Reviewing the musical of "Legally Blonde" on Front Row tonight, the talk is of the plot twist where an airheaded blonde, in pursuit of her man, turns out to have a first-class legal mind. I can't decide whether this kind of dramatic transformation is of a higher order than the transformations that used to take place in movies of the 50s where severe-looking lawyers in glasses were encouraged to release the airheaded blonde inside.
One seems pretty much as preposterous as the other.
Not really. But it can also be true - one of my friends is both a pink clad fluffy blonde obsessed with High School Musical (in her 30s) and a top notch lawyer with a first from Cambridge. Makes us see Legally Blonde quite differently.
ReplyDeleteShe's not airheaded in the musical – she likes fluff and silliness, but she's bright. Premise is ridiculous, of course, but that's storytelling for you. Saw the musical the other night, as well, and was amazed that I bloody adored it. Sheridan Smith has Bet Lynch written through her like a stick of rock.
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