Legally Blonde and the First Four Steps of the Heroine's Journey
Legally Blonde opens with the Chris Lord Alge Mix of “Perfect Day” by Hoku. The lyrics in this song consist of things like “nothing’s standing in my way. On this perfect day, nothing can go wrong.” Later lyrics consist of lines like, “I’m in the race but I already won” and excessive repetition of the chorus, “perfect day!!!” This opener quintessentially fits the first step of the heroine's journey: Illusion of the perfect world. According to Victoria Lynn Schmidt’s version of the heroine’s journey this step involves “t he heroine believing that the world she lives in is perfect” and that she is either delusional or in denial of the reality that things can and will go wrong. In Elle’s case, she thinks everything is going her way with Warner, her boyfriend, and her expectations of her future are high. She thinks her life is set in stone and is falling perfectly into place as planned. In this phase you find Elle saying things like, “dreams really do come true” and “you never have to c...