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The 2007 musical, scripted by Heather Hach and with songs by the husband-and-wife team of Lawrence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, takes a different direction from [[Film/LegallyBlonde the 2001 movie]]. While the movie mixed over-the-top wacky comedy with more realistic comedy, the musical is DenserAndWackier, full of AcceptableBreaksFromReality and moments of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, though the songs are also highly integrated into the plot, with many long musical scenes that cover enormous amounts of story and CharacterDevelopment. Additionally, several minor characters (like Professor Stromwell and David) are dropped to focus more on a few key characters. In particular, Emmett's character is expanded upon significantly, and Elle's friendship (and eventual romance) with him becomes a much bigger part of the story.
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The 2007 musical, scripted by Heather Hach and with songs by the husband-and-wife team of Lawrence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, takes a different direction from [[Film/LegallyBlonde the 2001 movie]]. While the movie mixed over-the-top wacky comedy with more realistic comedy, the musical is DenserAndWackier, full of AcceptableBreaksFromReality and moments of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, though the songs are also highly integrated into the plot, with many long musical scenes that cover enormous amounts of story and CharacterDevelopment. Additionally, several minor characters (like Professor Stromwell and David) are dropped to focus more on a few key characters. In particular, Emmett's character is expanded upon significantly, and Elle's friendship (and eventual romance) with him becomes a much bigger part of the story.
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* BigFishInABiggerOcean: Discussed multiple times.
** As in the film, Elle was the golden girl at UCLA, as the pretty, popular sorority president with a 4.0 GPA (in fashion merchandising) and a hot boyfriend. At Harvard Law, her looks don't matter as everyone thinks she's a joke. While she works hard to overcome this and even obtains a coveted internship from Callahan, his sexual harassment sends her spiraling enough to consider dropping out to go, "back where I'm known, back in my own very small pond", but is convinced to stay by Vivian. [[spoiler: In this version, she not only wins the case, but becomes valedictorian instead of class speaker, in spite of her starting out with middling grades.]]
** Warner, likewise, has subtle notes of this, as he reminisces with Elle in "Serious (Reprise)" about missing being the big man on campus at UCLA, saying "we were like gods back then". [[spoiler: Warner, while he gets one of the coveted internship positions, eventually drops out to be a model, showing he missed the attention.]]
** Minor characters Enid Hoops and Aaron Schultz are introduced in "The Harvard Variations" as ambitious overachievers, with Enid being a former Peace Corp activist who has lead many successful humanitarian efforts and Aaron being an award-winning, rich software developer. They get schooled ''hard'' by Professor Callahan in "Blood in the Water", showing that law school is a whole different beast. Enid, for her part, manages to secure one of the coveted internship positions, but Aaron disappears into the background.
** As in the film, Elle was the golden girl at UCLA, as the pretty, popular sorority president with a 4.0 GPA (in fashion merchandising) and a hot boyfriend. At Harvard Law, her looks don't matter as everyone thinks she's a joke. While she works hard to overcome this and even obtains a coveted internship from Callahan, his sexual harassment sends her spiraling enough to consider dropping out to go, "back where I'm known, back in my own very small pond", but is convinced to stay by Vivian. [[spoiler: In this version, she not only wins the case, but becomes valedictorian instead of class speaker, in spite of her starting out with middling grades.]]
** Warner, likewise, has subtle notes of this, as he reminisces with Elle in "Serious (Reprise)" about missing being the big man on campus at UCLA, saying "we were like gods back then". [[spoiler: Warner, while he gets one of the coveted internship positions, eventually drops out to be a model, showing he missed the attention.]]
** Minor characters Enid Hoops and Aaron Schultz are introduced in "The Harvard Variations" as ambitious overachievers, with Enid being a former Peace Corp activist who has lead many successful humanitarian efforts and Aaron being an award-winning, rich software developer. They get schooled ''hard'' by Professor Callahan in "Blood in the Water", showing that law school is a whole different beast. Enid, for her part, manages to secure one of the coveted internship positions, but Aaron disappears into the background.
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* AdaptationalNationality: The pool boy is changed from Latino to Greek, complete with a name change, [[spoiler: in order for them to do a whole song about whether he's "gay or European"]].
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* AdaptationalNationality: The pool boy is changed from Latino to Greek, complete with a name change, [[spoiler: in order for them to do a whole song about whether he's "gay or European"]]. His boyfriend also seems to be European in this version, based on his accent, instead of American.
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** The pool boy's name is changed from Enrique to Nikos, to reflect the AdaptationalNationality change (see above).
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** The pool boy's name is changed from Enrique to Nikos, and his boyfriend is changed from Chuck to Carlos to reflect the AdaptationalNationality change (see above).above).
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* KarmaHoudini: Unlike in the film where it seems Enrique the pool boy is headed for a breakup since he called his boyfriend his "best friend" to keep up his perjury, Nikos and Carlos seem to make up once Carlos forces Nikos to admit he's gay in front of the entire courthouse.
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* AdaptationalNationality: The pool boy is changed from Latino to Greek, complete with a name change, [[spoiler: in order for them to do a whole song about whether he's "gay or European"]].
