Man! I knew it. I knew there was going to be an episode of this show where the non-blondes dyed their hair blonde to finally, really really become Elle Woods. I had hoped it would happen earlier in the season, when there were 4 non-blondes. (Or even 5. Remember the sad sack Cassie O?). But instead we are down to just 2.
Still, this week was the first time Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods provided anything visually stimulating.
Baby steps. Baby steps.
Last week, Emma was sent home. This was quite shocking to the show's viewers because she'd always been one of the strongest contestants and had wowed the judges the week before with her rendition of "Serious." It was even more shocking to Emma, who'd thought she'd already won.
NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE ELLE WOODS BUSINESS CARDS?
As we start off this week, the rest of the girls wait at the Pink House to find out who's still with them and who's been sent to walk the plank. (For those of you who don't actually watch this show, no one really walks the plank. But wouldn't that make for a much more interesting send-off?)
Rhiannon says she'll be sad if Emma doesn't walk through the door.
Bailey, the southern sweetheart who's recently started to creep over to the dark side, instructs the girls to look excited no matter who walks through the door. "You can't be like uh."
YOU CAN'T BE LIKE "OHMIGOD, BUT Y'ALL SUCK."
So when almost-loser Autumn walks through the front door, they all do a terrible impression of "excited."
Autumn comments that she understands everyone is sad to see Emma go. But why? She was so mean? I don't understand.
Oh wait I get it now. They're all being totally fake. Duh! Silly me.
Once Autumn settles in, she takes a seat on the giant powder poof in the living room to chat with the others. But she is not all good tidings and words of wisdom. Au contraire, she has a bone to pick with, of all people, Rhiannon.
IF I COULD GET UP OUT OF THIS THING, I'D COME OVER THERE AND SLAP YOU ACROSS THE FACE.
Last week, during the audition process, Rhiannon kept repeating out loud "I will not go home today. I will not go home." To Autumn, this sounded like she was banishing her fellow competitors. But Rhiannon explains that she was just reciting it like a mantra to cheer herself up.
And just when you think there's finally going to be some serious drama. We cut away and Lauren says how everyone's on edge. Well la di freaking da.
The next morning, a call sheet slides under the front door and all of the ladies gather around to see what the day will bring. This time, they're going to the salon, which in the land of reality TV can only mean one thing: makeovers. And on this show in particular, can only mean dye jobs.
The 2 non-blondes flip the eff out about the prospect of going blonde, prompting this peculiar dance.
HOLLA!
The sheer excitement also prompts Natalie to allow herself to be interviewed for a nationally airing program while looking like this.
REGRETTABLE
Meanwhile, the 3 already blondes are left to be like, "Woo-hoo. A haircut."
The ladies get ready and head over to the John Barrett salon, where Mr. Barrett and mentor Duff are waiting for them.
HONESTLY, DUFF, YOU SHOULD LET ME FIX YOUR HAIR TOO.
The team of stylists sets to work trimming and dying and fussing with the girls. Natalie just can't shut up about going blonde. She yammers on and on about it, while "so over it" already-blondes Rhiannon and Bailey humor her a little. Bailey tells her that yes her IQ may go down just a little bit because she'll be having so much fun that she'll accidentally walk into a wall. That doesn't really make sense, but ok.
Yet the jokes stop for Bailey once she sees the results of her own hair-do. To us, it may look exactly the same, but to her, she's practically gone bald. She grabs the ends of her hair, now minus about a half inch, and sobs.
JOHN BARRETT, YOU'VE DONE THE DEVIL'S WORK
But who cares what Bailey thinks, because clearly this experience was all about Autumn and Natalie.
And Natalie, actually, looks fabulous. She should have gone blonde years ago!
JUST IGNORE THE UNICORN NECKLACE
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Comments (4)
I just downloaded (legally, of course...legally blondely) all the episodes of this show and watched them in the span of two days. Ohmigod You Guys is never going to leave my head, and I'm OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW NOW. Thank you for recapping it!
1 of 4 | Posted by BaileyQuarters | Posted on July 11, 2008 11:06 AM
Hi! I love this show. I can't help it. I wasn't a big fan of the movie or even the musical (caught it on MTV months ago) - but this show kicks it. I've been trying to get my best friend to watch - he wasn't interested ...until I told him about the dye jobs. He'd been to Minardi salon in NYC a few times (during his "platinum" summer) - and when I complained to him about the way Natalie and Autumn looked, he went on line ....and said Bergdorf has a really bad rep. for dying hair blond!! And boy did I see why. Yick. Autumn was smart not to let on to the other girls that she hated her hair. I thought Natlie looked awful - the shot captured in the recap was the only time it looked halfway decent. Poor Squiggy's daughter!! I also miss the grouchy, entitled Emma. Not really rooting for anyone -- I just totally dig this show! From the weird judges (creepy curly haired big shot, moustache woman, and flaboyant Sam) to the catchy tunes ... it makes my Monday nights!
2 of 4 | Posted by C MacKenzie | Posted on July 11, 2008 11:11 AM
Aw, geez...I can't help it, I just can't be mean to these girls anymore. Well, excepting the Evil Christian character (there's always one on every reality show, it seems).
Maybe it's because I like bad musicals and cute blondes?
One thing of note: the 'challenges' seem to have no bearing on the outcome whatsoever --the judges make no reference at all to them, their only effect seems to be get the winner of each challenge eliminated (this is not my discovery, I read this elsewhere). Maybe the producers felt that the audition/training process itself would be too boring with the batch of cornfeds. Anyway, even the auditions seem more like a formality than anything else, just lining up the cannon fodder.
Nathalie was never going to be Elle Woods. Just doesn't look the part at all. And she looks much better as a brunette.
I still believe there's a ringer in there. There's no way they'd risk the Broadway show like this.
Will the winner really go on Broadway right away? Is it a permanent gig, or just for a couple of weeks (which would explain while Laura Bell isn't so concerned about all this...she probably has a vacation coming up). Maybe whoever wins is actually being hired for a touring version?
Just wondrin'.
Oh yeah, props to MTV for putting their shows online (and making them accessible to us expatriates).
3 of 4 | Posted by itchy | Posted on July 11, 2008 10:07 PM
I think it is so annoying that when Duff is reading who is on "The List" she has to do the math for all of the girls. She's always like, "There are five of you left, and only two names on the list. That means two of you will go to the office and one of you will be eliminated." then she'll read the first name and say, "There's only one name left on the list, and there are four of you in front of me." It's like just read it already. I don't know it is just annoying to hear.
4 of 4 | Posted by kelseym13 | Posted on July 13, 2008 5:50 PM