Dialogue+assignment

Me: Do you think that dove was right by airbrushing these women. Finn: No I do not think it was right because that is not what they said they were doing. They said they were exposing these women for their real beauty and not by some airbrushed picture of them. Though I do feel beauty is in the eye of the beholder I feel as though it is deeply unfair to not only these women but others who see the ads and take it for something that it obviously is not. Stevenson: I agree that with what you have said Dove was extremely for what they did they should not have airbrushed these women because it goes against what they say that they stand for. I am madder at the fact that they try to refuse that they did it and act clueless as if they knew nothing of what was going on with the pictures. Pascal came out saying that he did and I want to know from dove why do they feel he would lie about that? Dove: Mr. Stevenson, no one ever said he lied were just saying he is the airbrush artist who usually works with Annie and we don’t know the full details about the extent to which he worked on the shoot. We stand by our statement that these women were not airbrushed because like Mr. Finn said earlier it would go against what the campaign is about. We do not believe in airbrushing these women because we do that they are beautiful and would have said in our ad that it a campaign for real beauty if we did not mean it. Stevenson: Though that’s what you say now is that what you truly believe because even when one examines those pictures closely it is extremely hard to believe that you did not airbrush any of these women. In the pictures these women look as if they have flawless skin and no cellulite. If you’re going to show real beauty why not just show them for everything they really are cellulite and all. I feel as though you all are still falling into the same boat that you all claim you’re trying to sail away from. Finn: who are we to define what real beauty is. I feel as though there are many people looking at these dove ads would define beauty differently. Some may define women who are a size two with makeup and long hair as beautiful. I feel as though, it was wrong of dove to use airbrushing techniques when they said they wouldn’t or didn’t. I also feel as though if dove didn’t then no one would really pay attention to their ads. Society is use to a certain perception of women when it comes to the context of magazines and ads. They had to make these women have some type of appeal to the public. Dove: I somewhat disagree with what Mr. Finn is saying I think we went full force with this project. Our intent was not to just do it half way. We showed these women in their underwear and with little makeup or even none at all. I do believe that we did something very bold and daring by showing these women that would regularly not be put on billboard ads or magazines. Finn: Yes you did that but you also went against your word by saying that you would show these women in their natural state and your company went against that by airbrushing these women. You are just falling into the same thing that you claim you’re trying to go against. You are falling into society’s definition of what beauty is whether you want to believe it or not. Stevenson: yes I agree with you Finn. You are saying nothing more than the truth. It’s sad when a real beauty campaign isn’t even real. that just shows the kind of society we live in. we live in a world where ideas of beauty are already conceived and no matter how hard we try we can never fully get away from it. This is why I feel that Dove is wrong for what they did because they called it the “campaign for real beauty” and didn’t even portray the faces of their new campaign in their natural beauty. Dove: My Company still sticks by the statement that we did not airbrush the models. What Mr. Dangin said we cannot comment on but if he did work with the ladies he did at most just fixed hair that was out of place? He did not alter these women’s faces to make them appear younger or prettier despite what Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Finn say. Stevenson: Yea, now you change it to them just fixed an out of place piece of hair. Oh please! Just admit to what you did. Dove: Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Stevenson but there is nothing to admit to. Me: Thank you all for today’s input, I greatly appreciate it.