Reese Witherspoon, who played the unforgettable Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy ‘Legally Blonde’, is now producing the prequel. It follows young Elle Woods through her high school years – in the capital of grunge, where pink cheerfulness is completely out of place.
A Blonde in Nirvana Land
Elle experiences a culture shock: the melancholic, scruffy kids at her new school dismiss her pink optimism as shallow superficiality – at first not entirely unjustly. But Elle proves adaptable and fights with disarming cheerfulness against women being stereotyped because of their gender and hair color. The series is quite archetypal in its setup, but the core message remains: don’t underestimate the blonde.
Why the Prequel Is Necessary
The Tagesspiegel calls the prequel a ‘label fraud’ – yet the answer to whether it is necessary turns out positive. Reese Witherspoon, as producer, ensures that the message of ‘Legally Blonde’ continues to be carried into the (here rather simplistically drawn male) world. This is still necessary, according to the Tagesspiegel. And that also answers the question of whether a prequel was absolutely necessary.
Source: www.tagesspiegel.de
