Strawberry, ash, honey. And then there is platinum. She is hot, icy, brassy, cool, sultry, bombshell, bottle, wise-cracking and Hitchcock. There are all manner of adjectives attached to...The Blonde. She is desired...envied, objectified and derided. She must often prove herself. Whether she’s a perennial starlet or well-accomplished; vamp or pure as the driven snow, even the word (Blonde) itself is an adjective. Society (or Clairol or is that Revlon?) has anointed her different from all others. This November, TCM will feature the theme: BATTLE OF THE BLONDES. Battle? What battle? There is no battle. All of these actresses have left their mark on movies and on many a person. I did leave out one adjective, because it’s not apropos here. I think all these ladies are smart as a fox.
BUT just remember this...there WAS one defector among them. And how ironic she left her golden tresses behind, and became even more successful as a raven-haired beauty.
