Legally Blonde

I only saw act 2, but yeh that was basically it. the whole discussion is in that video so it was pretty short, and while the entire audience were invited to/allowed to stay behind and watch the chat id estimate that only around 60 people did.

I worked at a theatre down the road, and our show was much shorter, so we would often pop along to the savoy and get a bottle of wine, and dance along at the back. This night we knew LBB was in attendance, and having seen her on Broadway also it was a treat to see them discuss roles. It was back in my stagedooring days too and both of them came out and signed and posed for photos individually. Sheridan in particular was very sweet and stopped and chatted with me and my pals for quite sometime.

I will explain what the problem here is. Body shaming is a very sensitive issue for many women and it's one of the ways that women have been repressed over the years. Now women are fed up with it and are not taking it anymore. We stand up for ourselves and for each other. Commenting on a person's size is rude and hurtful and is in this day and age not acceptable anymore. Just because many people are saying something doesn't make it OK. I get it though that as a man you don't understand what women deal with when it comes to body shaming. I'm not attacking you here just trying to explain our point of view.

The casting examples you give don't apply in this case because they didn't cast a Tracy Turnblad body type as Elle. You say yourself Lucy is not fat so where's the problem then? Indeed the character of Elle is not fat but that doesn't mean she can only be played by a UK size 6 girl. "The perfect body" comment made me sad. All our bodies are perfect as is Lucy's. She looks like the beautiful popular girl. People who work out come in all sizes. It's more important to be strong and healthy than to be thin. LBB was criticized for being too thin, there's just no winning here. I'm sure people had plenty to say about Sheridan's body as well. Then Lucy is not blonde, nor American and not the age of a college student. But we go with it because it's entertainment and it's fun, like flying green witches. 💚

I know men get body shamed too but I don't think that it's to the level that women experience it. For women it can start as young as kindergarten and lasts all throughout their lives. It's clear the number of times the weight of female celebrities is scrutinized in the media far outweighs their male counterparts. Emmett and Warner do not deal with the same criticism on their looks as Elle does.

Snap (bend and) and indeed a quick scroll through Ms Jones' Instagram (purely for science her natch) indicates a girl I would say is a) attractive b) has an excellent body. It almost physically pains me to write that second sentance because I HATE commenting on women's bodies in such terms. But if we're putting a label on it she is indeed a slim attractive girl. 

Also how we view Elle CAN evolve. For all the wonderfully empowering things in the film it is (quick google) almost 20 years old (damn I feel old) and so the 'aesthetics' of female beauty have, thankfully evolved a bit in that time (I mean look at the fashion). SO can we not in 2018 also accept that an actress doesn't have to be whippet thin to play Elle?

Lucie has done underwear/fitness modelling in the past and I think she may have even launched her own range. Having seen her in LB and Rent, I'd not describe her has fat or even as curvy as say CHF. She is quite tall so may look bigger than more petite girls in the company.

If she is expecting then huge congrats to her and her husband and she'll announce it in due course.

Alex Gaumond (Emmett) is in 3 and 5, and Peter Davison (Callahan) is in 4. Thanks for sharing.

It's quite hilarious that people can believe barging into Harvard's admissions office gets you in but somehow people with a different body size can't be play a well loved and charismatic character.

Just got back from seeing this tonight.
Firstly to echo previous thoughts, some of the costumes for the main characters are very unflattering and just not right for the characters. Some of Elle’s outfits were questionable. I did like the Delta Nu’s matching outfits for the final courtroom scene and Elle’s Legally Blonde remix dress! Also the costumes for What you want were great!
Lucie is a wonderful Elle, a bit too goofy for my liking but she did make me laugh and was very believable. Her singing is strong. And guys she is deffo starting to show!
Rita Simons was good as Paulette. She deffo is in my top 3 out of the many Paulettes I have seen. Bill Ward was a mixed bag for me. He sped through a lot of his dialogue and I don’t think his singing ability was quite there. But there was something likeable about him. Liam and David as Warner and Emmett, thumbs up! The Vivienne whose name I can’t remember has a great voice but I feel her wig and her costumes made her look a bit too old. The ensemble were fabulous.
I think the set is pretty good for a tour, didn’t bother me one bit. I took my friend along to this for her birthday present(she hadn’t seen it before) and she said it was the best thing she has ever seen! I loved the new remix at the end, really got the audience buzzing and finished off a very entertaining evening. 9/10 from me.
Now to wonder: who will be Elle in a few weeks time?

If so, it’s the slowest gestation period ever, as the same was true when I saw it back in Bristol. Is it not just the layering of costumes?

she wore black flat shoes in Canterbury.