In a recent Panther Press article “Would Elle Woods have gotten into Harvard Law” two staff members argued whether it was realistic for the main character in the movie “Legally Blonde” to get into Harvard Law.
Now, the winner can finally be revealed: Elle Woods could have gotten into Harvard Law.
Let’s start from the beginning of the making of this movie. ‘Legally Blonde’ was based on the novel by Amanda Brown, who wrote about her experiences at Stanford Law School, an even harder law school to get into than Harvard.
Just like Elle Woods, Brown had the same bubbly personality and a love for pink. She would write on pink paper with a pink fluffy pen, wearing a pink suit. Even Elle Wood’s video was realistic, as Brown had to judge a tighty-whitey contest.
The actress, Reese Witherspoon, had met with the sorority members to prepare for the part. According to Entertainment Weekly, Witherspoon told them, “I went to dinner with them. It’s sort of like an anthropological study. You learn what they eat, how they behave, how they take care of their young, that sort of thing”.
On the con side of “It’s literally HARD-vard”, Lorelei Karn writes, “A major in political science might be a more typical undergraduate degree appropriate for law school. And while fashion merchandising might be challenging in some institutions, it’s not likely she had the same qualifications and experiences with a degree unrelated to government and law”.
This statement isn’t based on facts. Woods proved she had the same qualifications as anyone else, even more, as she graduated at the top of the Law school. A major such as fashion could help Elle Woods because law schools like diverse majors. Most importantly, Amanda Brown had majored in fashion when she applied to Stanford Law.
There is no reason that Elle Woods would not have gotten into Harvard Law. Woods had better stats than most applicants applying to the law school, and saying she couldn’t get in goes against the complete point of the movie. Elle Woods had proved she could get into Harvard Law and did.
Thank you, jury. The court has been adjourned.
