U.S. Women of Color

In a very different film, Robert Luketic's Legally Blonde, the character of Elle Woods is a Los Angeles Barbie who conquers Harvard Law School while representing the class and privileged status of a Porsche-driving wealthy California suburbanite (McCarthy, 19). The critical difference between the two characters of Troy and Elle is that Troy represents Lee's take on the bourgeoisie black family (Hooks, 43) and the patriarchal dominance of the male within the nuclear family while Elle represents the greater autonomy enjoyed by privileged white females.

Philip Kerr (44) describes Elle as representative of Marilyn Monroe and not of Jackie Kennedy and as ôpretty in pink Pradaö while facing very real challenges in being accepted by Ivy League academics. Troy, in contrast, is a young girl whose mother's death pushes her into womanhood and who literally takes the place of the lost mother (Hooks, 43). In both instances there is very much a sense of frustrated feminism although Elle is a feminist only by default.

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