Improv-ing -- Week 4

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing

I actually really enjoyed this poem. It's an interesting perspective. I never thought that anyone could convince me that countertop dancing could be justified or empowering. It's a new way of looking at freedom. She almost makes it a holy thing. " like preachers, i sell a vision". She also calls out the people who look down upon her. Her response to the women who tell her that she is trashy and needs to gain self respect was pretty awesome. From the poet's perspective, the people who follow the popular idea of self respect are the ones selling themselves out and living boring flat lives. Very interesting perspective. Atwood dehumanizes the women who attempt to dehumanize her, but her argument seems to have a little bit more backbone behind it and it's not a robotic expression of disagreement.