She is funny, blonde and smart—all Hollywood asks for a girl. However, unlike other Hollywood girls who almost dream of becoming super stars from the day they were born, she didn’t realize that acting was what she wanted to do with her life until 19.
Being well-known after “Legally Blonde” became the most popular comedy in 2003, she succeeds to play a role as a model for girls. She is Reese Witherspoon, at the age of 29, one of the most bankable female stars in the movies.
Though regard herself as stupidity sometimes, Reese is comparatively smart. At the age of 18, she was admitted by Stanford, but later dropped out for her acting career.
She always keeps a clear mind about what she really wants, what is more important. Once she makes a decision, just does it.
In today’s Hollywood, more often than not, females are still just the accessories of males. When a hero successfully wins a battle or frustrated by something, he may need a beautiful, considerate heroine accompanies and comforts him. I’m sorry to say that, in the movie, actresses shouldn’t tend to wear less and be erogenous as sex objects.
Reese prefers to just celebrate herself rather than make it on being sexy, though she could be. That is the art of choice, and by extension, the art of life. Obviously, she is good at it.
Reese’s confidence comes from her dad and she considers it as everything in her business.
She is chatty and does like to express her opinion. But when others compare her with several stars, she is quite modest and self-restrained. American culture encourages people to be active and aggressive while Chinese culture advocates introspection and condescension. Only those who combines these two, can get a marvelous balance.
Reese takes “ extraordinary ordinariness” as the huge compliment for her.
She and her husband don’t own multiple houses or fancy cars, although they have lots of money. She just keeps the life as what it used to be.
Reading books while the kids play, cooking almost every dinner, and making home comfortable and lovely, her life is unbelievably normal. She enjoys being a wife, a mother, and she is proud of herself.
Nobody will wonder her charm in and out of the spotlight. No matter the androcentrism or feminism are both extreme. Women should find a new role to play in this modern society. Like the ancient Chinese “Golden Mean” tells us, to cope with happiness and sadness, material and spiritual wealth in an ordinarily natural way. That is what we can learn from Reese Witherspoon.
