Pam Beesly: The perils of being normal
The Take, July 2019
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When you think of the most iconic “Girls Next Door” of modern times, near the top of that list has to be Pamela Beesly, the girl-next-desk to her shy, regular guy admirer, Jim Halpert.
The girl next door has long represented an unassuming, everyday beauty, wholesome values, and a down-to-earth outlook. But girls next door in Hollywood have hardly been truly average in any way. More often the trope is a way to make an exceptionally attractive actress feel attainable, unthreatening...
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