Let me begin by saying that I am a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is one of my favourite movies. It is also well known that you should never read a book after seeing the movie. Knowing these facts, it may not surprise you to find out that I did not enjoy this book at all. It is written as a series of journal entries. (This in itself is amongst my least favourite style of writing). In the book, they have […]
The Birth of the Bimbo
… kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was one of the most popular books of its day. First serialized in Harper’s Bazaar in 1924 (published as a book in 1925), it was an immediate hit among the general public and was widely acclaimed among writers such as George Santayana, H.L. Mencken, William Faulkner, and Edith Wharton. Gentlemen seems to have been the inspiration for the “dumb blonde” trope, immortalized by Marilyn […]