Television Without Pity- Voice Post

The site Television without pity features a Movie file blog where the blogger reviews movies from a feminist standpoint.

This blogger holds nothing back when reviewing the films and speaks openly and honestly about the films. She develops a very sarcastic tone and often uses parentheses to interject her personal opinions or offer a side note. She also uses dashes – rather than commas to break up her sentences, which gives her sentences a sense of personality by creating a sense of fluidity. 

For example, in this opening paragraph of a post she uses various dashes to break up her sentences.

"The new Sex and the City movie is a shining example of why everyone -- especially screenwriters -- should learn math and chemistry. Math, because the movie's 140-minute runtime could do with a little subtraction -- this isn't Gandhi, here, although Sarah Jessica Parker looks more like him every day. And chemistry, because the movie's two most important elements, "sex" and "the city" -- you know, the ones that are in the title -- are practically nonexistent in this installment, which takes away much of what usually makes this compound so potent. Statistically speaking, if New York City is "the fifth cast member" of the show, then 80% of this film is missing 20% of the cast."

You definitely get a sense of the blogger’s personality from this one paragraph alone as she is extremely witty and sarcastic. Throughout her posts she uses colloquial language but interjects certain words such as “potent” that speak to the intelligence of the author. By using intelligent words it allows her to remind her readers that she is intellectual and it gives her a sense of authority to express her opinion.

The post about The Sex and the City film is entitled “Sex and the City 2: No sex? Different City? Why  Bother?” and this kind of catchy and sarcastic titles already set us up for what kind of voice the post will have.

This blogger also uses analogies as she compares certain scenes in the movies to other things. For example,

"Minnelli singing "Single Ladies" with two Liza-looking back-up dancers is what I presume a drug-fueled nightmare looks like."

She also makes pop culture references, which assumes that the audience is up to date with things.

"And now every character, not just Carrie, speaks entirely in puns. A partial list includes "mid-wife crisis," "Erin go braless," "Abu-Dhabi-Do!" and "Lawrence of My Labia," but the movie has more painful dialogue than an entire season of Smallville."

In another post she uses a humorous title to catch the audience. This post is entitled “Bridesmaids punches other bridal movies in the boob.” The blogger’s use of humor is one of her strong points. She also creates vivid images for the readers which allow us to understand her joke.  For example,

"It's rare that a movie about a wedding comes along that doesn't make me want to throw up."

She speaks completely candid about things and her colloquial word choice stays consistent with her humorous voice.

"Raunch, raunch, raunch, from Wiig's comedic sex scenes with self-proclaimed "fuckbuddy" Jon Hamm to the explosive puking/pooping dress fitting that ends in the middle of the street. And while there are no nut shots, there is plenty of the female equivalent: tennis balls to the boob."

Overall, this blogger speaks with such passion and contempt for certain films. She creates a sarcastic and humorous tone to voice her opinion about the films. She also creates a witty tone as she references other pop culture and uses analogies to compare things. This blogger has established a strong and entertaining voice and remains consistent throughout.