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KITTY SONG COVEY & MIN HO MOON 🩵

Alex Young & Peter McGovern // Operation Mincemeat (Act 1)

It's from a cute ballad that I normally skip over it because it's called "Legally Blonde". I get second hand embarrassment every time they sing the title. It just feels lame and cringe-y.

But I have been SLEEPING on this MAGNIFICENCE!

Christian Borle's inflection on "how much I want you to stay". Ugh. Sweet, sweet ear candy. And of course, Laura Bell Bundy is, was and always will be amazing.

Don't mind me, I'm just gonna go rack up hundreds of plays on this song that I used to despise.

this

To this

To the final broadway version. Like isn’t it insane how it had nothing to do with love originally. Like, in biased and like when it’s “how about love?“ but this is so precious and works so amazing for door-less productions I can’t!!! The instrumentation picking up!!! The profound sadness and Emmet not knowing!!!! (The way they deal with that is Definitely worse tho, I’m not shilling for Vivian telling him, not me)

But still it’s so!!!!!

hi! hope you are well :) and this is perfect timing bc I am also back on my legally blonde obsession haha

but yeah the San Francisco run doesn't have Elle tell Emmett what happened so he instead finds out through Vivienne which is quite strange especially since Elle does tell Emmett what Callahan did to her in the movie. So at the end of the ballad, Emmett is confused about why Elle wants to leave, finds out about the assault off-stage, and through a second party instead of through Elle herself which not only makes things feel less impactful but is also offensive (I am not sure if I am using the right term) to Elle - she is the victim in this situation and thus this is her story to tell not Vivienne's

but what I really love about the San Francisco version of the ballad is how the music swells after Elle shuts the door. And you see Emmett rushing to the door and calling out to her multiple times - ahhh it is so heartbreaking!! I do sometimes wish they kept that in somehow though of course I love the final Broadway version with all of my heart - "what about love?" "some girls were just meant to smile" 😭

here is a clip of an early san francisco version of the ballad scene for anyone who wishes to watch it:

also does anybody know what emmett is holding here?? I can't figure it out???

this

To this

To the final broadway version. Like isn’t it insane how it had nothing to do with love originally. Like, in biased and like when it’s “how about love?“ but this is so precious and works so amazing for door-less productions I can’t!!! The instrumentation picking up!!! The profound sadness and Emmet not knowing!!!! (The way they deal with that is Definitely worse tho, I’m not shilling for Vivian telling him, not me)

But still it’s so!!!!!

hi! hope you are well :) and this is perfect timing bc I am also back on my legally blonde obsession haha

but yeah the San Francisco run doesn't have Elle tell Emmett what happened so he instead finds out through Vivienne which is quite strange especially since Elle does tell Emmett what Callahan did to her in the movie. So at the end of the ballad, Emmett is confused about why Elle wants to leave, finds out about the assault off-stage, and through a second party instead of through Elle herself which not only makes things feel less impactful but is also offensive (I am not sure if I am using the right term) to Elle - she is the victim in this situation and thus this is her story to tell not Vivienne's

but what I really love about the San Francisco version of the ballad is how the music swells after Elle shuts the door. And you see Emmett rushing to the door and calling out to her multiple times - ahhh it is so heartbreaking!! I do sometimes wish they kept that in somehow though of course I love the final Broadway version with all of my heart - "what about love?" "some girls were just meant to smile" 😭

here is a clip of an early san francisco version of the ballad scene for anyone who wishes to watch it:

also does anybody know what emmett is holding here?? I can't figure it out???

Omg!! Truly you had to be there because with the way they are now it’s like yeah what’s the big deal but the post itself and then Joey reposting specifically the story with the richpez tag on it when Meredith posted multiple stories he could have reposted instead…. huge day!!!!

You have your orders, now go.

Holly Sumpton as Johnny Bevan/Ian Fleming in Operation Mincemeat