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You say boyfriend.
I thought you say best friend.
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Writer(s): Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin
Legally Blonde Musical Soundtrack Lyrics
Elle Woods, Professor Callahan, Emmett Forrest, Brooke Wyndam, Vivienne Kensington, Warner Huntington III, Enid, Judge, Nikos, Carlos and Company - There!
The verses volley between Elle Woods’s razor-sharp observations, Professor Callahan’s blustery logic, and a jury box of baffled classmates. The musical texture thins to underscore harmony, then explodes when Carlos bursts in with a Latin-telenovela confession. Enid’s academic bravado pops the groupthink bubble, reminding us that labels can be weapons as much as shortcuts.
Confession Finale
“You are so gay, you big parfait / You flaming one-man cabaret”
Carlos’s flamboyant takedown is half-prosecution, half-love letter.
Perfume, often coded feminine in the U.S., muddies the guess.
Fae is another form of “fairy,” long used as a slur for gay men, highlighting supposed femininity. The lyric pits two ideas against each other — is Nikos gay or just foreign? Several studies even note gay men are in better physical shape than straight men; see Vox’s piece “Gay men are less likely to be obese — and 6 more facts about sexual orientation and health.”
An expatriate is simply someone living outside their home country.
Her playful certainty sets up Callahan’s stuffy rebuttal.
Paradox Verse
“But look at his coiffed and crispy locks… / There’s the eternal paradox”
Grooming becomes Exhibit A. The lyric lampoons how quickly society conflates personal style with orientation, all while the orchestra sneaks in a sly rim-shot.
Enid’s Counter-attack
“Seen it on every guy at work / That is a metro-hetero jerk”
The number briefly swerves toward gender-studies snark.
Both tracks ride stomping four-on-the-floor beats and gospel-style call-and-response stacking.
Satire with teeth: puppets confess social biases while Callahan’s team debates gay-vs-Euro clichés. We're gay!
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