Mount Olive Middle School - Legally Blonde Jr.

Mount Olive Middle School Drama Club
Mount Olive, NJ

[@jensuan8554]

Elle is clearly an alto. Everyone is bashing her voice but truth is, the songs are just not for an alto. They're for sopranos or someone with a large range. I don't blame the girl. She is a talented singer and this is a MIDDLE SCHOOL musical. You just can't compare it to a cast with professional actors and singers.

[@henryerbes353]

Agreed!

[@madisonseeley2745]

I mean I am an alto and I am playing Elle in a production but I have a large range so I guess that’s why I was chosen.

[@felixe6083]

Not to bash on your comment but you could CLEARLY see Sopranos in the Ensemble, Sorrity girls, And kate. All better people able to hit the notes now theres obviously a reason for her being chosen altough her voice range couldnt hit the notes. So i agree but i can see some better options

[@caitlinwilliams3001]

Actually Elle's not a Soprano... She's a mezzo-soprano. So an alto who can sing high is best casted for Elle. Especially because Elle belts and Altos generally belt the best.

[@caitlinwilliams3001]

Or a mezzo-soprano preferably

[@alarbu17]

i'm surprised they let her wear the playboy bunny outfit

[@Kittymeow-jw5lt]

True

[@giannarappa4835]

same im doing this as my play and she just has to wear the weird dress

[@quinnsells1222]

alex lol same

[@natashafrankie187]

I’m doing this play I think she’s wearing a onesie.. 🤔

[@chrisjustwalks]

Same

[@hannahjoslyn5139]

the best part about this was when a guy dressed in drag came on and tried to sell her a dress.

[@wassup5801]

Hannah Joslyn OMG

[@aestheticbitch7908]

A guy is playing the woman who lies to her in the store in my school. I swear it only gets me dying when she says to him "lady I've got eyes!"

[@eleanorhannan2881]

I just noticed that Emmet sang the regular lyrics "I've gotta be driven as hell" instead of the lyrics for the junior version ("I've gotta be driven to excel")

[@marcushopper9824]

When my school was doing this production we also changed the jr line back to "I've gotta be driven as hell" because honestly it just makes more sense.

[@urmomisaworkofart6534]

It was probably the last show

[@dousc7579]

@@marcushopper9824 exactly! Without ranting too hard they really did Chip on my Shoulder dirty when it came to the Jr version. It's lost its original meaning. It's supposed to be about Emmets got a "chip on his shoulder" but he uses that to drive himself forward, he says multiple times how it sucked where he came from but he's driven to do better and prove that he's not where he came from. He wants to buy his mother a house and be successful by taking his bad experiences and letting them fuel his ambitions. The song is about his own experiences with his "chip on his shoulder" and how Elle needs to find her own if she wants to do the same for herself. Elles journey is that she proves shes more than just a typical dumb blonde and she's worth so much more, but she can't do that without something to truly drive her to do so. Emmet shows her how to do that by telling him his experiences and telling her she's gotta take her bad experiences (Warner breaking up with her and her being labeled a dumb blonde) and let that drive HER. In the song he says she's gotta sacrifice some things and struggle through it a bit, some is still in the Jr version but they cut out a few things still. They cut the part where Emmet throws away some of Elles luxury things to make room for her work, which I think is also metaphorical for her life and character arch too. At some point in the song she finally realizes this for herself and she embraces that shes got a chip on her shoulder, in her own words "this chip on my shoulder makes me smarter and bolder, no more whining or blaming I am reclaim my prize" it shows that she is also bettered and driven by her experiences. And ultimately her struggles are paying off just like Emmets story. In the junior version of it Emmet is basically just complaining about his past and never really says how it drives him to be better. He doesn't say anything about his ambitions and he doesn't enforce his belief that Elle needs a "chip on her shoulder" nearly as much as he should. Elle doesn't even say that she has her own chip now which is literally the point of the song. It's too easy for her, she doesn't have to remove some of her luxurys for work and she doesn't have the realization that she does in the original. It's a shell of it's former self and it really disappoints me as a fan of the show. The whole show is Missing some of the messages and relationships between characters but I think Chip on my shoulder is the worst affected. Also that line being changed doesn't make any sense and it's stupid. They remove the word "hell" in the same show that has the Bend and Snap as a concept in it... I have a suspicion it's also the reason the song was changed because he says hell a lot. But okay the adaptation doesn't make sense. The line is supposed to be "With the chance I've been given im gonna be driven as hell" But they changed it to "With the chance I've been given im gonna be driven to excel" In the original it's supposed to be an expression of how driven he is. He's driven as HELL he really wants it. Hes saying he's driven and "hell" is meant to be kinda like how much he's driven. In the new one it doesn't imply how driven he is and instead of saying how much driven he is be just says it again and says hes driven to do good. Imo it comes across as him saying "too Excel" is the amount of driven he is. Idk if that made much sense but it's just wrong. Also it an extra syllable which means you have to sing it differently. Thank you for coming to my TED talk

