6/28/2023 0 Comments Gentlemen prefer blondes author![]() ![]() My initial hunch was correct: the film is mostly about two women chasing men. The title is misleading something like Two Broads Abroad or Masters Of Men would be more fitting. The film is incredibly ahead of its time. To my pleasant shock, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is wildly feminist, which is extra impressive, seeing as the second wave wouldn’t hit for another seven years. However, I also figured that I should at least collect concrete information about the film that I classified as sexist and shallow before I ended up on a diatribe about it sans any real facts. The title itself gives the audience the assumption that the male gaze is the prevalent point of view in the film, and I assumed the movie would revolve around two women chasing men. It didn’t surprise me when I started seeing images of the movie pop up over my social media accounts decorated with hearts and #vibe. ![]() ![]() While I find Monroe to be a complex and misunderstood icon (notably her friendship with Ella Fitzgerald and reported history of perhaps being lesbian-inclined), I tend to view the modern women who flock to her to be vapid and often full of internalized misogyny. When I noticed Hulu recently added the 1953 Marilyn Monroe classic, Gentlemen Prefers Blondes, I scoffed. ![]()
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