The Gorgeous Klutz

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Thorough out the years, we have seen Hollywood create a number amount of stereotypical roles for actors. One exceptionally common role among women is the “gorgeous klutz”. This stereotypical role is portrayed in several movies like The Mummy and The Devil Wears Prada. The “gorgeous klutz” is your typical perfect, beautiful women; except for that she’s clumsy. As far as Hollywood is concerned, awkward, clumsy girls are seen as foolish or less intelligent than others. They do a fantastic job at making us viewers feel as if we’re exactly like this character being portrayed. For example, the famous Hollywood klutz can be seen in Anne Hathaway’s character in The Devil Wears Prada. At the beginning of the movie, Hathaway’s character is an eager woman wanting to personally work for a powerful fashion magazine editor, Miranda Priestly. Throughout the movie, Hathaway is seen as a normal yet clumsy girl for the minor awkward situations she gets herself into. Although this movie is loved and praised for the amazing film it is, Hollywood can somewhat embrace the “gorgeous klutz” as more of who they are being portrayed as. There is no doubt that women, like myself, can be awkward and clumsy at times; however, there is nothing wrong with that. We should be able to portray ourselves as klutzy and intelligent all at once because women can do it all!

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