How Legally Blonde Subverts the Female Stereotype At a first glance‚ Legally Blonde seems like a stereotypical chick flick‚ with millions of female stereotypes abounding the first 20 minutes and beyond. However‚ when you look deeper‚ at the underlying themes and messages‚ you begin to realize that there is something different about this movie. In most movies we see two basic types of females‚ with other sub-branches: the traditional‚ ditzy‚ feminine woman (Type 1)‚ or the “I’m not like other women”
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Christine Lee Reel Research: Screen and Scholarship 3/11/2012 Legally Blonde: Feminist Film Theory Feminism is a movement that has had a great impact in the world of film‚ and how we interpret it. During the second wave of feminism that occurred throughout the United States‚ feminist scholars began developing and applying more theories‚ that arose during this movement‚ to the way they analyzed film. The various tactics and topics that are contained under the umbrella of feminist film theory are
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Legally Blonde (2001)‚ Directed by Robert Luketic ‚ is a fun‚ light comedy about believing in yourself and never judging a book by its cover. Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is portrayed as your stereotypical Californian girl - blonde hair‚ bubbly personality and a college major in fashion. When her boyfriend Warren dumps her to go to Harvard Law School‚ Elle decides the only way to get him back is to become a serious law student. The movie relies heavily on the stereotype of being blonde‚ “Blondes
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Movie Review Lindy MacDonald Anti-Bias Curriculum – ECE2040 Jennifer Bailey September 11‚ 2015 Section #1: The Movie A. I chose to review Legally Blonde. B. … I. The setting is Harvard Law School. II. The plot explores the story of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon)‚ president of the Delta Nu sorority at CULA. Elle believes that Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis)‚ the love of her life‚ is about to propose. Elle is devastated when Warner breaks up with her while preparing to attend Harvard Law
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Given the ephemeral nature of tangible items‚ the unique qualities people exhibit in addition to their impact on their surrounding sphere of influence are better embodiments of ownership and self-identity than material possessions. In the movie Legally Blonde‚ main character Elle Woods seems to have it all: looks‚ money‚ popularity‚ and what appears to be the ideal relationship. However‚ once a tough breakup ruins her so-called “perfect life‚” she reinvents herself as an ambitious Harvard law student
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Lit Crit 25 April 2011 Annotated Bibliography Feminism in the Legally Blonde Movie Duo Hersey‚ Eleanor. "Love and Microphones: Romantic Comedy Heroines as Public Speakers." Journal of Popular Film & Television 34.4 (2007): 146-59. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. Hersey’s article focuses on the heroines’ public speaking in Bridget Jones’s Diary‚ Never Been Kissed‚ Miss Congeniality‚ The Princess Diaries‚ and Legally Blonde. Hersey addresses the feminist debate about whether or not romantic
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story is the movie Legally Blonde‚ directed by Robert Luketic. Elle‚ the daughter of prosperous parents‚ attempts to reconcile her relationship with Warner‚ a member of a family of well-respected lawyers and doctors from prestige universities.
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concept of Girl Power can be applied on the movie Legally Blonde and the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both main protagonists‚ Elle Woods and Buffy Summers‚ incarnate the stereotypical symbols of femininity. Both characters exemplify that the embracement of fashion and style in order to save their friends. In the following I will argue that the protagonist Buffy Summers from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Elle Woods from Legally Blonde are not only an example for the reshaping term
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Dumb Blondes Stereotypes are generalizations of individuals or groups of people that may or may not be true. There are stereotypes for all different kinds of people. Most stereotypes can be offensive to the ones they are directed towards because of their lack of validity. However‚ we live in a world of judgment‚ so stereotypes will always surround us. I have fallen under the category of quite a few stereotypes. I am an easy target since I have blonde hair‚ I wear eyeglasses and I am Irish. Since
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The media often uses images of men and women in stereotypical roles in print and non-print texts. This is quite common because society has been taught to accept groups of people with certain characteristics‚ especially females. They are often stereotyped by their roles in society and their image. Stereotypical women are commonly used in feature films like Legally Blonde and print texts to exploit maternal role models and sex symbols. The media uses persuasive techniques such as layout‚ camera angles
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