power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments‚ not on my gender”. Lawyers are advocates of the law as well as advisors to their clients. Stereotypes are present in the law profession‚ and it is recognized as a man’s territory. Legally Blonde‚ a film directed by Robert Luketic‚ reveals the generalizations made about a blonde sorority girl pursuing a career in law. Sex does not determine the quality of a lawyer; their knowledge‚ performance and representation of the law reflects
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Legally blonde and the ideologies involved. Legally blonde is a film about Elle Woods a blonde sorority queen who is dumped by her boyfriend‚ she decides to follow him to law school to get him back and‚ once there‚ learns she has more legal savvy than she ever imagined and is thrown into solving a case in which she will make lots of friends and maybe even some enemies. The first thing I notice is that a common ideology used throughout the film is stereotypical ideology the main way this is used
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2015 Feminism Portrayed in Legally Blonde In the film Legally Blonde‚ sexism and feminism are two very evident features‚ beginning in a negative‚ stereotypical way‚ and ending in a positive‚ strong willed spirit‚ promoting confidence and understanding your own self-worth. The film was released in 2001‚ potentially misleading viewers to believe that it was just another “dumb blonde” joke made into a movie. But what they encountered was more or less the opposite. Stereotypes were thrown left and right
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An Acting Critique of Legally Blonde the Musical On Friday night‚ May 3rd at & p.m.‚ my mother and I attended the opening night of Legally Blonde in the Buena P.A.C. I must begin by saying that I am slightly biased towards one of the actors who just so happens to be my sister‚ so the roles of Chutney‚ the girl who accidentally murdered her father‚ and a Delta Nu sister have never been played more perfectly in my eyes. While I found the play both amusing and enjoyable‚ there were some big issues
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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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Legally Blonde In many ways today’s society‚ even though women have come a long way‚ we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life‚ whether it be that there aren’t very many women CEO’s or the mere fact that we’ve yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live‚ there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There are professions that are categorically women’s’ jobs like nursing‚ school teacher‚ or
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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‚ but not limited to‚ sexism‚ female stereotypes‚ and gender
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How do you kill a blonde? You put a scratch-and-sniff at the bottom of a swimming pool! There are two types of blondes. They are either dumb to a point where it’s annoying‚ or they’re geniuses;there’s no in between. If you hear the word “dumb” I promise you that the first thing that will pop into your head is the word “blonde.” Although this stereotype is mostly true‚ there are exceptions. Some examples of smart blondes are Jennifer Aniston‚ Ellen DeGeneres‚ Princess Diana‚ and even Carly from my
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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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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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