[@skyelarbloo3979]

this middle school has a better stage than my actual arts high school

[@emmaviole1868]

idk why everyone is bashing elle, she did an amazing job. People don't realize how hard it is to put yourself out there only to have your work bashed by others.

[@Kittymeow-jw5lt]

They are trying to make the actors better by saying the mistakes

[@babydaybisomlop7834]

Emma Viole when you put yourself out here you are signing up for bashing you don’t get performing without criticism unless you are perfect which people rarely are

[@peribow]

yea theyre middle schoolers?? theyre out here for fun not for critique Why are people taking this so seriously?

[@PhoebeDaltrey]

Who on earth is Maxine and what happened to Courtney?!?!

[@Hannah-ie2fq]

Phoebe Daltrey Maxine, the male or other version of courtney

[@Pigmcginnyrig]

When I did this play, we had tech week They probably had tech month

[@lenoralol9962]

it’s a musical

[@izzyisnotreal]

THE SALESWOMAN #1 IM ACTUALLY CRYING AKSNSKKS SO FUNNY

[@maddieadams3413]

the sets are fantastic!! i love the Delta Nu sorority house!

[@samwasson9746]

Maddie Adams omg ikr

[@caitg3693]

Omg I agree guys

[@mollydonahue9837]

The acting during "Legally Blonde Remix" was so incredibly amazing from Vivienne, Brooke, and Enid. They seriously killed it.

[@user-hn5fw3bq9c]

some of y’all HARD tripping, for middle school this is a completely unheard of level of good

[@michaelduffy6358]

The girl who played Enid slayed that high note in Legally Blonde Remix

[@jonathanjmassey]

Michael Duffy no she didn’t. It was horrid

[@mollymcdade6233]

Jonathan Massey thank you!

[@gracieo5288]

Molly McDade Ignore Micheal Duffy! You honestly did slay that note 😍 I played brooke windam in Legally Blonde a month ago and for legally blonde remix I sang one of the “ legally blonde “ high notes then Paulette sang it followed by Vivian and I had a HUGE vice crack 🤣 but seriously tho your so talented!

[@oh.no.its.sydney5341]

I haven’t seen one comment about Paulette. SHE WAS AMAZING

[@user-td9fj8vu9e]

Dude, as a fellow paulette, i think its a good thing considering everyone is bashing this production

[@8journey8]

Oh my, they absolutely nailed it! Elle delivered a performance that was worthy of a standing ovation. It's a difficult role...most of the songs in the musical require dancing and movement...those are physical demands that tax the voice. The way she held the long note at the end of "I Feel Better" was astonishing.

