Why is Brooke (legally Blonde) Being Held in Boston if the Murder Happened in L.A.?- Page 2

[TWSFan4Ever]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 7:51pm

For the musical: Throughout "Chip on My Shoulder," Thanksgiving and Christmas occur. At the end of the number, when the Greek Chorus is singing as Callahan's classroom comes on and Elle's dorm room is going off, the calendar changes to April. You can't see this on the MTV taping, but when you see it on stage, you can see it (if paying attention, of course).

Jacob: There's no effect with the hair, that's just how the wig is. But like it was said, Brooke passes off her jump rope to somebody else (Paul Canaan, who goes offstage to get the ski mask on) then picks up the one with the wire in it to freeze when they hit the 'pause' button, and then when they unfreeze she holds the wired one out for Paul Canaan (now with the ski mask on) to jump through, puts it on the table and pulls a useable jump rope out from the folder Enid is looking at.

[Ivan2]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 7:58pm

I think it looks cool how it did that, but I think it's mostly a coincidence (sp?) that her hair fell back like that. They may have used hairspray in a certain way to make it move a little bit less so it would stick up, but I don't think they would have got to any extreme lengths to make it stick up.

[TWSFan4Ever]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:00pm

Yeah, it's just how the wig went when she froze.

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:20pm

Enid has a bag that has a jump rope in it... when Callahan gives her the folder, she reaches inside the bag and pulls out the jump rope holding the folder in front of it so no one sees. Callahan then stands in the middle of Brooke and Enid to mask it, and Brook pulls it out of Enid's hands. I've never noticed that before. That's awesome.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:27pm

Bobby-

There's a lot of plot holes in Legally Blonde. I can add more..

1. No common marriage in Massachusetts.
2. No Death Penalty in Massachusetts.

and because I live in Boston- and I know that !

J*



Updated On: 11/29/07 at 08:27 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:28pm

You know what bothers me? When they're doing the internship, it never shows them attending classes, too.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:34pm

and in fairness to Legally Blonde.. Let's not over analyze it.. its not Sondheim !

its...

and just enjoy it !

J*

[alex2155]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 9:59pm

It's a fictional story/movie/musical! Let's stop over-analyzing and just enjoy it. It's a fun show and movie let's just let it be.
Although I will say I am guilty of one aspect of over analyzation...there is one thing in the musical that really bothers me. It's when the calendar in Elle's room is on November it says Thanksgiving is November 21st. But thanksgiving is always on the 4th thursday of the month and on that calendar it is on the 3rd. I also know that Thanksgiving never falls on the 21st (the 21st is my b-day and the closest it ever gets to thanksgiving is the day before). This is the one thing that really bugs me! Kind of stupid I know...but still it bothers me.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:23am

I just hate the stupid Beyonce joke. That just dates the show. (As opposed to all the other product placement, I know)

[Anakela]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:39am

It's when the calendar in Elle's room is on November it says Thanksgiving is November 21st. But thanksgiving is always on the 4th thursday of the month and on that calendar it is on the 3rd

LOL- thank you for this! Well, thanks everyone for this thread, but no one I go to Blonde with has EVER noticed that Thanksgiving is on the third Thursday of the month, *not* the fourth, on the calendar in Elle's room, and I was starting to worry that I was the only person who notices things like that!

And now if I could only get someone else to notice how what is apparently supposed to be the same room door, based on the 'Elle' painted above it, opens up one way during "Chip," and another way during "Legally Blonde"...

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 1:54am

It could be that the case was moved to a different state due to the fear that trying her in CA would result in a biased jury.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:47am

Have you taken the time to watch the interview with the technical director of "Legally Blonde" on broadway.c*m? Amazing what goes on behind the scenese.

[nitsua]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:37am

November 22, 2007 was Thanksgiving. It just happened that the first fell on a Thursday.

So... alex2155, did you forget?

The last time the 21st fell on a Thursday was in '02. And it wasn't Thanksgiving, as it was the third Thursday.

Does this mean Legally Blonde: The Musical is set in 2002?

[Jilani]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 3:55am

but there are people who would have had better grades in the two and a half months before she brought them up, and subsequently would have had grades as good as hers were for the next year and a half...

2 months of better grades from the rest of the class =/= her becoming valedictorian.

Again, in many law school classes, especially first year classes, the entire grade for the class is based on the final exam . . . so it would be possible for her to pull it together in time for the final.

And the median income in Lincoln is almost double the median income in Cambridge, which is less that $50,000 per household.

Does the musical ever state that Brooke actually lives in the city of Cambridge? The point of mentioning Lincoln was that I knew of at least one instance of a large indoor pool in a town near Cambridge.

And yes, I do love to argue over minutiae, as well as play devil's advocate; I'm a lawyer. :)

[Ivan2]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 8:46am

I kind of miss the other proffessor as well, I don't remember her name, but she made me smile.

[Pinky]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 9:25am

I don't know about Harvard, but most students in law school do their internships during the summer between their 2nd and 3rd years. Some also do internships in the summer between their 1st and 2nd too.

I'm in my first year of law school...no one I know in my class or the classes above me have full time internships (like the one in LB) during the fall or spring semesters.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:28am

"I'm in my first year of law school...no one I know in my class or the classes above me have full time internships (like the one in LB) during the fall or spring semesters."

Good for you, but this is why it's clearly stated in the text that Callahan is starting his internship early because he needs the help on Brooke's trial.

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:54am

"And now if I could only get someone else to notice how what is apparently supposed to be the same room door, based on the 'Elle' painted above it, opens up one way during "Chip," and another way during "Legally Blonde".."

Ha! the door does open two different ways.. you're right. :-P I never noticed that before... I think it's because that's the door from San Fran, and they just didn't bother re-building the door.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 12:05pm

If I didn't see this thread myself I, I'd have never believed it existed.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 2:38pm

Isn't this the musical where a chihuahua talks in the first five minutes?

If you buy that nonsense.. you can buy the rest.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 4:23pm

There are trials happening right now for crimes committed years and months ago. I think the murder happened a bit before the story even took place and the trial just happens to be coming to court at that date.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 5:31pm

"It could be that the case was moved to a different state due to the fear that trying her in CA would result in a biased jury."

Possible...but extremely rare. Generally they don't change to different states, just to a different county. And if they are in Federal Court, then they wouldn't change Circuits, only states.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 5:35pm

Well I tried :P

[kate2]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:22pm

Maybe Brooke went to Boston so Callahan could represent her?

[jaso937]

Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:44pm

She would have gotten away if she just would have said she was wearing a shower cap...duh! And when do they say that brooke lived in or is from LA???