Feminism In Legally Blonde

When we hear about Legally Blonde we always think of the 2001 hit comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as the bubbly blonde lawyer, which was always dressed in pink, and seemed to fulfill the dumb blonde stereotype. Though this is just scratching the surface of Legally Blonde, as we look deeper into the story it is actually a feminist story, one of confidence, friendship, and defending what you believe in. Elle Woods is a sorority girl that seems to have it all, and she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. Yet after being dumped by her “one true love” for not being serious enough and for just being a blonde Elle, follows Warner to Harvard. With the help of her friends and gathering of all her resources she is determined to …show more content…
This is a woman who works so hard to appear as confident and beautiful as the world sees her as, but also she fights to prove that she is not some dumb sorority girl as the world sees her as. When she loses her love, just for being who she is, her whole world is rocked and it seems like she is ready to give up, but it’s thanks to her friends that pulls her out of her crash. No matter how confident you are it takes more than yourself to keep that confidence up, for it can be destroyed just as quickly by cruel words, but with those you who care the most for you will give you the confidence that you need. Throughout this play it seemed that we all were directors, but it seemed to be mainly Carolynn’s guidance for me. The character I play is Elle Woods, which was a fairly big surprise as I never had been described as “bubbly”, but apparently I was the perfect match. Carolynn was the one that voiced her vision of me being Elle, though I returned the favor, by saying how perfect she was for Paulette. With her gentle guidance, I was able to successfully portray Elle as she saw fit. I had never played the main lead before, but playing this character seemed to be a journey for myself in