Stereotypes In Legally Blonde

After watching the movie Crash in class it was immediately added to the list of my favorite movies. I have always been a huge fan of mystery movies. When I say mysteries I don’t always mean murders or crime but those that don’t quite make complete sense until the end. Crash is that type of movie.

In the world of film, there is usually a stereotypical role for each gender. For example, the man is usually portrayed as the hero and the woman is in some sort of distress and needs to be saved. Women in movies are generally shown as weak and needing a man to survive. For example, in the Disney movie “Cinderella”, Cinderella lives a horrible and unhappy life until she meets Prince Charming. When Prince Charming rescues Cinderella, they fall in love, she becomes happy, and they live happily ever after. There are a few movies out there, though, which show the opposite. Both “She Done Him Wrong” and “Scarlet Street” are films that portray the main female characters, Lady Lou and Kitty March, as strong and independent women, both acting how

The teen comedy Mean Girls, directed by Mark Waters, welcomes the protagonist (Cady Heron) into the stereotypical high school setting after being raised in Africa for all of her educational path. Cady, never being in a public-school setting, comes across the Plastics: Regina George (unspoken leader), Gretchen Wieners (gossip queen), and Karen Smith (the stupid, clueless one), who are at the top of the social pyramid. Befriended by the girls, Cady is left to decide whether or not she belongs in this clique or if her place exists in a different one. The use of satirist and comedic scenes throughout the film show the different sexist lenses and stereotypes that women are viewed with.

Stereotype; a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. In the realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, and in the short story, “Geeks Bearing Gifts”, written by Ron Koertge, stereotypes are defied by ordinary people. In The Outsiders, Johnny Cade and Darry Curtis face many struggles throughout their lives. Their town in separated into two: the rich and dangerous Socs, and the quiet, tough Greasers. For them, living dangerously is a reality. As a result of their lifestyle, Johnny has become fearful and Darry is considered the toughest man in the gang. In “Geeks Bearing Gifts” aspiring journalist, Renee, interviews her fellow classmates who are classified as “outcasts.” After meeting several students, she realizes her assumptions were incorrect about them. After reading both of these stories, the reader learns that our thoughts about others often revolve around stereotypes and assumptions, but most of these ideas that we have about other people are proven wrong.

The movie ‘’The Color Purple’’ is a 1985 drama film that portrays the historical period. This film sheds light on the struggles that African American women faced during the 1930s. The Color Purple is about the life of Celie Harris, a poor black girl who married against her wish to an older black man. This movie was a great portrayal of history, which was directed by Steven Spielberg in a new light, this movie also shows realism and grit.

Stereotypically, men and women have very different roles in the eyes of society. Gender roles and stereotypes have a history in religious, political, legal and economic systems. In reality, men and women are more alike than most people assume. Throughout the world there are struggles with identity, power, and violence occurring everyday between both men and women. The film Mean Girls, directed by Mark Walters, follows a young girl, Cady’s, transition from being home schooled to public high school. Cady enters the school’s group of mean girls, otherwise known as “the plastics”, which consists of Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith. Throughout the film each character struggles with their true identity.

Jumping into a burning building is one of the things that the boys from the “Greaser Gang” would do for each other. When the main character, Ponyboy, jumps into a burning church to save children from the flames, his two gang members and family, Johnny and Dally, jump in after him to help get the children out and ensure that he can get out. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton shows two main themes. These themes show many examples of stereotyping could lead to misjudgment of people and to be loyal to the people around you, especially the ones close to you.

“Shut up, I’m crying.” I can hear her from across the cafeteria. This girl is the most annoying thing in the entire world. She literally only missed one point and she’s crying about it. Newsflash, it's not the end of the world. She does this all the time, it makes me want to strangle her! I can’t believe that someone hasn’t done it yet. She fits almost every stereotype at one time. Carrie is the perfect girl for the first five minutes of a horror movie. Little Miss Perfect Carrie, never got below a hundred until today.

There are many different types of literacy genres, a very popular one that everyone abides to is gossiping. Everyone does it rather they realize it or not. Although everyone says, gossiping is a crime in our society, people still do it. One very famous movie everyone is aware for gossiping is, Mean Girls. In Mean Girls everyone in the High School has a clique. You either belong or you don’t. Throughout the movie you can identify the different types of groups the students have developed. “The Plastics” have made a burn book, which is basically gossiping and bullying the students and even the teachers in a pretty pink decorated book. After the book was shown to basically the whole school, everyone hated the plastics, they continued to ignore

The movie Mean Girls is rated PG-13. It was published in 2004 and is a teen and comedy film. Mean Girls is about a teenage girl named Cady who was homeschooled in Africa and recently moves to Illinois. She decides to go to highschool and becomes a part of a group of girls called the “mean girls”. They are a popular group who tend to fit their name.

“Mean girls, jocks, band nerds, geeks, and freaks” are all terms used to stereotype and group teens in the 2004 movie hit, Mean Girls. This film created controversies in the content that it delivered. The credibility of adolescents is questioned greatly in this film. Mean Girls taught us that popularity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, in fact, they taught us that it’s actually meaningless. Through extreme character development, this movie shows the viewer that at the end of the day, all of the teens are the same. They all struggle to fit in, and that’s really the moral of this hilarious, but raunchy story. Mean Girls captures the struggle that every teen seems to have at some point of where they belong and how they relate to everyone around them. The film takes those stereotypes and melds them into what all high schools should aspire to be: a community.

Do filmmakers depict teenage girls as the only bullies? A film, Mean Girls, is one of the many movies that have misconstrued teenage bullying. Mean Girls is about three white-upper class, popular girls that bully a lower class “nice” girl. Other films, such as A Cinderella Story, and Bring it On have added fuel to the fire. Filmmakers portray bullying by stereotyping, and giving a false representation of bullying.

“We all use stereotypes, all the time, without knowing it. We have met of equality and the enemy is us.” - Annie Murphy Paul. Dallas (From The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton) represents the stereotype of a greaser, and the way people know him as a greaser. Stereotypes change only those who agree with them. His stereotype has been formed by his years in the New York gangs. Not many people truly enjoy his presence, but due to his fear and reputation, they still let him hang out. He’s become a poster boy for the greasers.

Wet Hot American Summer, a classic movie made in the early 2000s unveils many sociological genres throughout the movie. Some of the most profound topics include culture, social groups, sex and identity, stereotypes, and violation of social normalities. In the movie, it is very easy to acknowledge that these topics are either talked about, shown, or what you can generalize about the movie. First discussing culture, in the very beginning of the movie, the campers are in their bunks and you see tons of young girls crowding around a bathroom mirror putting on makeup so they can impress the boys at the camp. Another example is when the camp leader, Beth, asks one of the counselors, Katie, “how to be hot and impress someone.”

In the teen comedy Mean Girls, directed by Mark Waters, the protagonist (Cady Heron) is welcomed into the stereotypical high school setting after being raised in Africa for all of her educational path. Cady, never being in a public-school setting, comes across the Plastics: Regina George (unspoken leader), Gretchen Wieners (gossip queen), and Karen Smith (the stupid, clueless one), who are at the top of the social pyramid. Befriended by the girls, Cady is left to decide whether or not she belongs in this clique or if her place exists in a different one. Throughout the film satirist and comedic scenes are used to show the different sexist lenses and stereotypes that women are viewed with.