Bowman holds her own against scene-stealing turns from big-voiced Nadine Higgin as Elle’s beautician ally Paulette and the lithe Lauren Drew as her fitness guru client Brooke. If you love the film, or if you simply go with an open mind and heart, you’ll have a whale of a time.
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It’s weird, visually striking and basically pretty funny, but I found it very difficult to get a handle on it emotionally. Never in a million years could this yassified, camped up, queered up take on ‘Legally Blonde’ have served as the original: it is emphatically A Version.
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This is a tongue-in-cheek production that comes with a megawattage of kitsch ... Characters are pancake flat ... Campness dominates ... At times it is so pink and squealy that it feels like a summer pantomime. If it is outlandish and ridiculous, it is heady good fun too.
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Bowman ... not only possesses a terrific set of lungs, but denotes the character’s journey of self-discovery with nuance, shifting from initial hurt and bashfulness to indestructible resolve. I would have loved more of is memorable songs.
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Go with an open mind and you’ll be blown away. Moss’s diverse casting reinvents conventional ideas of beauty, in line with the idea that character trumps superficialities. Laura Hopkins’s set isn’t easy on the eye.
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Moss ... has done something quite remarkable. While upping the fun and the fizz, she has also made it an inclusive power-house of a musical. She also hauls it into 2022. Ellen Kane's choreography is truly fabulous. On its own terms, the whole thing succeeds with magnificent, all-embracing confidence. I had the best of times.
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Yes, much of the plotting is enjoyable nonsense; it’s certainly not beholden to actual legal proceedings. But amidst its ... giddy gags are extremely pertinent points about how we judge on appearances, whether it’s dismissing women who proudly own their femininity, or discriminate based on race, sexuality or gender identity. Another triumphant musical reinvention at the Park.
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Moss’ all-out approach to comedy comes at the expense of heart, but it mostly works. Mostly, the unrestrained approach adds to the show’s inherent silliness, but sometimes it makes things look a little sloppy. The set design featuring tassels of blonde hair hanging in fringes is an ugly backdrop.
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