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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The Rhetorical Effectiveness of Legally Blond Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses‚ merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife‚ he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her
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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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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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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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Women: More than just Objects In Idiosyncrasies of a Young Blonde Woman‚ Eça de Quieroz‚ the author‚ offers his insight on how gender roles operate within the relationship between men and women. In each of the relationships depicted by Quieroz‚ the common and underlying theme revolves around the tendency of men to engage in romantic relationships‚ solely on the basis of a woman’s aesthetic beauty. Furthermore‚ by engaging in these types of superficial relationships‚ men are ultimately entailed
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appearance (or a population in general) to be Associated with another specific group Dumb Blonde Stereotype--Myth or Fact The Dumb Blonde Stereotype History First of all‚ let’s take a little look at where this whole "dumb blonde" idea comes from. One theory is that the ancient Greeks and Romans so admired their flaxen-haired neighbours to the north‚ they would bleach their hair to make it blonde. Seeing as they didn’t exactly have the health standards we have today‚ a considerable amount
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The most compelling piece of evidence that supports Alexander Doty’s interpretation of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as a bisexual film is the wedding scene. The film can be interpreted as bisexual due to the subtle clues like Doty said in his book‚ queerness expressed through fear‚ repression‚ and oppression. For example‚ Dorothy is concerned about Lorelei’s obsession with wealth‚ and in contrast Lorelei is worried about Dorothy’s little interest in money. Both characters demonstrate true loyalty‚ genuine
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see this as degrading and foolish. Everyone is categorized into their own stereotype whether they like it or not. Sometimes it has to do with who we hang around or our actions and other times it’s all about how we act or dress. For me; I’m the “dumb blonde”. Even though I would say I am pretty intelligent when it comes to schoolwork and even common
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From Blonde Beginnings Welp‚ there I was. Mom always said my head looked like a bowl of ramen noodles‚ but I never believed her. I was born in Mercy Hospital in Mason City‚ Iowa August 10th 2000 at 2:43am after 22 hours of labor. Mama had to get an emergency C-section. My mother and grandfather choose the name Jayden. My mom wanted the name “Noah”‚ but my papa said no way. The name Jayden means “god has heard” in Hebrew. Papa really liked it. For the first 3 weeks of my life I lived with my grandparents
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