[@muscalchars9892]

What middle school... 1. Has such great sets 2. Let’s kids wear those clothes 3. HAS SO MANY KIDS IN DRAMA CLUB

[@nellieveber7738]

Out of all of the legally blonde JR productions, this one was the most enjoyable to watch

[@nolynnoel1032]

At first when all the girls were singing in the windows l was like “ this could actually be good” then they came out and there were 50 more of them, I️ was like OHMIGO! Then the boys or whoever came to do the Courtney take it break and l was done

[@sophxbea]

why isn’t anyone talking about the girl who played brooke?? she was incredible!!!

[@gracieo5288]

ikr

[@tomasrodrigues824]

i know righttt, i feel as though she should have gotten elle!

[@haidyn2405]

Elle did REALLY well, great actress, and very good singing for a middle school production. I just cast as Paulette in my school’s production and I think was amazing. The entire cast did a great job. They are young, and they do so well!

[@laracromwell5298]

Emmett seriously needed more energy!

[@piperhutchetson6446]

As someone who's middle school just finished Legally Blonde (I was Kate) I have to say that as much as I enjoyed the props/sets, I felt that these kids just didn't fit the characters. My school had an incredibly low budget, so out sets lacked, but our stars and ensembles weren't "just chosen" like it seems here. Of course, all these middle schoolers have talent, but I feel like a great set doesn't make for a great performance. Also, did they not have an ensemble?

[@devotedcetacean6568]

Piper Hutchetson my school is doing it now. I have rehersal in 2 days im excited

[@kay_G505]

My school did it last month, I was Margot

[@mani2058]

I'm doing it soon, Im Callahan.

[@quinnsells1222]

Piper Hutchetson u are exactly like me

[@felixe6083]

@@nahhale9088 My plays in a few months i just got casted as emmett

[@nioigokiburi3598]

does this middle school have a dress code

[@katemask774]

some times

[@ilovechickennuggets2630]

MineGIRL Squid yes they do and I go there

[@angiepalladino3189]

Yes I go there and once they sent a girl to the office for wearing a pair of jeans that had a hole like on her thigh

[@kjskorner9310]

The girl that played the nerdy one should have been Elle

[@urmomisaworkofart6534]

AlayaNok Just what I was thinking

[@camilleb51]

well the parts that kate (nerdy girl) sings doesn’t showcase how good of a singer she is, it’s an easy part to sing so obviously she’s gonna sounds good. you could ask them to sing so much better and it ends up they are not able to

[@mariagriffin5873]

Whipped into shape was good!! But they couldn’t call Sabrina a Heffer but they could wear a play boy costume lmao 😂

[@pincheseeds]

"Oh ShE hAsN't BeEn WeLl?!"

[@sarahr4835]

Let’s spill some tea... The dog handler is the best character Let’s admit it We all know it’s true

[@ThatFandubGirl]

1:04:28 this girl deserves more recognition, she’s like the best singer in this whole thing. Like listen to that belt.

[@juliapatton6442]

The girl who wanting the opening line, Dear Elle I'm like gonna cry..., she should have been Elle. I think she sings a lot better.

[@marinaadel2191]

Julia Patton umm is actually "dear Elle he's a lucky guy, I'm like, gonna cry! I've got tears coming out of my nose!"

[@matthewmanning2825]

Julia Patton omg I was thinking the same thing. they probably only cast the girl who played Elle because she's blonde

[@PanOfCake]

When I was in middle school EONS ago, they wouldn't cast lower grade levels in lead roles. Even if all of the older troupe members were awful, a 7th grader was not allowed to be cast in a lead role. When I got into high school it was a similar but unspoken rule, and college was completely different. They may have had something like that going on here.

[@gracefangmann3170]

yeah i think so too she was better.... like that's just the tea

[@mia1310]

I agree, but the girl who played Elle wasn’t bad; she’s just an alto.

[@oatmealsyrup398]

I'm doing this musical with my drama group and I'm super excited

[@mackenziemullins5867]

Did the girl who played Elle actually slap Callahan? It looked and sounded very real. He looked like it actually hurt too.

