The Importance of Being Blonde

Damn, what a difference a dye-job can make! Since she’s gone blonde and lost some weight (to the point that she looks like she needs to ease up on the coke), Brittany Murphy has gone from relative obscurity to starring in almost every movie these days (and dating all her co-stars), and has partied up such an E! True Hollywood Stories-type storm that she felt compelled to explain in a Cosmo interview that she’s not nearly as out of control as everyone says she is. (Indeed, when Eminem dumps you for being too out of control, you know you’ve got a serious problem.)

Now as a fan I suppose I should be happy about this new all-Brittany, all-the-time order, but more and more I’m finding this slimmed-down Brittany to be obnoxious where she was once endearing. Maybe it’s her spastic over-cheerfulness, which seems forced and a little over-eager. Maybe it’s that she’s trying too hard to be the new Meg Ryan (Just Married, the upcoming Uptown Girls) when she still looks like the new Courtney Love. Whatever it is, I’ve pretty much had my fill of Brittany for the time being.