Entertainment | Hollywood Are Curls Typecast as 'Crazy'? Hollywood guilty of perpetuating stereotypes about tangled tresses By Lev Weinstein Posted Sep 4, 2008 2:23 PM CDT Copied Actress Glenn Close talks with actor Edward Asner at the Governor's Ball following the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) "How come a third-act makeover always seems to involve a flatiron?" asks Sara Vilkomerson in the New York Observer, pondering Hollywood's penchant for casting curls as a sign of chaos. Vilkomerson skewers mainstream film culture for hammering home the "straight is sane" message, calling it the "Princess Diaries" effect. "Remember the first thing done to transform Anne Hathaway into appropriate-looking royalty?" Other notable examples include Glen Close's famously unhinged turn in Fatal Attraction, and the upcoming The Women, in which Meg Ryan goes from a curly ball of neuroses to a straightened sea of calm. "I think it's an important issue," said one curly hair advocate. It's "almost becoming a myth that if you have straight hair you are more professional ... and that’s truly not the case." Read These Next One area where Bernie Sanders and President Trump are in sync. An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. At least 2 children are dead in a Minnesota school shooting. His life was full of intrigue, diamonds—and years with Jackie O. Report an error