Legally Blonde Essay

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Is there such thing as being too blonde? In the movie, Legally Blonde, the protagonist Elle Woods, is what many people consider too blonde. But throughout Elle’s journey, she overcomes such stereotype and proves there is no such thing. Elle is very involved in her school, she is an honor student, very well-known and well liked, and is also the president of her sorority. In addition, she also is very much ready to start her life with Warner, her current boyfriend that aspires to receive a law degree at Harvard University. But, unfortunately for Elle, Warner explains to her why he cannot take their relationship any further because he does not think she is serious enough for his future career. He also implies she is “too blonde” for his lifestyle. Sure enough, this upsets Elle and she decides to prove to him that she can be what he wants her to be. She applies and receives acceptance from Harvard University. She struggles at first, fitting in with the very narrow minded acquaintances she meets, but with hard work and dedication she receives a great internship from a professor. This ignites her future as a lawyer. Warner, realizing his past girlfriend is on the road to success, tries to get back together with Elle. She refuses and flips her luscious blonde hair and prances away with many job offers. This film relates …show more content…

In the end, Elle solves a case by knowing the basic beauty routine of a female. She used her knowledge of beauty practices to put the pieces together of a murder case. In the many movies, women who love fashion and hair are seen as not intelligent. In this movie, it displays that women can be intelligent no matter what their background is. Back in the 2000s, when this movie was created, intersectionality was not as big of a topic in popular culture and in film production, so there was not a big focus on minorities, like African Americans. There was no display of any of that in this

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