![]() And in How to Marry a Millionaire, Marilyn Monroe’s character, Pola, refuses to wear her glasses because she’s afraid they’ll turn men off-which often results in her walking into walls. Elle Woods-before she has her feminist awakening-dons glasses and a very flashy suit when she starts at Harvard Law, falsely believing that they’ll help her fit in. In movies like Legally Blonde and How to Marry a Millionaire, glasses play a bit part of their own. Whether he’s sauntering around in a button-down with the sleeves rolled way up or lifting heavy things in a plain white T-shirt, his guns are often in full view.Īnother smart detail? The ironic use of glasses. And in Clueless, Cher loved her short skirts. In Married with Children, Christina Applegate’s Kelly Bundy opted for crop tops. For Chrissy Snow ( Suzanne Somers) in Three’s Company, it was tight sweaters. Unsurprisingly, bimbos tend to dress in order to please the male gaze. His biceps are to the female gaze what Marilyn Monroe’s hourglass figure was for men back in the day. Physique? Yes, Hemsworth is more than amply appealing. Why? Because he’s not just your typical lovable movie dork: he’s an archetypal bimbo.īlonde? Check. But the closer you look, the more familiar Hemsworth’s traits become. He’s basically what you’d imagine a Ken doll would be like if he came to life and spoke with an Australian accent. ![]() Hemsworth’s character, Kevin, is every bit as dopey as he seemed from the movie’s early trailers. It just uses an unexpected vehicle to lampoon them: its only starring man, the dashing Chris Hemsworth. For the rest of the movie, sane members of the audience can go back to doing what they came to do: watching the Ghostbusters kick major ecto-butt.ĭon’t get me wrong: Ghostbusters has plenty to say about gendered tropes in film. But the movie handles its ecto-hunters’ gender swap with an appropriately light touch: it burns the haters with a perfectly executed subtweet. When Ghostbusters hits theaters Friday, it’s safe to assume that plenty of fans (read: neckbeards) will be watching its four heroines closely to find out if their performances have, indeed, ruined all of the childhoods. ![]()
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