When in Rome

After watching the Katz documentary I thought of the movie Anchorman. It is one of my favorite movies, its a great movie to quote, yet I though of how much it portrayed. In the movie the leading characters are very sexist. They have to prove their dominance at all times through the news station they work with. They represent a number of masculine gender roles of sexual, tough, independent, alcohol-drinking, chest hair growing, and in-charge men. At all times there is a feeling of being the macho man running through the majority of the males minds in this movies. They want to gain acceptance from the people of San Diego, which they have done. Even though they have a manly front, they still have feminine aspects that seem to never take away from their masculinity. The number one concern is image; therefore, they buy the best suits they can. Along with the moment when they are about to fight with other news anchors, the one and only rule is to not touch their face or mess up their hair. This image that they have to uphold is their priority and career. When it is time for a lead-female anchor the world shatters and they constantly find ways to get her to quit. Although this happens they still enforce sexual gestures and sexual “harassment” which makes them feel dominate through-out her way to the top. As a comedy, it seems that all of this is okay, but is it because it is ultimately “normal” in the back of the mind? Or because the ending makes everyone equal?