Cliches

There is a commercial on TV right now that is driving me crazy. It's for a detergent, and it's one of those, "real person test' travesty commercials with the testers being a blond woman with long hair and a brunnette with hair that can only be called a bowl cut "joyce dewitt" style, and bad glasses.

And of course the brunette with the bad hair is the smart one and the blond the flighty idiot. I take exception on behalf of both blondes and brunettes, but also, seriously. A national commercial, and these lazy, ridiculous cliches are the best the advertising company could come up with?

Every genre is a breeding ground for cliches, but the books I enjoy the most find a way to turn cliches on their head. Sherry Thomas does this over and over again. I no longer want to read about the uptight governess who secretly desires the rake. But if you give me the uptight laywer who falls for the wrong woman, than I'm in.

One of the storylines I love the most right now is on The Vampire Diaries(I know, I won't give up talking about this show, but it's great) They had the spoiled blond teenager, who was as annoying as she sounds, but then she's turned into a vampire. This transformation makes her more powerful, but also more caring. She's more human now that she's a vamp. It's great, and something Joss Whedom used to do with his characters. Take the annoying, shallow girl and make her someone the audience truly cares about.

Any other good cliche turn arounds out there? Cliches people hate?