Musical: Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde originally a movie was turned into a musical in the early 2000's; it's definitely one of those movies where you shouldn't "judge a book by its cover". For this week's assignment decided that a musical would fall into the Lit and Media category. I watched the musical for the first time this week and after watching I really saw the importance of this musical. This musical teases the stereotypical blonde in college, but they go deeper with the plot as we go further into the story.

At first, when I was watching it I thought it was rather shallow with the characters and I felt like I couldn't relate or develop any emotional attachments to them. Elle and her friends were very funny because they were supposed to be the stereotypical sorority girls. But, It's only when we dive further into Elle's story that I started to become more interested in her. She seemed like she had more layers than I expected and we see the challenges she goes through because the people around her make prejudice decisions based on her appearance and personality.

The story seems quite obscure and first and I think it's hard to make this musical appeal to all audience on the surface, but when you actually take the time to see it. It's very good, the dance numbers are fantastic, the music is catchy and fun, and the story at its core is about Elle trying to push herself away from the stereotypes of being a woman and getting married. But instead she decides for herself she wants to further educate herself and she is capable of doing anything even though she may not fit the mold of her profession of being a lawyer.

What I really took away from this musical is the underlying message that you are worth it and you can do anything you set your mind to. But the message is so good and so important and I feel like I also need to say that for myself as well. The musical has been quite successful, it was nominated for 7 tony awards and won the Lawerence Oliver Award for Best Musical.

The reason people should come to know? Well firstly the music is fun and catchy, secondly, like I said before the message this musical talks about it so important especially in our society right now; this is something we need to push more in the workforce, to show that people don't fit always fit their stereotypes and we shouldn't judge people on their looks but their actions.