Response: The Power Team

I liked the way that Sharon Mazer wrote this essay for the most part.  I thought it was good the way that she explained in detail the mission of the Power Team and what their performances were made up of.  I think it is great that these men are devoted to sharing what they believe in by working hard to build their strength and then display it in an entertaining show for audiences.  I also think that the way that they are broadcasting is genius, creating an alternative to shows which often have no morals and offering some clean entertainment to youth.  In all honesty I am not sure what Mazer was trying to accomplish in this essay other than to inform people about what the Power Team is all about. I can see by a few of her remarks that she is more anti-Power Team. But as someone that is a Christian  and supports what the Power Team stands for, I feel like her essay made the Power Team look good with everything that she talked about and that there were only a few, rather unsupported, speculations that she made in attempt to make them look bad.  Like the way she tried to make it seem like they were making up the fact that these men have families just to get more money. I also feel like she tried to question the straightness of these men when referring to presentation of their families as "an assertion that these are indeed 'real' - that is, heterosexual - men.", which is quite a far out speculation.  A few times Mazer made it seem like the whole thing was just a big manipulative scheme to make money, but i would have to disagree. I see it as a great outreach that is seeking out support so that it can continue while giving their members a decent living.  The last thing that I can think of to discuss is when she states that the Power Team is turning the "righteous restraint of the law", the handcuffs, into something bad. But the Power Team is using it as symbolism, using the handcuffs to represent the chains of oppression which is talked about many times throughout the Bible. And I don't think that there is any intent to make the law look bad, and if there was, I don't think that they would have much support from local law enforcement.