Surviving 'Legally Blonde' the TV Show
I feel awesome blossom fabulous fantastic, states 19-year-old Cassie S. No, Cassie isnt a spokeswoman for a new diet pill, newly thin and hopped up on Hoodia or something. Its worse. Shes a competitor on MTVs [Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods], where she and nine other triple-threat hopefuls struggle week after week to achieve Broadway infamy. Cue the excited shrieking!
So first there was Legally Blonde the movie. Then there was the sequel, which was... really, really bad. Then the musical was born. As of the reality shows premier last Monday, we reached the (hopefully) final frontier. Its pink as far as the eye can see.
The Search began with 50 girls getting whittled down to 15, the remaining then rushing off to learn a dance routine (which included the bend and snap, naturally) and the super-belty song that closes Act I, So Much Better. The judgesproducer Bernie Telsey, musical writer Heather Hach and Broadway actor Paul Canaando their best to look demanding and unsatisfied as the girls perform.
Fifteen then become 10, with the usual gamut of reality TV stereotypes predictably represented. Theres a brainy one, a country bumpkin, a self-described bad girl (I made out with everyone. Everyone, says Chelsea of her high school reputation). Its all relative, of course, because if any of these girls were plopped down on a different reality show, made to survive on an island or eat matador junk, they would each undoubtedly be labeled the dumb blonde.
The est-fest ensues for the next several weeks, with radio hits of yesteryear providing a soundtrack all the while. Ten bucks to anyone who watches the entire season! Its anybodys guess where the show goes from here, but it looks to have all the makings of an awesomely bad piece brain candy that could potentially keep us satisfied shouldheaven forbidanother writers strike plague the networks. I live and breathe Legally Blonde, says Rhiannon. We all think you need to lose weight, bitches one girl to another. The only thing thats for sure is that the bend and snap isnt going anywhere. Ever.