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why is it called legally blonde?

posted 12 years ago by jet_g
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is it a pun? is it supposed to sound like something else? is it a thing? what

[–] ShrinkMD 12 years ago

It's a play on the phrase legally blind.

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[–] cerulean_tundra 11 years ago

I've always thought it was a play on 'legally blind' which is what you're called when you're a blind person. But instead, she's blonde and in the legal field.

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[–] johnston.scot 11 years ago

I'm always disappointed to discover that a movie ISN'T set in a dystopian future. I can't imagine why anyone would make a movie that isn't.

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[–] johnston.scot 11 years ago

Nice try.

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[–] johnston.scot 11 years ago

Not as a good a try. The first post was mildly amusing. This one, not so much: unless you manage to get somebody to believe it's real, which seems unlikely.

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[–] Samuraibro 11 years ago

What does her being a natural blonde have to do with anything?

SIND SIE DAS ESSEN NEIN WIR SIND DER JÄGER

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[–] Moonlighty 10 years ago

Legally blonde means naturally blonde? That is so made up.

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[–] tabbycat 10 years ago

Aside from the obvious pun value, "legally" is often used to mean "technically, yes -- but not really." (Example: a person with 20/200 vision who can still see with glasses could be called "lrgally blind".) Elle is technically a blonde, yes due to her hair color. As for the other associations with that word -- bimbo, dumb, superficial, lazy, mean -- she is none of them. This expresses the film's central theme: she's only technically a blonde, something many will never accept no matter the mountain of evidence to the contrary.