Erin Brockovich vs. Legally Blonde

Willie Waffle would rate excellent movies with “a stack of waffle and syrup.” Sieskel and Ebert would say “Two thumbs up.” These “professional movie goers” critique movies that we love and enjoy. As a regular at the movies, I, like the critics, do see many similarities and differences among the movies. Two movies’ heroines, Erin Brockovich in “Erin Brockovich” and Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde,” stand out with many striking differences and similarities in physical appearance, treatment of men, and character.

Although both heroines were beauty queens, their physical demeanors are strikingly contrasted; thus, showing each’s social status. Elle Woods was Miss Hawaiian Tropics, and she showed class and cosmopolitan flare. On the other hand, Erin Brochovich was Miss Wichita, and she showed a distasteful gaudy, slum appearance. Everywhere Elle went she flaunted her wealth. Her nails are always properly manicured and her salon Ned-curled hairs always glow. Erin, on the other hand, exposes her welfare class through

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Once she started working she would work harder than her colleagues and memorized her case. She also kept her self-confidence and defended her Delta Nu idol and won the murder case Like Elle, Erin was faced with challenging opposition. Differently, Erin wears anything she can afford, including gaudy, halter tank top and hooker-like high cut skirts. She contacted her attorney, the one who lost her case, and badgered him into giving her a job. Once she entered Harvard, she was clueless to her law curriculum. Erin’s later boyfriend babysat and cared for her children while she spent long hours collecting petitions. She needed to find and maintain a job. Before leaving Elle, her boyfriend stated, “I need to marry a Jackie, not Marilyn. Elle lavishes her wardrobe with designer pink dresses trimmed with flamingo feather. Like Elle, Erin used her physical appearance to get drafts and documents from the local male librarian. She one-day faces a challenge of graduating from Harvard Law School. In doing so, each woman showed her own character of strong will and determination. She is a twice-divorced woman with three children. Her latest beau dumped her before entering college. ” To further his own career as a politician, he did not want a beautiful “dumb blonde” to ruin his political stature and profile.

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