He convinces elle that she, too, should get a chip on her shoul. Bring the original broadway choreography to your stage. Every variation on the color pink is in view, channeling the spirit of a barbie dream house. Red, white and blonde evokes a fairytale america in which a congresswomans ditzy blond junior staff member, pretty in pink, is asked to address a joint session of congress and sways them with her appeal for animal rights. Legally blonde is about elle woods who is the stereotypical blonde bimbo, who is president of her sorority house delta nu. Delta nu sorority house, the old valley mall, the quad on harvard campus, harvard admissions office, callahans classroom, paulettes.
Legally blonde was released on july, 2001 in north america. It is an immensely popular film, having spawned two sequels although one of them went straight to dvd. Reese witherspoon stars as elle woods, a sorority girl who attempts to win back her exboyfriend, played by matthew davis, by getting a juris doctor degree at harvard law school. In 2001, legally blonde premiered, and audiences fell in love with the story of elle woods, the sorority girl who chased a boy all the way to. Although she is at the losing end of the situation, she confident. Legally blonde by amanda brown read online on bookmate. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she. She is so much the star of the movie that the other actors seem less like costars than like partners in an acting workshop, feeding her lines.
Plot analysis rising action brookes stepdaughter also gives testimony to try to prove that brooke is guilty. Legally blonde is a lightweight, but at the same time quite instructive story. Reese witherspoon, luke wilson, selma blair, mathew davis and victor garber. Im saying that i have help, yes, but i was always blond at heart.
Before it was a blockbuster movie and a broadway musical, legally blonde soared as a fresh, funny romance, with the unforgettable elle woods proving blondes will run the world. In an effort to prove to warner that she is more than just some blonde sorority girl, she follows him to harvard law, where she. With reese witherspoon, luke wilson, selma blair, matthew davis. Vivian earns a new respect for elle, and even reveals that warner couldnt get into harvard without his fathers help. Mti and orignal broadway choreographer jerry mitchell have partnered to revolutionize the way you choreograph your musicals with a new innovative. Legally blonde is a featherweight comedy balanced between silliness and charm. While its clearly a girlpower story in the end, it does have some sexual references and stereotyping. The sequel wasnt as iconic as the first, woods and emmett move to washington d. Elle woods, california university senior, seems to have it all. Shes the president of her sorority, a hawaiian tropic girl, miss june in her campus calendar, and, above all, a. Plot elle woods, a blonde university of southern california sorority president and homecoming queen, is deeply in love with her college sweetheart, warner huntington iii. Legally blonde by amanda brown this book is written by a nice woman which graduated from arizona state university. The basis of the plot is eponymous novel of writer a.
My main issue with the book was elle woods totally lovable in the film, she was nothing what a huge disappointment. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Vivienne now sees the strong, smart woman within elle its her time to shine legally blonde reprise. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks. It tells the story of elle woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at harvard law school to win back her exboyfriend warner.
Elle woods reese witherspoon, a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen brooke wyndham in a murder trial. Before legally blonde the movie came legally blonde the book. See the full list of legally blonde cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The musical character breakdown elle woods gb2g5 soprano belt elle is a very bubbly collegeage girl who follows her exboyfriend to harvard law school and realizes that she has more than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality to offer the world. It might happen, though, in the world of the moviebut even then, her big speech is so truly idiotic, shed be laughed out of town.
Elle proved this not to be true because she knows that you cant take a. Amanda brown, speaking on the legally blonde dvd special features, said that within a day or two of her being at law school, she realised she had to do something different, as she spent. With regards to the movie version of legally blonde, the changes worked so much so that they made a very bad book into a wonderful feelgood comedy. Oct 23, 2012 legally blonde was written by amanda brown, who was unsurprisingly, a blonde who went to law school. How to plot a book using your antagonist i know, i knowwhen you start plotting your book, youre undoubtedly chomping at the bit to start exploring your heros awesomeness. Legally blonde features reese witherspoon as elle woods, a blonde. Among these notable changes was the situation in which nora says goodbye to her children. When warner enrolls in stanford law school and aims to find a girl more serious than elle to be his bride, elle schemes a plan to follow him there to win him back. Elle, who has found a new determination and drive, marches towards the courthouse followed by a parade of supporters, friends, and family, including kyle and paulette who have come to find an irish fondness for each other. A second sequel was announced for release on valentines day 2020. As they speculate on the details, elle shops at the mall for the perfect dress ohmigod you guys. Notebooks on redbubble are so very versatile and lucky for you theyre available in a ruled or graph 90gsm paper. Before it was a blockbuster movie and a broadway musical, legally blonde soared as a fresh, funny romance, with the unforgettable elle woods proving. It is impossible to dislike, although how much you like it may depend on your affection for reese witherspoon.
Mia thermopolis is pretty sure theres nothing worse than being a fivefoot. The sequel to the 2001 film legally blonde, the film stars reese witherspoon who also served as the films executive producer alongside an ensemble cast featuring. Legally blonde the musical music theatre international. While the bare bones are similar, the book seems to speed along much faster than the film. Throughout the different eras, women have been displayed to play distinct roles in society, all of which have been respective to standards of that time. Based on the semiautobiographical story of amanda brown, this 2001 film starred reese witherspoon in her major breakout role. There are references to lap dances, body parts, wet tshirt contests, and long interludes in the hot tub. Stagenotes legally blonde a synopsis of legally blonde the musical as a playboy bunny. Blondes, women law students, stanford university, fiction, law students. Jul 01, 2001 legally blonde is a funny novel that breaks rude stereotypes about the ditzy blonde bimbo, but many of the characters just come off as very annoying even at the best of times. She is very lovable, determined, vulnerable, energetic and outgoing. Elle woods, a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend.
