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2003; Association Française d'Etudes Américaines; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/transatlantica.549

1765-2766

Anne Crémieux,

Blondes, like most things, come in all shapes and colors.There's the platinum blonde and the strawberry blonde, the classy blonde and the trashy blonde, the sunlit blonde and the ash blonde… and then of course, there's the dumb blonde. 2Except that, contrary to common knowledge, blondes are not things, and Elle Woods is not the kind of blonde who would even bother explaining what kind she is, genuine or fake, legal or dyed, certified or certifiable.She is she, Elle, womanhood incarnate, the epitome of self-confidence who can will herself into Harvard Law, win a murder case on her acute knowledge of hair care, and trade in her prejudiced boyfriend for a sensitive, smart and successful gentleman lawyer.When he asks her how she thinks he'd look as a blond, Elle kindly smiles back and says: "I'm not sure you could handle it."Does he know that being a blonde means keeping faith in yourself despite the universal expectations of vapidity everyone delights to see you meet?Elle Woods is more than the Bel Air, rich girl type of blonde in a single, fundamental way-she is a blonde, Bel Air rich girl set on proving everybody wrong: though she may be a figure of beauty, she is not a brainless one.If only because being stereotyped at every turn makes you smarter, stronger, and possibly in this very case, blonder.