What is the origin of the description, 'blonde bombshell' to describe a
star? Can brunettes be bombshells? Is the concept a product of Second World
War entertainment of the troops or is it post-atomic? (given that The Bomb
itself was masculine - 'Little Boy' and 'Big Boy') Or, again, does it begin
with the cinema of the twenties - the 'vamp' the 'flapper' etc. Who was the
first blonde bombshell? These are questions of the use of metaphor, as much
as questions requiring factual answers (though I quite like small details)
hence this post to the film-philosophy list.
I'm sure that someone with a better memory than mine can remember the
definitive book or article on the topic, which no doubt has already been
written. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful.
Specifically I'm looking at atomic movies - monsters, mad scientists &
mushroom clouds - & Stanley Kramer's *On the Beach*, which has none of
these things but it does have some very interesting, unexplored dimensions.
Helen Grace
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Dr Helen Grace
Senior Lecturer
School of Cultural Histories and Futures,
University of Western Sydney
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