History YMMV / GentlemenPreferBlondes

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'' didn't get the two leads back, so it tried being about their daughters.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Creator/MarilynMonroe and Creator/JaneRussell, both at the height of their sexiness, wearing various flattering outfits.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lorelei asking if three sleeping pills in the straight vodka is enough. Most people know how Creator/MarilynMonroe died.

* SheReallyCanAct: During the courtroom scenes Creator/JaneRussell, while wearing a very flattering blonde wig, does a flawless impression of Creator/MarilynMonroe.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'' didn't get the two leads back, so it tried being about their daughters.

** Dorothy's [[BrosBeforeHoes Chicks Before Dicks]] loyalty to her best friend, and Lorelei's famous speech pointing out the DoubleStandard that rich men would want their daughters to marry into wealth so why shouldn't she want the same for herself? Have both aged very well in the 21st century.
** It really said something that Feminist Film Critic Molly Haskell praised this film and other female "buddy films" from the 1930s-1950s of showcasing female friends working together towards a common goal, even if it's to land a man. Then there's the fact that when the women get cut off financially, they end up making it on their own by going into show business together; becoming independently successful before marriage.

* CommonKnowledge: For a while even On This Very Wiki, Dorothy was assumed to be Lorelei's plain best friend. This ignores that Dorothy actually has the more active love life than Lorelei - and actually gets a whole song about how she's looking for a good time. She actually has to be warned ''not'' to go mad with the boys since she's supposed to be chaperoning Lorelei.

* {{Narm}}: The bad [[SkunkStripe frost-and-streak temples]] of the men in "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" are about as convincing as Aldo Farnese's in ''Film/TheDeadTalkBack''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people think of the 1953 film, but don't even know it was originally a musical ''or'' a book. And that Marilyn Monroe wasn't even the original Lorelei! What's more is that the original was set in the 1920s, rather than the film's setting update to contemporary times.

* TestosteroneBrigade: Marilyn Monroe at the height of her It Girl popularity, with her beauty showcased in the heights of 1950s fashion - including several skimpy show costumes (and her flattering dress for "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"). Likewise, Jane Russell getting two sexy musical numbers, one of which has her in what's basically a diamond bikini. Even critics at the time admitted that the two leads' flattering wardrobes were enough reason to see the film.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people think of the 1953 film, but don't even know it was originally a musical ''or'' a book.

* ValuesResonance: Dorothy's [[BrosBeforeHoes Chicks Before Dicks]] loyalty to her best friend, and Lorelei's famous speech pointing out the DoubleStandard that rich men would want their daughters to marry into wealth so why shouldn't she want the same for herself? Have both aged very well in the 21st century.
** It really said something that Feminist Film Critic Molly Haskell praised this film and other female "buddy films" from the 1930s-1950s of showcasing female friends working together towards a common goal, even if it's to land a man.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: When confronted about her unabashed gold-digging Lorelei gives a pretty cogent speech pointing out that a man would want his daughter to marry into wealth, so why she shouldn't want that for herself? This might also be GettingCrapPastTheRadar in the film vs. the book.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: When confronted about her unabashed gold-digging Lorelei gives a pretty cogent speech pointing out that a man would want his daughter to marry into wealth, so why she shouldn't want that for herself?
** This might also be GettingCrapPastTheRadar in the film vs. the book.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lorelei asking if three sleeping pills in the straight vodka is enough. Most people know how Marilyn Monroe died.

* HoYay: Dorothy Shaw can't find a man who satisfies her needs, is very snarky with all her beautiful friend's suitors, and only declares her love for Malone when it becomes clear doing so will benefit Lorelei. Interesting... Then there's the double wedding in the final scene - the cinematography tends to cut the grooms out of frame, making it look like it's the two women who are getting married.

** This might also be GettingCrapPastTheRadar in the film vs.

* [[StrawmanHasAPoint Straw Blonde Has a Point]]: When confronted about her unabashed gold-digging Lorelei gives a pretty cogent speech pointing out that a man would want his daughter to marry into wealth, so why she shouldn't want that for herself?

* [[StrawmanHasAPoint Straw Blonde has a Point]]: When confronted about her unabashed gold-digging Lorelei gives a pretty cogent speech pointing out that a man would want his daughter to marry into wealth, so why she shouldn't want that for herself?