Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

While it is true that Gentlemen Prefer Blondes depicts Lorelei as a gold digger, she is not a dumb blonde. In fact she fools multiple educated men into getting what she wants. She gets money out of both Robber and Louis with her fake diamond tiara, and befriends Henry's parents with her words. Although she doesn't know how to spell words, she certainly knows how to use them. The book made me think about Legally Blonde and how there is a stereotype that blonde-haired women can't succeed. In the movie, Reese Witherspoon plays a blonde sorority girl, Elle Woods, who has a natural talent as a lawyer. She even graduates at the top of her class, at Harvard no less, despite the prejudice she faces throughout her time there.