The video is cute, I'll admit it. But even if the word on the street saying that it doesn't take itself seriously turns out to be true, I think it's still going to get on my nerves, just because that itself is only funny so many times. I liked All Shook Up because it laughed at itself, and The Wedding Singer was fun because it knew it was all camp. But after a while, there's no novelty in a campy show that "knows what it is," because that's now sort of the token excuse for campy fluff to be "accepted" as something lovable. Shows have gotten away with it in the past, but I feel like if it keeps happening as a way to be accepted, it's going to be just as annoying as things that completley suck. Sure, it's cute, but there are times where I can't let go of the fact that bottom line: it's bad, in a "this is totally ridiculous" sort of way. That's not closed-mindedness, it's logic. How can it not be? The only way to do this is to go fluffy to the nines. Maybe not a total disaster, but certainly not good. I draw distinct lines between "fun" and actually legitimately good, and one can absolutely exist without the other. I'm sure I'll get attacked with things like "well, how do you know it's bad if you haven't seen it yet?!" and blah blah blah, but I'm trying to look at some like, baseline standard for what is (perhaps critically) good theater. Something like this, by nature, isn't going to be that. If you think this thing is going to be well-reviewed, you've got to be joking.
Anyway, my main issue with the idea of Legally Blonde the musical is that to me, so far, I see no concievable benefit to seeing it in a musical staged form as opposed to seeing the film. If I want to see Legally Blonde, I'm just going to go rent the movie.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 1/30/07 at 04:37 PM