[@jessjobbins2122]

Singingactress123 ForLife yup that was really real and the entire cast always starts laughing backstage

[@mani2058]

Im Callahan, i hope our Elle doesn't really slap me......

[@acupofmyolktaemhmm4248]

does it matter?

[@jocelyngiuntini6205]

a cup of myolk tae mhmm i mean it sounded really hard

[@wassup5801]

Mani good luck lol

[@henryerbes353]

Anyone else LOVE Kate? ..... just me? okay

[@laraosborne2183]

I loved her too

[@Allie-rs8yk]

Meeee I am going to be kate !

[@wassup5801]

I KEPT LOOKING AT HER HAHAHA

[@KimberlyFaith260]

I actually played Kate in our version of Legally Blonde.

[@alishastudios]

I absolutely love bend and snap, when we did my production everyone back stage got into a little dance circle and did bend and snap we were enjoying it too much that people could hear us clapping from backstage

[@strawblairyfields]

I love the girl who plays Vivian, I think she did great. One of my friends played Vivian in " Legally Blonde JR" last year for my middle school. It's a hard role. I will say Elle's quick changes are on POINT!!

[@kristinafronczak5654]

Why didn’t they do positive it’s such an amazing song and it leads into the hair affair and.... if they let her wear the playboy bunny costume why couldn’t do positive what the heck

[@haidyn2405]

Kristina Fronczak positive isn’t part of the jr. version. Then again neither is the playboy bunny costume lmao

[@lexiefisher161]

probably cuz of shake your junk lmao

[@paytonmartin8632]

Kate was amazing.....I just finished up this show last weekend as Elle Woods and I wish she was Kate in my cast!!

[@sadieschlesinger8862]

I just finished this production as Elle woods 2 weekends ago as Elle too I agree Kate was amazing.

[@alysrose7181]

Payton Martin how did it go!

[@KimberlyFaith260]

I actually played Kate in my middle school’s production.

[@blkmrkt2035]

i was in this show, once. I played the girl in whipped into shape who said, "I hate you, brooke! And i love you for it!" It was my only line, so i was a little dramatic...

[@liv6954]

Not as good as red room but still good

[@caitlincarr6071]

That tea omg ikr

[@legoexplosion922]

Kate was really good! I think she should’ve had a more important part because she sang better than a lot of the other people.

[@No-way-]

This is honestly so advanced for middle school!! They all did so good and Elle was amazing!!

[@ellalarson5138]

Great job to the cast of legally blonde Jr, I am so proud of you everybody and keep up the good work from Ella Larson!

[@lexislifestyle9887]

Ugh, I hate the junior version. It cuts out so many good scenes and songs like positive, and gay or European

[@nikkir2575]

Lexi's Lifestyle i

[@megc5812]

I mean to be fair do you really wanna see twelve year olds singing Positive?

[@dannyvhittheyeet6637]

I’m doing the jr version at our school and were doing positive

[@andrewchang5514]

Daniels Lit Vlogs What part are you?

[@dannyvhittheyeet6637]

Andrew C sundeep

[@laraosborne2183]

14:17 that was a nice note hold!!

[@Bradcreates]

Emmet seemed half-assed but still gave me some ideas for improvement in my costume that I need to perform as him in

[@Kittymeow-jw5lt]

I love the play! I watch it every day since this year my middle school is doing the play

[@sally-annelouise7336]

This was a really good production, except blocking and choreography was literally just like the Broadway production. Elle is okay, she just copies Laura Bell(from the MTV version on youtube)and her singing skills are meh. Also, Elle's playboy bunny costume is kinda inappropriate for a middle school production. The sets were really cool and the projection was a good idea.Overall, it was a good show, but directors should try to come up with their own stuff instead of copying the Broadway show.

