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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Legally Blonde... and ditzy?

Ok.. So I am sure that most of you ahve heard of the movie Legally Blonde. I personally love this movie and watched it last week, and of course there is a certain amount of obvious sexism present in the movie. In fact, most of the movie is based off of the sexism. The main character is stereotyped as a ditzy blonde who is not "serious" enough for her Harvard student boyfriend. She retaliates by deciding to submit an application into Harvard herself, not so that she can actually pursue a career, but for a chance to prove to her shallow ex-boyfriend that she can be serious. Somewhere between her admittance and attending Harvard, she realizes that she does not only want to attend Harvard for her ex-boyfriend. She actually finds a passion in Law and decides to take school seriously. She excells and not only does she find her true self, but she proves herself to her boyfriend, and everyone who doubted her. I found this movie rather inspiring, it shows that women can be taken seriously, and that they can pursue careers on their own, without the help of a man. In the end of the movie, it shows her ex-boyfriend wanting her back. I find it ironically funny that he wanted her back instead of visa versa, which is what it usually is. However, there was some romance in the movie (what movie is a movie without romance........ right?) The main character ends up falling in love on her path to self realization, so in the end she submits to a man after all...

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