| Zee's English movie channel Zee Studio has lined
up two special flicks to air on Woman's Day, 8 March. The channel
will air the Reese Witherspoon starrer Legally Blonde at 9
pm, followed by the Mira Sorvino - Ashley Judd starrer Norma Jeanmarilyan
at 11 pm.
The Legally Blonde plot is the usual midlevel commercial
comedy mishmash: a clear, easily digested and wildly implausible
concept accessorized with hit-or-miss bits of physical and verbal
humor, a fizz of light love trouble, and a barrage of huggy, uplifting
moments at the end. "Legally Blonde" is made almost worthwhile
by Reese Witherspoon, who may be the Doris Day of our drab age.
She plays Elle Woods, a Los Angeles sorority queen who follows her
undeserving boyfriend to Harvard Law School, where she turns out
not to be the airhead everyone mistakes her for. Indeed, Elle —
not to mention Ms. Witherspoon — seems a good deal smarter
than the movie itself, which stumbles when it should accelerate
and turns gooey when it should be sharp.
Norma Jeanmarilyan employs Ashley Judd and Mira Sarvino
to portray two sides of a very troubled woman. Before Marilyn Monroe
became the most well-known sex goddess of her time, she was the
dark-haired and extremely ambitious Norma Jean Mortenson, willing
to use and bed anyone to become a Hollywood star. Ultimately, plastic
surgery, a breathier voice, and a name change transformed Norma
Jean into Marilyn Monroe. Movie roles, fame and sex symbol status
soon followed, but her personal life was a wreck. However, "Marilyn"
never lost touch with "Norma Jean," who tried to guide
her career and personal life. Norma Jean, unhappy with what "Marilyn"
had done with their life, berated and advised her alter ego for
better AND for worse. Only in death would the two personalities
be truly reconciled.
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