The Story Behind the Cover Story: Angelina Jolie and Her Image, was one of the cover stories on Friday’s issue of the New York Times. I found it to be interesting that a story about how the actress Angelina Jolie maneuvers her publicity would garner a spot on the front page of a leading newspaper. It goes to show that the public is very interested in the lives of celebrities in today’s time.
The lead to this story got right to the point. It told the reader exactly why Jolie deserved this much attention. I felt thought that the lead could have gone more into exactly what the story is about. It just gives a little background information about how much money they received from cover pictures of their newborn twins. The main issue of the story is how Jolie manipulates articles and cover stories about herself and her family in the positive light. I feel that the lead should have focused more on this part, and that they could have given exact facts in the following one or two paragraphs.
The beginning of this article discusses how People magazine was the fist magazine to show pictures of Jolie and Brad Pitt’s baby twins. It spent quite some time on this, and does not really delve into Jolie’s style of publicity until farther into the article. I feel that the story should have started off more towards the beginning with how Jolie works with different publication outlets when they do a cove story on her.
The end of the article goes more in depth about Jolie’s charity work. This has become a very important aspect of her life, and the public associates her with her charity work now. The article explains how the money that Pitt and Jolie received from baby pictures with some of their children goes directly to their charity foundations. The article also paints a picture of a younger Jolie, and how that image contrasts with the one she has created for herself now.
The article does exactly what the subject matter is discussing. The story explains how Jolie manipulates her image in magazines in a positive light, and this article does shine a positive light on Jolie. Even without her input (Jolie refused to comment) she is shown as a smart woman who is very generous with her charity work.
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