TOW #18- Left shark is an artiste

     A reported 111.5 million people watched the Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday February 1^st. The halftime show featured Katy Perry dancing with animated palm trees, beach balls, and sharks. There were two sharks with comedic facial expression. These sharks went viral with their expressions as well as the left shark seeming to mess up. However, S.E. Cupp has a different opinion. She tries to convince her readers that the left shark did not miss his queue or mess up at all. In fact, he had an inspiring, interpretive, character-based dance. He was simply getting into character. The author uses multiple personal anecdotes to convince the reader that she knows what she is talking about. The first is about her appearance in the Nutcracker as a house mouse. She had to think of the deeper story of the mouse and truly become the mouse. Another personal anecdote was playing Arabian Coffee in the Nutcracker, which she also had to get into the caffeinated yet seductive character. She claims her most challenging role was an “invisible being of air” in a ballet called “Les Sylphides”. In this ballet there was no plot so she had to come up with her own character plot in order to truly become the character. These numerous experiences show that she knows a lot about dance and makes the reader consider that maybe the Left Shark did know what he was doing. Also, she has a humorous tone. She puts all of the hilarious rumors down. She states he wasn’t drunk, overwhelmed, or forgetful. He simply was getting into his character. This hilarious article ends with Cupp praising the Left Shark but leaving us with a cliffhanger. She claims that the Right Shark’s performance was not quite as good as the Left Sharks. What could be the difference? Had the Right Shark not prepared enough? Will we ever find out?

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