Kandi is depicted as hot and young (half the age of Alan or Charlie), with a "dumb blonde" stereotype, even though she is a redhead.
The dumb blonde stereotype is used in 'blonde jokes.'
"He's poking fun at the dumb stereotype," Del Conte said.
The dumb blonde stereotype (and the associated cognitive bias) may have some negative consequences and it can also damage a blonde person's career prospects.
Although associated with females, the application of the dumb blonde stereotype can be applied to men as well.
There is a category of jokes called "blonde jokes" that employs the dumb blonde stereotype.
Then in 1970 she landed her breakout part, a young, dumb domestic stereotype in a plantation shack in the musical "Purlie."
The dumb blonde stereotype may thus stem from the fact that blondes rationally choose to invest less than others in education and other forms of human capital.
Zale drew her as a very intelligent buxom blond bombshell, casting her against the "dumb blonde" stereotype.