Examination of a cultural document

I choose to look at the “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” as my viral video. I was not aware of this dance until a recreation of it had taken place on NBC’s “the Office.” I went looking for it shortly after and found it relevant to our class.

The dance is significant because it demonstrates the rejection of conformity when it comes to a traditional walking down the aisle ceremony. Furthermore the eccentricity of the whole act gives the whole wedding party, who is normally powerless in this case, an opportunity to get everyone excited about the wedding and start celebrating. The mundane walking down the aisle is associated with patriarchy and orthodoxy. That is, everyone walks in the same manner, dressed in identical clothing; the father gives the bride away to her next “owner,” the husband. This dance challenges all these social issues by saying we want to be different and we wont have the father give away the bride as some sort of property. It also tells us that society is starting to question traditions that may be considered outdated or inapplicable in today’s society. Lastly the end of the video features the whole wedding party coming out together dancing signifying the start of the celebration that is their union; not the agonizing “ball and chain” notion, as some people portray marriage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-q-fsYQPZw&feature=rec-HM-r2