[@bobbytrommer9164]

Sally-Anne Louise at lest someone agrees with me

[@thelifeofme5221]

Sally-Anne Louise lit they didn't have any original things all of this was the broadway dances

[@graciemseg]

Sally-Anne Louise it was the script everyone uses I’d like to see you try

[@lucyscorziello7703]

they also rushed all of their lines

[@shoook8787]

Sally-Anne Louise Seems more hate then liking

[@-dusty_butterfly-]

Whoever played Brooke could honestly go on broadway someday, so good!

[@cole6547]

So they censor Enid being a lesbian and the gay dude in act 2 but 13 year olds can dress up as playboy bunnies lmao okay (not at all bashing the school for the censorship, but jesus christ)

[@kirabranscum]

It's mti that censored that. It's not the school. It's not in the script.

[@cole6547]

@@kirabranscum Like I said, not blaming the school. I'm just pointing out how stupid that is.

[@yonicorn1641]

Yes! I was searching for "There Right there" /the gay dude song/ and after quite some time i found out the jr version doesnt have it??? And the even weirder part - the jr version doesnt have Take It Like A Man??? Like as far as I remember the song is pg13?????

[@carouselofLaura]

This Middle School is full of some talented people, & future stars!

[@toast3814]

Everyone's complaining about the singing but Enid is glorious.

[@angelinalombardi6449]

The youth theatre I go to is doing Legally Blonde Jr and I want to go for Elle and this really helped me with the songs :)

[@katemask774]

snaps !!!!!!!!!! I'm going to play paulette in a incoming production of this! :)

[@oatmealsyrup398]

Katie Grace I'm probably gonna play Elle in my production of

[@pianorelaxing8330]

Chutney lol

[@mollyfarley8239]

SAME

[@giannarappa4835]

im a delta nu sorority girl lol

[@mani2058]

Cool! I'm the perv, Callahan!

[@cheerleadergea9852]

I hope that Elle was chosen cause the good actors and actresses were in other productions and they wanted diversity. Other than that I pity the amazing actresses that were put as understudies. Anywho nice production

[@MJ-xz6oh]

I feel like the girl who played Elle's voice would've been better for the role of Paulette.

[@sydneyt4047]

Brooke was fabulous!!

[@emmegrace1989]

i wish our school would do this play, and also they are amazing!

[@emiliebouthillette4070]

That So much my favorite Avery one so good! Good job guys!

[@elbailey3849]

When the first girl didn’t squeal on the opening line I immediately didn’t like this show

[@brennenfoy7740]

Why did Emmett “sing” chip on my shoulder like he was so annoyed with Elle??

[@kaylidawn7914]

the comment section is intense lol, for a middle school production this is amazing!

[@turtlemcpurtle9665]

Warner looks like Chris Christie

[@sheart8822]

The girl who’s Elle’s voice is a bit deep compared to high pitched normal Elle is

[@jonathanjmassey]

This really is pretty good for middle school!! Sets are very good. BUT Emmett is HORRID.

[@jack.b6032]

we are literally doing the same play but it's is 10x betterrr

[@zane4051]

The lights here are amazing!

[@nelibethmarte-garcia3113]

This was fantastic!

[@Executivenakahara]

This might be a stretch but I think our Elle in our production was the best Elle I’ve seen

[@anonymous-rb9xk]

I would say the same thing about our two elles at my schools production of legally blonde

[@user-jo1ez9hw8h]

Damn I'm happy I didn't pay 10$ to see this civil war was much better

[@beanieboo695]

Wdym everything was pretty good except Elle was overreacting in some points, emmet can’t sing and is bad at timing and Warner can’t really sign either..

[@beanieboo695]

Sorry I’m 7 years late but delta nus carried the show

[@bb-lr2ub]

WHEN SHE SLAPPED HIM EVERYONES OOOOOOOS IM CRYING

[@LailaCheyenne]

The dog is the real professional of the show ✨✨🙈

[@illegallyginger3071]

my school is doing LB junior and this was rly helpful thx

[@samara7882]

That was great!

