The Search for the Next Elle Woods: The Spoiler thread — Page 15

"Law Elle" isn't any more important than "Sorority Elle". The entire point of the show is to show her transformation. If there's no accurate portrayal of where Elle started, why should the audience care how much she's "changed", or where she ends up? Sorry, but the idea only one side of her character being good is enough to compensate for her complete lack of understanding of the humor in Elle's earlier scenes is almost ridiculous to me. Elle's transformation is the single most important thing in that show, and if Autumn cannot pull off both sides of Elle, as well as her growth, then she most certainly doesn't deserve to win. I actually thought Natalie was the best at giving both ends of the spectrum, acting wise, too bad she didn't LOOK more like Emma, or Bailey, 'cause then she'd have run away with the competition.

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Autumn gave a bad, confusing performance of "Serious," but her "Omigod You Guys" was my favorite of the bunch (line stumble aside). I think we need to see more before writing it off that she can't play Elle as a sorority girl.

Autumn's performance of "Serious" wasn't bad, but I agree it was confusing. She nailed some quirks but in other parts of the song she fell flat. I think the problem was consistency, but she had the building blocks for a good song.

I'm surprised that age is such a factor for everyone in regards to Lauren. I didn't know she was 18 until this last episode. She looks like a recent college grad. In her auditions with Richard Blake and Andy Karl, she definitely does not look too young to be with either of them.

Have any of you read this yet?

http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/2008/07/14/legally-blonde-scouting-report-handicapping-the-final-four/

Lauren's weaknesses? Dancing? I strongly disagree! I think dancing is her strongest suit. Her weakness is probably her singing, although it is not bad at all. Squeaky and a bit shouty at times, yes, but not bad. I can't help but judge her on her "Omigod you guys" performance which was like a trainwreck to my ears. It definitely is not as good as her dancing. Lauren reminds me too much of young Laura Bell Bundy. I want to see something different and refreshing. Autumn has the kind of voice that you want to continue to listen to, and although she's not a chorus girl, the fact that she could pick up the choreography and dance it while sick makes me think she'll be fine. Yes, she's not technically refined but she's good enough and Elle barely dances. Her audition reel video was adorable and her acting was perfect.

On a different note, I saw Legally Blonde's 7pm performance last night. Laura Bell was very emotional during the title song and she paused for quite a few seconds before hitting the last notes at the end. Andy Karl was hilarious. Orfeh was perfect. And am I the only person who thinks Amber Efe is the bomb? SO funny and her voice is amazing.

Updated On: 7/14/08 at 04:11 PM

Last I checked BOTH Laura & Kristin have been in NYC or LA for over half their lives. They virtually lost their accents.

You won't hear me arguing! I can't stand the dumbing down of Elle in the show. I'm just talking about comic timing. Autumn didn't do well in terms of playing across Elle's comedic scenes at the beginning of the show.

Also, bubbliness (is that a word?) I can't see Autumn as that bubbly and happy-go-lucky.

Lauren's weakness is probably singing, but she can fix that easily. The squeakiness is a stylistic thing that can be fixed. Like I said, I would like her to mix more when she belts. She has a gorgeous tone when she isn't shouting, and a very powerful belt as well.

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Updated On: 7/14/08 at 04:17 PM

Bailey's accent is the least of her problems.

I agree about Bailey..she seems really vapid, and she showed no emotion whatsoever in the Legally Blonde ballad. Her voice is really nasal, her acting is horrendous, and I don't even think she's that great of a dancer either. If she wins, I will be really disappointed. My favorite is Lauren, but I see Autumn winning. I don't really think she's right for Elle, but if the other choice is Bailey, I definitely want Autumn to win. But on the bright side, if Bailey does end up winning, I really can't see her lasting the 2-week contract.

I have both Bailey and Autumn's pages as friends and when I looked Paul, he only had 1 friend that I had and it was Autumn. I guess she will win. But didn't she say before that she didn't like being blonde or something? Also, they should show the girls wearing the atcual LB wig to see what she would look like for real.

Updated On: 7/14/08 at 06:22 PM

Um, Paul is also friends with Lauren, Rhiannon, and Natalie. I guess that means Bailey loses and EVERYONE ELSE WINS YAY!!!!

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I also would like to see the wigs on the girls.I think the non Autumn believers might have a better time seeing her as Elle if she was wearing a similar wig to the one she "might" be wearing in the show. I have a good feeling Autumn is going to do very well in tonight's ep. Oh, and Autumn could most definitely pull off the sorority girl side of Elle; check out her audition reel. Go A-girl :}

If you look at Autumn's Conversations on the iamonmtv website, she told someone today that it WAS so much fun being a blonde. Wouldn't she still be blonde if she was going to play Elle? I guess she could be playing Elle with a wig, but it would be tough wear a wig with all of the dance moves and hats Elle wears. I thought they would keep her blonde and give her hair extensions if she were the real Elle. Hmmmm. MTV sure is doing a good job of keeping everyone guessing!