[Lord Aquaman]

Are blondes too prevalent in the entertainment industry today, yes or no?

[SimeSublime]

If it wasn't blodes, it would be brunettes, or redheads, or...

[Laughlyn]

Problem is, the blondes can play the whole 'dumb blonde' \ ' pretty blonde' \ 'world wise but dumb blonde' or even the 'dumb blonde who's really smart but the world hates here because she's blonde' - worked soo easily into soo many scripts.

Are we talking natural blonde actor(esses) or film characters starring people with blonde hair? Not that the former matters, because you can just dye their hair during production.

[Lord Aquaman]

Problem is, the blondes can play the whole 'dumb blonde' \ ' pretty blonde' \ 'world wise but dumb blonde' or even the 'dumb blonde who's really smart but the world hates here because she's blonde' - worked soo easily into soo many scripts.

Are we talking natural blonde actor(esses) or film characters  starring people with blonde hair? Not that the former matters, because you can just dye their hair during production.

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Just blondes in general, natural or unnatural; it's like there's a blondifcation thing going on. There are some nice looking blonde women out there but I feel like I've been over dosed with blondes on the whole.

[Laughlyn]

Blondes when out of fashion for a while from 2000 onwards, but now they're back, in force. Look on the bright side, it makes all the redheads\brunettes look a lot better by comparison.

[kdogg]

What's wrong with blondes?

[floppydisk]

Nothing.

[Laughlyn]

Nothing a bottle of hair dye can't fix anyhow.

[civilian_number_two]

It's not blondes. There are a number of great blondes out there; don't get me started. It's teenaged-to-20something blondes with no great acting skills and identical bodies. There's too much of THAT. Along with a lot of folk, I am tired of seeing the same girl over and over, and I'm definitely tired of being told this little 5'4', 100lb waif is a superspy who can take down teams of enemy agents with her bare hands. Come on; there are weight classes in every contact sport.

[floppydisk]

I don't mind watching blondes in movies. What I mind is when they start to talk.

[Jordan]

Lindsay Lohan is not a blonde, and she is the worst.

[Laughlyn]

I am tired of seeing the same girl over and over, and I'm definitely tired of being told this little 5'4', 100lb waif is a superspy who can take down teams of enemy agents with her bare hands.  Come on; there are weight classes in every contact sport.

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Are you proposing a fat spy movie? I think the MI5 entrance exam has a limit on weight (or as they put it on their website, candidate must be in good health, and willing to take their career in new directions).

Although I do agree that there's too many identi-kit blondes in the movies, there's no reason a realistic looking person can play a starring role. Unless they're in tight leather, because there's nothing more scary than the concept of fat people in tight leather doing kung-fu.

[civilian_number_two]

No, no fat spies. I was more on the 5'4" there. But even that can be conquered with some credible acting. I want to believe that this gal can kick butt if she has to, but more to the point, if she were any good at the job, she'd never have to. I'd like to see a more credible spy movie, where the spy isn't going around always engaging in fist fights with bozos.

[JW Wells]

Along with a lot of folk, I am tired of seeing the same girl over and over, and I'm definitely tired of being told this little 5'4', 100lb waif is a superspy who can take down teams of enemy agents with her bare hands. Come on; there are weight classes in every contact sport

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I concur. In my kenpo days, I was a regular at Tuesday night sparring, and a sometimes attendee was about 5'2", weighed about 90 lbs soaking wet. She had been a cheerleader and could kick well above my head level, but . . . well. . . I weighed more than twice what she did. I could ignore glancing blows from her all night, whereas one shot from the 6'3" guy there could put me across the room. There's a reason for strict weight classes in competitive fighting.

Hollywood should have a virtually unlimited pool of genetic talent to draw from, so I don't see why they couldn't cast some Amazon if they wanted to show some woman beating people up. Sigourney Weaver was convincing in the (God-awful) Alien Resurrection, for example.

[Lord Aquaman]

I concur.  In my kenpo days, I was a regular at Tuesday night sparring, and a sometimes attendee was about 5'2", weighed about 90 lbs soaking wet.  She had been a cheerleader and could kick well above my head level, but . . . well. . . I weighed more than twice what she did.  I could ignore glancing blows from her all night, whereas one shot from the 6'3" guy there could put me across the room.  There's a reason for strict weight classes in competitive fighting.

Hollywood should have a virtually unlimited pool of genetic talent to draw from, so I don't see why they couldn't cast some Amazon if they wanted to show some woman beating people up.  Sigourney Weaver was convincing in the (God-awful) Alien Resurrection, for example.

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Here here! Well said, JW Wells!