in his voice. He is very sincere, but he becomes more
grim and emotional when he talks about #MeToo. He is very
empathetic, and very humorous.