[@ericarichter5542]

Ok this isn't against the school it's against MTI, but I don't like how in the songs they took out they kept most of the lyrics as lines so everyone was just randomly rhyming, like in the Harvard variations or in blood in the water

[@Grace-ou6cp]

Erica Richter omg I know right it was so awkward and uncomfortable

[@devanfrench7598]

My high school doesn’t even have an auditorium and we perform in the cafeteria 😂

[@lizzie4962]

Doing this show at my community theater!

[@leahmarie5079]

I’m gonna be in this over the summer at a local theater. The junior version

[@Kittymeow-jw5lt]

Amazing!

[@charlotten621]

She slapped him hard! 0.0 It was sooo loud.

[@charlotten621]

He was like touching his face as he left.

[@boorish8354]

WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT KATE THAT GIRL IS GOING PLACES

[@jackiescott7324]

My Summer Drama Camp is doing this! It's cool to see how this school set it up. I'm hoping for Vivienne.

[@sabrinarey8344]

This was really good!

[@myaisnotonfire]

Emmet made my ears bleed 😱😂

[@stormyknight7266]

yeeeeeeee IM IN A STAGE CREW FOR THIS PLAY THIS YEAR EEEEEEEE!

[@emmegrace1989]

the girl who played elle has a beautiful voice.

[@feistychihuahua8442]

I’m sorry but where is more than half of the musical, I didn’t hear “take it like a man”

[@Fluorescent_Light_1]

Take it like a man isn’t part of the jr play... but, then again, they also don’t say “driven as hell” during chip on my shoulder, so idk 🤷‍♀️

[@feistychihuahua8442]

Nebula Egg thanks for letting me know

[@Fluorescent_Light_1]

No problem, I’m just confused by how it’s a jr musical

[@alliehelfrich9989]

Just me or is the girl who played Vivienne giving off Anna Kendrick vibes?

[@cathphillips8662]

the main characters can't sing but the others can? bad casting there

[@user-td9fj8vu9e]

IM SORRY BUT WHAT WAS 45:39 FOR

[@na-zg4xk]

Okay but like the ensemble was better than the leads?? Like Kate omg I love her! Except vivienne I love the girl that played her lol she was so like poised the whole time and it was great

[@maddierenee2847]

Enid DEFINETLY didn’t sound like a middle schooler. She has a fantastic voice!

[@v06261]

These middle schoolers look like high schoolers lol

[@cadieholbrook7396]

No?

[@lunamama6176]

Did it freeze at the end for anyone else?

[@sophiejordan8478]

They have so much energy it hurts

[@pawsome424]

I just finished up Legally Blonde Jr. at my MS, and even though this version is certainly better in many ways I have some critiques- Where is the ensemble?¿ The Delta Nu girls were hardly there. The choreography was copied straight from Broadway, and even though it was FANTASTIC, it felt sort of cold and boring at times. Especially in What You Want- it was certainly theatrical but it was just too extra. Elle has a problem with articulating and needs to learn the difference between yelling and belting. Warner has pretty crappy vowel shapes. Elle and Emmett need to have more energy (esp Emmett) and all three of the Harvard freshmen were pretty out of character. Sundeep is a dictator, not a fuckboy. The sets are SO GOOD, I’d kill to put on a production like this.

[@maelynn3160]

Same I agree

[@EZYgirl23]

the end is frozen

[@angelinalombardi6449]

Yeah I thought it was just me glad it's not just me.

[@Kittymeow-jw5lt]

Same

[@odalisrodriguez2367]

Sadly

[@emmegrace1989]

and at the best part too!

[@leilailia_]

the delta nus and maxines backs must hurt for carrying the show

[@michellekearney7112]

Thanks

[@catarinamartins432]

this looks like a high school omg these kids look so old and are really good kudos to them

[@gracefangmann3170]

the kid who played kyle was hilarious

[@jessicarose5386]

I'm confused, I am currently working on a production of this at my local theater (its the Jr versio as well) but there is not a dance break during the marching band scene? Ive only seen that in the "adult" version.