What, like making a prequel series is hard? I should never have doubted the power of Elle Woods, who at this point feels like the pop culture equivalent of Mother Teresa to millennials.Since the moment that Elle was announced by Prime Video, I’ve been it’s number one hater. I’ve written opinion pieces about how its existence is going to destroy the sanctity of Elle’s journey at Harvard, and I’ve spent hours stewing over how anybody could touch the side of Reese Witherspoon’s career-defining performance. If we’re getting another Legally Blonde project, make it about Elle’s Supreme Court Justice years… right?But oh, how the mighty have fallen. Having now watched all eight episodes of Elle, my hater-self is metaphorically standing in a dumpster fire of her own making. As someone prepared to loathe it, take this next remark with absolute seriousness and sincerity: this series is outrageously good. In the blink…
