Black and Blonde

Who is the dark-haired girl? This is not the opening line to some crime noir pulp fiction novel, it's more like the sort of rhetorical questions those anthropological 'movie stars' on National Geographic would ask, yet, not as profound as such questions like 'Why are we here?' or 'Which came first, the egg or Madonna?

I was talking to some friends about the 50's movie classic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring timeless blonde pinup Marilyn Monroe and based upon the novel and play by Anita Loos. Some knew it, some didn't, everyone loved the title and then I had to go and mention the sequel.

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But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes starred Jean Russell and Jeanne Crain and played up on the many cliched virtues of Monroe's dark-haired counterparts. The 'But' was dropped by the studio but not by my friends. A small debate now began, an age-old battle, blondes versus brunettes but the way some carry on it's more like the epic struggle of good versus evil.

'A blonde and a brunette walk into a job interview..." We all waited for the blonde joke, apparently there wasn't going to be one; my friend was talking fact, not fiction.

It has been statistically proven that if a blonde and a brunette go in for the same job, the blonde is more likely to get it ...My friend who just happens to be blonde stood up for the light side bringing out the cold hard facts. Then a male friend popped the question, "Is the interviewer a man?" Everyone laughed, "No, regardless", she said. "Yes, but what job are they applying for?" came another question somewhere at the end of the table. "Sales rep." Enough said.

It's not an issue of dumb blonde and Nobel Prize Laureate brunette, because even though the blonde might be ditsy, forgetful or slow, dumb she is not. I have met a few dark-haired girls who could make Jessica Simpson look like the next Marie Curie (who I think was blonde by the way.) Let's not forget Betty Boop either. Tobe Continued..........

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