Elle Woods was hollering back before the movement. This is why i love this movie. Itβs so progressive. Elle is a femme feminist who comes by it the hard way. She doesnβt change for the bookish people, the elitists, or for the feminists. She just does what she needs to do, and what she wants, even when at first it was chasing a boy. Then the movie drops the romance. IT DROPS THE ROMANCE. chick flicks donβt do that. Emmett asking her out is a footnote at the very end. And this whole time, she is classy, and lady like, and has pride in herself and her work. Sheβll go to a costume party as a playboy bunny, but like hell will she sleep with her professor for an internship. Elle is my feminist role model
Elle Woods 4ever
I remember listening to myΒ DADΒ defend Legally Blonde. An uncle was saying βOh look, itβs that stupid movie again.β as he flipped through the channels. My dad responded with βOh yeah, that movie where the blonde girl with great grades works really hard to get into pre-law, studies hard and proves herself to her peers and bosses while maintaining her integrity and not sleeping with her boss? What a terrible message to send girls.β
Also, I love this movie because Reese Witherspoon.Β
And donβt forget that she has serious female friends and wins the case by way of her specialist knowledge of so-called βfeminine thingsβ that no one else takes seriously enough to even bother with.
The movie also passes the Bechdel test.
LETβS NOT FORGET that even though it starts with a situation where two girls are rivals for the same guy, they BOTH choose to ignore the social codes (and hollywood bylaws) that tell them they should be cat-fighting and trying to one-up each other, and instead they realize that they make good working partners and better friends and screw rivalry, AND ALSO HAVE EACH OTHERβS BACKS RE: WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT. And that it portrays sororities as places where women can learn to work together and respect each other and help each other out, which sets the stage for the way Elle treats everyone she meets for the rest of the movie. OH AND IT HAS A FAT SIDE CHARACTER WHO OVERCOMES EMOTIONAL ABUSE, IS NEVER FAT-SHAMED OR USED AS THE BRUNT OF A FAT JOKE, AND LANDS THE HOTTEST MAN IN THE ENTIRE FILM.Β
And of course both Elle and Vivian dump Warner because heβs a terrible boyfriend and person, and they become great friends.
Also that she knows the relationship between a girl and her dog is upmost touching and important and helps her friend rescue her dog from an abusive ex boyfriend because that love is not his to own and take control over.
