A second sequel was announced for release on valentines day 2020. See the full list of legally blonde cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Legally blonde is about elle woods who is the stereotypical blonde bimbo, who is pres. Reese witherspoon luke wilson selma blair victor garber year. They transformed bookelle into a kind and charismatic movieelle, who with the help. 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. Vivian earns a new respect for elle, and even reveals that warner couldnt get into harvard without his fathers help. Circa 1879, women were expected to dominate the field of keeping a man content as well raising sound and buoyant children. 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. Legally blonde by amanda brown read online on bookmate. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. 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. Regardless of the fact that this is a chick movie, the book indicated to us more conflicts against elle than the movie did. It is impossible to dislike, although how much you like it may depend on your affection for reese witherspoon.
But before it was published the manuscript was picked up by film producers and optioned as a film. Oct 23, 2012 legally blonde was written by amanda brown, who was unsurprisingly, a blonde who went to law school. Parents need to know that legally blonde is a tongueincheek comedy starring reese witherspoon. The novel was based on browns experiences while enrolled in stanford law school. In an effort to prove to warner that she is more than just some blonde sorority girl. Legally blonde the musical is perfect for high school and community theatre, featuring a large ensemble and several big songanddance numbers. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks. As she leaves the party, she runs into emmett, who finally learns why she came to harvard law. The movie catapulted witherspoons career and made her a bonafide movie star. Elle proved this not to be true because she knows that you cant take a. Elle goes into a deep depression, spending days in her room. It tells the story of elle woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at harvard law school to win back her exboyfriend warner. Mti and orignal broadway choreographer jerry mitchell have partnered to revolutionize the way you choreograph your musicals with a new innovative. 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.
She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there she figures out that there is more to her than just looks. There are references to lap dances, body parts, wet tshirt contests, and long interludes in the hot tub. The story of how a boy who believed in the goodness of human nature set out to change the world. A local princess elle woods should get a marriage proposal from her partner warner hantington. But hang with me for a sec and exert a little patience. 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. Im saying that i have help, yes, but i was always blond at heart. Legally blonde by amanda brown nook book ebook barnes. Brown graduated from arizona state university in 1993.
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. From that moment, she ceases to be a mild princess, wishing to return her boyfriend. She is very lovable, determined, vulnerable, energetic and outgoing. Every variation on the color pink is in view, channeling the spirit of a barbie dream house. Notebooks on redbubble are so very versatile and lucky for you theyre available in a ruled or graph 90gsm paper. The musical audition sides packet characterside breakdown. Before it was a blockbuster movie and a broadway musical, legally blonde soared as a fresh, funny romance, with the unforgettable elle woods proving. I am glad to have read it, its nice to see how elle woods stwrtrd. The story is based on the novel legally blonde by amanda brown and the 2001 film of the same name. Vivienne now sees the strong, smart woman within elle its her time to shine legally blonde reprise.
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. Concert selections are original broadway orchestrations and exciting new symphonic arrangements of. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing legally blonde near you. 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.
While its clearly a girlpower story in the end, it does have some sexual references and stereotyping. 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. Stagenotes legally blonde a synopsis of legally blonde the musical as a playboy bunny. He convinces elle that she, too, should get a chip on her shoul. In a dolls house, henrik ibsen explores the treatment. 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.
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. Emmett grew up poor and is working two jobs while attending law school. High quality legally blonde inspired spiral notebooks by independent artists and designers from around the world. Legally blonde was released on july, 2001 in north america. Elle woods, a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. As they speculate on the details, elle shops at the mall for the perfect dress ohmigod you guys. The basis of the plot is eponymous novel of writer a. 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. 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 is a 2001 comedy novel by american author amanda brown, with a. 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. Legally blonde is a 2007 musical with music and lyrics by laurence okeefe and nell benjamin and book by heather hach. She is the daughter of the lawyer jack brown and the art gallery owner suzanne brown.
Among these notable changes was the situation in which nora says goodbye to her children. Elle is a lightweight who gets through college by being given help from an admirer. The novel was the basis of the 2001 film legally blonde which starred reese witherspoon and its 2003 sequel legally blonde 2. With reese witherspoon, luke wilson, selma blair, matthew davis. This is a fictional story and whatever the real rules may be at harvard, they can be changed to fit the movies plot. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she. The sequel wasnt as iconic as the first, woods and emmett move to 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. 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.
While the bare bones are similar, the book seems to speed along much faster than the film. Based on the semiautobiographical story of amanda brown, this 2001 film starred reese witherspoon in her major breakout role. 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. 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. The hilarious novel that inspired the blockbuster movieincludin. The movie has become beloved with quotes like bendandsnap and. 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. Although she is at the losing end of the situation, she confident. She claims that it couldnt have been her, because she was got a perm and was in the shower. 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.
In this movie, elle woods, a harvard law grad and mega girly girl goes to work in washington d. Legally blonde there are a few main reasons i chose to analyze legally blonde as my first movie for this project. Bring the original broadway choreography to your stage. 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. Legally blonde by amanda brown this book is written by a nice woman which graduated from arizona state university. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Now elle woods is legally blonde, and her main task is to win her case come what may. Blonde ambition author amanda brown marvels at the industry. Its footprint left movie about the blonde inlaw, the main role in which performed reese. Delta nu sorority house, the old valley mall, the quad on harvard campus, harvard admissions office, callahans classroom, paulettes.
Today ill be looking at the novel legally blonde by amanda brown. Based on the novel and the hitmovie of the same name, legally blonde. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen brooke wyndham in a murder trial. My main issue with the book was elle woods totally lovable in the film, she was nothing what a huge disappointment. Its footprint left movie about the blondeinlaw, the main role in which performed reese. It is an immensely popular film, having spawned two sequels although one of them went straight to dvd. 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. Legally blonde is about elle woods who is the stereotypical blonde bimbo, who is president of her sorority house delta nu. 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. Legally blonde the musical music theatre international.
At first, it was going to be about a robbery or a crime plot, but then the bend and. Legally blonde features reese witherspoon as elle woods, a blonde. Plot analysis rising action brookes stepdaughter also gives testimony to try to prove that brooke is guilty. Shes the president of her sorority, a hawaiian tropic girl, miss june in her campus calendar, and, above all, a. Legally blonde is full of a range of fantastic actors including. Reese witherspoon, luke wilson, selma blair, mathew davis and victor garber. Legally blonde is a lightweight, but at the same time quite instructive story. 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. 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. Mia thermopolis is pretty sure theres nothing worse than being a fivefoot. 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. Blondes, women law students, stanford university, fiction, law students. Legally blonde name play title and playwright legally.
Legally blonde the musical, music and lyrics by laurence okeefe and neil benjamin, book by heather hach date and the playwrights country of origin. 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. Before legally blonde the movie came legally blonde the book. 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 is one of my favourite films, so of course i was interested in reading that book that it was based on. 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. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Red, white and blonde this is the story of one woman trying to make a name for herself in d. Elle woods reese witherspoon, a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. 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. Your secrets and dreams written in ink, or drawn in pencil, and hidden behind your favorite art. Elle woods, california university senior, seems to have it all. We are too engrossed in the actual plot of the movie rather than looking into the real depth of the movie. The letters became legally blonde the movie, the book and the industry. Legally blonde was released in 2003 although it was written a long time prior to that.
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