http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/why-do-people-care-about-other-peoples-makeup/321680480
I was reading an article online about “why do people care about other people’s makeup”. It caught my attention because I feel like I want to know the answer too. The article discussed a recent event in which recording artist, Alicia Keys, refused to wear makeup publicly anymore. This caused such an uproar with fans, paparazzi, and critics. I feel like, “who the hell cares!” Why does it matter who wears what and for what reasons. The article discusses how a news anchor saw what Alicia Keys was doing and wanted to see if she didn’t wear makeup on television would people notice. Well, of course people are going to notice. If you wear makeup every day on TV then decide you are not going to, prepare to be noticed. In fact, I feel like thats the rhetoric right there. This articles title is about why do people care but the person themselves who wrote the article decided not to wear makeup to see what kind of positive and/or negative attention they would in fact get. The writer’s purpose is to inform and entertain the idea that if you wear makeup all the time and choose to one day not wear any, people will notice. But do people actually care? That’s the question that I feel the author is trying to answer here. Using Alicia Keys as a current event helped the author point out that if Alicia Keys is doing it and people are giving her hell for it then what will happen if “everyday” people do it? What will be the outcome? The text mixing historical events that had to do with makeup as well as pop culture makes the article more relatable for the reader.