Legally Blonde Analysis

“Legally Blonde” Analysis Feminism has become the great issue in this modern era. The emerging of second wave feminism in the late 60s had bring a huge impact toward the position of women in the society. Women are free from the male values, while women have the equal rights in politic. Women also can quit from their domestic sphere. The movement of feminism still continues in the early 90s. The women’s movement experience a phase which the ideology of feminism had changed to be Third Wave Feminism. It is because the existence of poststructuralists, postmodern and postcolonial theories in that era. Third Wave Feminism focus on popular culture which has been construed as a form of post feminist backlash (Gillis and Munford ; p. 2 , 2003). As the consequence, many forms of third wave feminism are represented in the media as a form of popular culture, especially in movie. Movie is the best way to share the ideology or stereotype to the society. One of the movies which represent feminism is “Legally Blonde” starred by Reese Witherspoon. This paper will analyze the movie and its correlation with the theory of Third Wave Feminism which is emphasize on Harvesting Woman Strength based on the Journal of International Women’s Studies by Stacy Gillis and Rebecca Munford. Besides, it will use some Foucault’s theory about feminism. The story of this movie starts when Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She is the president of her sorority in campus, Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, she is a natural blonde. It is not surprise that she is a fashionista as she is majors in fashion. In her campus, she dates with the handsome boy named Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis). All she wants is to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. While, there is a doubt from Warner to continue his relationship with Elle as she is too blonde. Warner told to Elle that he want to break up their relationship because Warner want continue his study in Law

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