She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there she figures out that there is more to her than just looks. Legally blonde is a 2001 comedy novel by american author amanda brown, with a. But before it was published the manuscript was picked up by film producers and optioned as a film. Legally blonde is about elle woods who is the stereotypical blonde bimbo, who is pres. Regardless of the fact that this is a chick movie, the book indicated to us more conflicts against elle than the movie did. Elle has just finished her studies in fashion, and is getting prepared to marry her boyfriend, warner, who will soon be going to harvard law school, in boston.
Legally blonde is a 2001 american comedy film based on amanda browns novel of the same. We are too engrossed in the actual plot of the movie rather than looking into the real depth of the movie. Legally blonde is a 2007 musical with music and lyrics by laurence okeefe and nell benjamin and book by heather hach. In this movie, elle woods, a harvard law grad and mega girly girl goes to work in washington d. In most cases, when a written work is adapted to a film, either minimal or monumental changes are made in order to grab an audience. Legally blonde there are a few main reasons i chose to analyze legally blonde as my first movie for this project. Today ill be looking at the novel legally blonde by amanda brown. High quality legally blonde inspired spiral notebooks by independent artists and designers from around the world. Based on the novel and the hitmovie of the same name, legally blonde. Emmett grew up poor and is working two jobs while attending law school.
But hang with me for a sec and exert a little patience. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. They transformed bookelle into a kind and charismatic movieelle, who with the help. Circa 1879, women were expected to dominate the field of keeping a man content as well raising sound and buoyant children.
From that moment, she ceases to be a mild princess, wishing to return her boyfriend. Now elle woods is legally blonde, and her main task is to win her case come what may. Concert selections are original broadway orchestrations and exciting new symphonic arrangements of. Elle woods begins the show as a typical ucla valley girl peppy, read more pro members only join the stageagent community to read our character analysis for elle woods and unlock other amazing theatre resources. Legally blonde name play title and playwright legally. Its footprint left movie about the blonde inlaw, the main role in which performed reese. Parents need to know that legally blonde is a tongueincheek comedy starring reese witherspoon. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing legally blonde near you. Legally blonde synopsis broadway musical actions carry musicals spectators in the university of california, where theres gonna be a holiday in one of the girlish communities named delta nu. Legally blonde was released in 2003 although it was written a long time prior to that. The musical audition sides packet characterside breakdown. A local princess elle woods should get a marriage proposal from her partner warner hantington. Legally blonde is a funny novel that breaks rude stereotypes about the ditzy blonde bimbo, but many of the characters just come off as very annoying even at the best of times.
Amanda brown october 6, 1970 is an american novelist who wrote the novel legally blonde which was the basis for the film and musical of the same name. Elle is a lightweight who gets through college by being given help from an admirer. Red, white and blonde this is the story of one woman trying to make a name for herself in d. At first, it was going to be about a robbery or a crime plot, but then the bend and. In the case of a dolls house, however, only one monumental change was made while, for the most part, the rest of the play remained untouched. Your secrets and dreams written in ink, or drawn in pencil, and hidden behind your favorite art. As she leaves the party, she runs into emmett, who finally learns why she came to harvard law. The movie has become beloved with quotes like bendandsnap and.
Welcome to new york citys upper east side, where my friends and i live, go to school, play, and sleepsometimes with each other. Legally blonde the musical opens at uclas delta nu sorority house, where margot, serena and pilar are celebrating the news that campus dreamboat warner huntington iii is set to propose to their bubbly, blonde president, elle woods. She claims that it couldnt have been her, because she was got a perm and was in the shower. The story of how a boy who believed in the goodness of human nature set out to change the world. She is the daughter of the lawyer jack brown and the art gallery owner suzanne brown. The movie catapulted witherspoons career and made her a bonafide movie star. Legally blonde the musical, music and lyrics by laurence okeefe and neil benjamin, book by heather hach date and the playwrights country of origin.
Today ill be looking at the novel legally blonde by amanda brown and its film adaptation legally blonde starring reese witherspoon released in 2001 which is better the movie or the book. The story is based on the novel legally blonde by amanda brown and the 2001 film of the same name. Brown graduated from arizona state university in 1993. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Legally blonde the musical is perfect for high school and community theatre, featuring a large ensemble and several big songanddance numbers. Elle goes into a deep depression, spending days in her room. Legally blonde by amanda brown nook book ebook barnes. In an effort to prove to warner that she is more than just some blonde sorority girl. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The above events commemorate not only close up the first act of the musical, but also the beginning of the transformation of the main character. The novel was the basis of the 2001 film legally blonde which starred reese witherspoon and its 2003 sequel legally blonde 2. Reese witherspoon luke wilson selma blair victor garber year. Legally blonde is a 2001 american comedy film based on amanda browns novel of the same name, scripted by karen mccullah lutz and kirsten smith, and directed by robert luketic, in his featurelength directorial debut.