Is the Iconic Cher a Stereotype of a Dumb Blonde?
Blonde hair, shopping, dressing up, makeovers, superficia lity: all t he things that describe the dumb blonde trope. Luckily Cher wasn’t all about pink Maria Jose Vargas Uribe Nov 5 2021 (Entertainment Weekly, 2015) It has been 26 years since Amy Heckerling ’s modern take on Jane Austen’s Emma , Clueless, hit the cinemas, giving us plenty of fashion inspo, but also laughs and iconic quotes. Clueless stars Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz, the 16-year-old main character who narrates us through her high school experience as one of the most popular girls in school. Her schedule is packed with activities such as making two lonely teachers fall in love, giving her new friend a makeover, and finding her a popular boyfriend, while at the same time trying to make a gay guy fall for her, but in her defense, she was totally clueless of his sexuality. When I was younger, I was compared to Cher, and let me tell you I was totally buggin’! How could someone compare me to a superficial bl...