Blog #8

When I saw the prompt for this week I knew this was going to be a fun one to write about. I am a big fan of the tonight show and watch it about every night and on the show in most of the opening monologues, Jimmy Fallon loves to crack jokes about Chris Christie’s weight. In this particular episode, the Tonight Show band, “The Roots” and Fallon have fun with a story about Christie spending 82 thousand dollars at a concession stand at MetLife Stadium. This makes Christie look like someone who cannot control his eating. Now it is no secret that Christie is overweight and it has been something that has provided a lot of punch lines for late night talk shows. Many have questioned whether or not Christie could handle the stress that comes with the job of being president because of his health issues. This monologue just reinforces the beliefs many already have and continues to focus everyone’s attention on his weight and away from his messages. Chris Christie’s weight is with out a doubt going against his chances of winning. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUgn9QxBbro

 

The headline of Christie is not working in his favor by any means. Obviously he did not buy 82 thousand dollars worth of food for himself. His generosity of buying food for others is over looked though because that is not what will get the laughs.

 

When looking back at blog #2, I wrote about Chris Christie wanting to establish himself as a president who would enforce the rules and be a strong leader. He would be someone who would close the loopholes and stop letting the wealthy get away without paying their fair share. Have all of that in mind, this image pop culture is creating is taking away from the image he is trying to create. I do not know about you, but when I make an image of a strong leader in my head, one of the things I picture is someone who is in good physical shape. One thing that crossed my mind was how can we trust Christie to have the discipline to hold others accountable when he cannot even keep himself accountable and loose the weight. He has made it public that he gets annoyed with the fat jokes, but yet he has done nothing to stop them. I do not think this artifact will totally change the image Christie is trying to create. It definitely hurts it because some people may not vote for him solely because of his weight. Like I said earlier, when we think of a law enforcer and someone who is a good leader, we think of that person being in great physical shape. If Christie really wants to help his image and dodge the late night punch lines, the bets thing for him would be to go on a date and lose some of the weight.