Erin Brockovich vs. Legally Blonde
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
Aside from their differences in social stature, both women have a commonality, misfortune and then good fortune with men. Erin through her hooker like clothing attracts less desirable men. She is a twice-divorced woman with three children. Men are attracted to her beauty and body, then, they leave her. Likewise, Elle, a typical blonde, attracts shallow men. Her latest beau dumped her before entering college. Before leaving Elle, her boyfriend stated, "I need to marry a Jackie, not Marilyn." To further his own career as a politician, he did not want a beautiful "dumb blonde" to ruin his political stature and profile. In addition to her boyfriend, Elle's law professor gave her an intern job in persuasion to have an affair. Like Elle, Erin used her physical appearance to get drafts and documents from the local male librarian. Although both heroines in their early youth attracted the less desirable men, they, similarly, ended marrying men who eventually aided them in their career. Erin's later boyfriend babysat and cared for her children while she spent long h
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