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Take one chauvinistic local TV news anchor and add an ambitious female reporter who wants a job. Combine with a macho news team that sees no place for women in the newsroom and you get "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy."
With an all-star cast and quips that made it one of the most quotable movies ever, "Anchorman" became a comedy classic and spawned a sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."
Will Ferrell portrays fictional 1970s local TV anchor Ron Burgundy, a blow-dried buffoon in a polyester suit who lives and died by his teleprompter. Anchorman to the top-rated news team in San Diego, Burgundy brags, "I'm kind of a big deal." Ron and his boozing, brawling buddies at Channel 4 News own the town -- until reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives with her sights set on Ron's anchor chair.
"Anchorman" Plays for laughs, but there's reality behind its humor. Before the era of 24/7 news, local TV anchors ruled the airwaves, and the anchor chair was for men only. But dramatic changes hit local TV news in the 1970s. Women stepped up to the anchor desk, and news teams took over.
In the movie, Veronica works her way to the anchor desk, as real-life newswomen did. As a wise bartender in "Anchorman" tells Ron: "Times are changing. Ladies can do stuff now. And you're going to have to learn how to deal with that." |