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* AdaptationNameChange:
** Emmett's last name is changed from Richmond to Forrest, to better show the parallels with Elle Woods.
** The pool boy's name is changed from Enrique to Nikos, to reflect the AdaptationalNationality change (see above).
** Emmett's last name is changed from Richmond to Forrest, to better show the parallels with Elle Woods.
** The pool boy's name is changed from Enrique to Nikos, to reflect the AdaptationalNationality change (see above).
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: As is pretty typical of any adaptation, most of the characters are at least a little different than they were in the movie, with the biggest example probably being Paulette, as the producers [[https://youtu.be/CIuRkCUIp7o?t=139 admitted]] the meek ShrinkingViolet version of the character in the movie wouldn't really translate well onto the stage where she has to emote to the back rows, so the musical's version of Paulette (especially as played by Orfeh) has Paulette's insecurity manifest as being more loudly neutoric and eccentric.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: As is pretty typical of any adaptation, most of the characters are at least a little different than they were in the movie, with the biggest example probably being Paulette, as the producers [[https://youtu.be/CIuRkCUIp7o?t=139 admitted]] the meek ShrinkingViolet version of the character in the movie wouldn't really translate well onto the stage where she has to emote to the back rows, so the musical's version of Paulette (especially as played by Orfeh) has Paulette's insecurity manifest as being more loudly neutoric neurotic and eccentric.
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** In "Whipped Into Shape" Callahan shows his interns one of Brooke's workout tapes, in which she demonstrates her jump ropes can be used as defense weapons, as evidence that she killed her husband. In reality this wouldn't hold up very well as her husband died via gun shot wound, not strangulation or battery as demonstrated by Brooke in her tape.
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** Much of the AdaptedOut David's characterization (being Elle's sole friend and ally who helps her navigate law school) is folded into Emmett, which gives the added bonus of better developing his relationship with Elle.
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** In “Whipped Into Shape” Callahan shows his interns one of Brooke’s workout tapes, in which she demonstrates her jump ropes can be used as defense weapons, as evidence that she killed her husband. In reality this wouldn’t hold up very well as her husband died via gun shot wound, not strangulation or battery as demonstrated by Brooke in her tape.
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Minor fix.
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** AdaptedOut when Elle negotiates for Paulette's dog back from her ex Dewey. In the movie, Elle claims to be a lawyer representing Paulette. That's illegal because she's not lawyer, just a a law student. Here Elle uses the more nebulous term "legal team" and brings Emmett (a licensed attorney) along with her, which at the very least downgrades it to murky rather than a clear-cut violation.
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** AdaptedOut when Elle negotiates for Paulette's dog back from her ex Dewey. In the movie, Elle claims to be a lawyer representing Paulette. That's illegal because she's not lawyer, just a a law student. Here Elle uses the more nebulous term "legal team" and brings Emmett (a licensed attorney) along with her, which at the very least downgrades it to murky rather than a clear-cut violation.
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* MusicalisInterruptus
** During the breakup
--->'''Warner:''' ''That's why I think you and I... should break up!''\\
'''Elle:''' ''Oh baby I'll give you my hand, we--''WHAT!?
** During the breakup
--->'''Warner:''' ''That's why I think you and I... should break up!''\\
'''Elle:''' ''Oh baby I'll give you my hand, we--''WHAT!?
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* MusicalisInterruptus
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** During thebreakup
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--->'''Warner:''' ''That's why I think you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should breakup!''\\
up]]''\\
'''Elle:'''''Oh ''[[DelayedReaction Yes baby I'll give you my hand, we--''WHAT!?we --]] [[BigWhat WHAT!?]]''
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* DelayedReaction: When Warner announces to Elle he's breaking up with her, she takes a few second to process it:
--->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
--->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
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* DelayedReaction: When Warner announces to tells Elle he's breaking up with her, she takes a few second seconds to process it:
--->'''Warner:'''it.
-->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
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-->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
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* DelayedReaction: When Warner announces to Elle he's breaking up with her, she takes a few second to process it:
--->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
'''Elle:''' Yes, baby, I'll give you my hand, we -- [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]
--->'''Warner:''' That's why you and I... [[BaitAndSwitch should break up]].\\
'''Elle:''' Yes, baby, I'll give you my hand, we -- [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]
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** Warner rubbishes Elle's argument about Nico's testimony being discredited because he's 'clearly' gay, but he has a point that they can't just out someone on the stand and that they need more proof of Nico's sexuality than the "Bend and Snap". Following on the heels of this, Callahan says that if Elle's wrong, "we look desperate ''and'' homophobic!"
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** Warner rubbishes Elle's argument about Nico's Nikos' testimony being discredited because he's 'clearly' gay, but he has a point that they can't just out someone on the stand and that they need more proof of Nico's Nikos' sexuality than his not reacting to the "Bend and Snap". Following on the heels of this, Callahan says that if Elle's wrong, "we look desperate ''and'' homophobic!"
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** Warner rubbishes Elle's argument about Nico's testimony being discredited because he's gay, but he has a point that they can't just out someone on the stand and that they need more proof than the "Bend and Snap". Following on the heels of this, Callahan says that if Elle's wrong, "we look desperate ''and'' homophobic!"
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** Warner rubbishes Elle's argument about Nico's testimony being discredited because he's 'clearly' gay, but he has a point that they can't just out someone on the stand and that they need more proof of Nico's sexuality than the "Bend and Snap". Following on the heels of this, Callahan says that if Elle's wrong, "we look desperate ''and'' homophobic!"