Stereotypes In Legally Blonde

On screen, Vergara's hair color appears to be natural, so you would never even know that she is a natural blonde. She began

Tyler Perry’s movie “For Colored Girls” was inspired by a stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, written by Ntozake Shange’s. The story was adapted from a play that consists of monologues, which combines dance and poetry.

Legally Blonde is a critically acclaimed movie and known for its uplifting story about being true to yourself and believing in everything you are capable of, but that is not the entire message that the creators are sending to their audience. They depict many negative stereotypes in this film, however, they question all of those stereotypes and prove them to be wrong. There are both positive and negative messages that can be taken from this film. Legally Blonde portrayed these certain stereotypes and ideas because the people who created this film chose them to be a part of their media message.

Further damaging the view of Elle as a feminist icon is the fact that she consistently reinforces harmful stereotypes about women. Elle is clearly meant to be presented as a sorority stereotype, but rather than overcoming and breaking free from it, she proves it to be true time and time again. Firstly, Elle reinforces the idea that women are overly emotional and quickly disheartened. In the very first scene of the movie, Elle is dumped by Warner and proceeds to have an emotional breakdown, crying and shrieking loudly in a public setting. This is further reinforced later in the

“Being yourself never goes out of style.” The average person would think that some world changing person said this but nope. Elle Woods said this. Elle Woods as in “Woods comma Elle”, the main character in the movie Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde is my all-time favorite movie. Actually, every day I strive to Elle Woods. She is basically my role model in life. This may seem silly, but really behind all the pink, Elle Woods is actually a character that may people should take notes from. The Elle Woods, in the movie “Legally Blonde”, is so appealing to me because it she shows that women do not have to follow stereotypes and can do and be whatever they want; every woman should have the blonde ambition and independence that Elle Woods has.

Karen is not the only one who has very little power over who she will become. In “Blonde”, Jean also has very little power over her life. Jean so desperately wants to be blonde. She even studies her friend, who is blonde, so she can “act” like a blonde. Her fascination of being blonde does not stop there. Jean explains, “That the dazzling blonde I was could be undercovered by a surgeon’s blade... [That underneath my skin] was a girl of pure gold, Goldilocks or Shirley Temple, Even, one day perhaps, Marilyn Monroe”(1-2). This implies that Jean knows the famous blonde celebrities and wants to be like them.

One of the fundamental themes in Legally Blonde is that a female having an ardor for fashion does not make her dim-witted and that fashion insight is not an immanently futile form of knowledge. Elle’s fashion knowledge is introduced when a retailer labels her as “a dumb blonde,” and tries to take advantage of her by ripping off the last season sale tag and selling it to her for full price. “Did you see this one? We just got it in yesterday.” the retailer told her. Slyly, she asks “Is this a low-viscosity rayon with half-loop top-stitching on the hem?.” “Why yes, it’s one of a kind,” the retailer replied. Elle uses her fashion knowledge and wittily replies “It's impossible to use a half-loop topstitch on low-viscosity rayon.

The movie White Chicks showcases two African American FBI agents, Kevin and Marcus Copeland, trying to protect the white heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson from a possible kidnapping condition. As they accompany the girls to the Hamptons, they undertake a tough situation, where Brittany and Tiffany end up with cuts on their faces. They end up refusing to be seen at the Hamptons with the cuts on their faces, leaving two FBI agents with only one choice. Trying not to fail again, Kevin and Marcus ended up experiencing an extraordinary makeover to become Brittany and Tiffany and lead themselves to the Hamptons for a week. There are primary themes of racism and racial stereotypes throughout the film.

Blondes do not deserve the reputation society has given them. Contrary to popular belief, the “dumb blonde” jokes are nothing but inaccurate and long-drawn-out. It’s no secret that blondes are given a bad name based on their physical appearance. The media has done a great deal of prolonging this idea into the brains of millions. Television shows and radio broadcasts are most commonly to blame for much of these blonde hair “stereotypes.” These media outlets have especially taken a certain comedic point of view for portraying the role of blondes in society. People try to define blondes by using derogatory terms like stupid, moronic, and brainless, but little do they know that hair color has absolutely no effect on the way a person thinks or

Though the US is among the most culturally diverse nations, racial stereotyping is still evident. While assessing various Hollywood films, one can visibly observe racial stereotypes. Characters of ‘color’ (as they refer to non-Caucasian characters) are not significantly presented in the mainstream television and film shows (Lester, 2011). Numerous non-Caucasian characters are often given stereotypical roles that include maids, immigrants, prostitutes and other criminals. This applies to characters of African American, Hispanic, Irish, Jewish, and Middle Eastern origins.

This week, in Chapter 5 The Perceptual Context, we covered stereotypes. Stereotypes typically refer to membership in social categories such as sex, race, age, or profession, that are believed to be associated with certain traits and behaviors, as noted by Neuliep (2015). Stereotypes can often stem from an individual’s own perception and form one’s cultural upbringing. The film I am covering, as it relates to stereotypes is Think Like a Man. Think Like a Man is about four women who are at their wits end with dead road relationships. When the women discover Steve Harvey’s book, Think Like a Man, they began turning their relationships around. It becomes short lived when the guys figure out they have been betrayed by the

As stated before in this paper, this movie was made to show these stereotypes in the most obvious fashions, which it did extremely well. Males throughout the movie were shown as tough, all-powerful and had many personality structures, while the females were put into two categories of pure or

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FILM REVIEW LEGAL METHODS LEGALLY BLONDE PART 1 Submitted to: Prof. Amita Dhanda Submitted By: Neha Shivhare 1st year, 1st semester Roll No. : 2014-31 INTRODUCTION Legally Blonde is based on a novel of Amanda Brown and is created by Australian Director Roger Luketic. Some of the core issues highlighted in the movie are: 1. Feminism: The movie brings to light the enigma of femininity. It shows how the lead character, Elle Woods is harassed at her job place presumably because she is too feminine.