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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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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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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college‚ I was aware that women are not held to this standard anymore‚ but I was still worried that some people would continue to not take women seriously. Even as late as 2001‚ gender stereotypes persisted in film and in the media. In the movie Legally Blonde‚ starring Reese Witherspoon‚ Elle Woods gets dumped by her scholarly boyfriend because he wants a “serious relationship” with an educated and successful sorority president. Elle Woods is at first portrayed as a
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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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Visual Techniques Dara Nichols CGD 218 Professor Argo August 31‚ 2009 There are many different types of visual film techniques that I see being used in contemporary television. Some of the techniques I see are the use of extreme long shots‚ which shows a lot of landscape that helps establish the location and atmosphere of the film that is being shot. Another technique that is used frequently is the use of a bridgingss shot‚ which is used to cover a change in time or place. Some specific
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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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Visual Communication Techniques We live in a world of visual communication and images which promote‚ enhance‚ and inspire our perceptions in making decisions which affect every aspect of our daily lives. There are many different ways in which an author can communicate his ideas and intentions utilizing visual mediums such as television‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and now the computer. With the introduction of the computer‚ the digital techniques in visual communication can create even more inspiring
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