I don't think "Blondes Are Evil" is a real trope. The opposite is what I usually see: Blonde People Are Sweet and Innocent, and Dark-Haired People are Villains. Betty is the Good Girl and Veronica is the Bad Girl. The writer cites Helen Grayle in "Murder, My Sweet" as an example, but Helen Grayle isn't "blonde, therefore evil." She's "blonde, therefore desirable." Take a look at Claire Trevor sometime - she's not that beautiful, she has a thick waist, a flat backside, and her face is kind of haggard, but she has a big pile of blonde hair, which people see and automatically think "Hottie!" She's actually a likeable character, aside from all the murdering, which feels tacked on - it's like she had to be the murderer, because she's a tough, sexually active woman with a libido, and someone like that couldn't be a sympathetic character in those days.
I don't think "Blondes Are Evil" is a real trope. The opposite is what I usually see: Blonde People Are Sweet and Innocent, and Dark-Haired People are Villains. Betty is the Good Girl and Veronica is the Bad Girl. The writer cites Helen Grayle in "Murder, My Sweet" as an example, but Helen Grayle isn't "blonde, therefore evil." She's "blonde, therefore desirable." Take a look at Claire Trevor sometime - she's not that beautiful, she has a thick waist, a flat backside, and her face is kind of haggard, but she has a big pile of blonde hair, which people see and automatically think "Hottie!" She's actually a likeable character, aside from all the murdering, which feels tacked on - it's like she had to be the murderer, because she's a tough, sexually active woman with a libido, and someone like that couldn't be a sympathetic character in those days.
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