# Distracting hairstyles in TV and film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205 "2018-06-16T16:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/1 "2018-06-16T16:08:06Z")
I’d guess the worst hairstyle choice in recent film is in “No Country for Old Men.” My current hate is in the Netflix/BBC series “Requiem.” I disliked the main character’s bangs (fringe) from the outset, but now it’s at hate level because the show got so stupid and cliched. Here are the Satanic bangs getting a hilarious review: [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-02/bbc1-drama-requiem-review-addictive-matildas-fringe/amp/?source=images](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-03-02/bbc1-drama-requiem-review-addictive-matildas-fringe/amp/?source=images) What are your cinematic/TV hair hates? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/2 "2018-06-16T20:06:54Z")
The only show where I ever noticed myself noticing the hairstyles was the original _Star Trek_. Maybe I’ll remember some more now that you’ve asked. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/3 "2018-06-16T20:15:09Z")
I find Jesse Cutler’s hairstyle in Preacher to be distractingly fashionable ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/4 "2018-06-16T20:48:08Z")
Chachi in _Happy Days_. Sure, by the time he got there the whole series had become unstuck in time, but at least Henry Winkler was still wearing a ducktail. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/5 "2018-06-16T20:56:58Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I find Jesse Cutler’s hairstyle in Preacher to be distractingly fashionable I had to look this show up: Now THAT’S some impressive rooster hair! As addition to my OP: I generally don’t find hair that is endemic to the era the film/TV was made very distracting, beyond an admiring “wow, Annette Funicello must have used a whole bottle of Aquanet for that beehive!” and “Swayze totally rocks that Bee Gees mullet in _Roadhouse_!” I’m just not understanding the thinking behind the Requiem character’s “bangs that were cut by a four-year-old-with-safety-scissors” look. That many respectable reviewers mention/discuss in-depth the hairdo means it’s distracting, and not in a good way (many reviewers have panned the series and find the bangs much more fascinating than the show). Maybe they were trying to make the 25-30yo professional cellist protagonist seem hip 'n crazy 'n Manic Pixie Dream Girlish with the awful Bettie Page 'do, but overshot the mark. The creators seemed to have thought her a sympathetic character throughout, but as the series wears on she is revealed as selfish, silly, overly dramatic, and destructive – and not in interesting ways. Thusly, the “ain’t I totes adorable” hair seems increasingly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/6 "2018-06-16T21:03:51Z")
[Gary Oldman’s Dracula.](http://thefilmexperience.net/storage/1990s/bramstokersdracula-draculaemergeswithlamp.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1477709398737) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/7 "2018-06-16T21:46:43Z")
So many historical movies/shows in the 70s had contemporary hairdos on old west characters, knights, even Romans. They all sported mullets, surfer shags, beehived tresses, teased and blown out hairdos (or “blowcombed” for the really stylin’ dudes). Even as a kid back then the hairstyles really bothered me. Especially when even the mountain men and prospectors had styled, CLEAN hair. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/8 "2018-06-16T21:54:06Z")
Seven posts and nobody’s mentioned “The Hunger Games” or any John Waters movie, especially the ones starring Divine? I finally saw “The Christmas Story” a couple years ago. The mom’s hairstyle was from 1983, when the movie was made; the others appeared to be appropriate to the period. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/9 "2018-06-16T23:00:45Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > [Gary Oldman’s Dracula.](http://thefilmexperience.net/storage/1990s/bramstokersdracula-draculaemergeswithlamp.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1477709398737) Hey, it’s Mr. Burns! > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Seven posts and nobody’s mentioned “The Hunger Games” or any John Waters movie, especially the ones starring Divine? > > I finally saw “The Christmas Story” a couple years ago. The mom’s hairstyle was from 1983, when the movie was made; the others appeared to be appropriate to the period. 😛 I had the same thought way back when and mentioned it to my Dad who assured me the Mother’s hairstyle was typical of the '40s. I also was stymied that she would marry a man so much older than her and was told that wasn’t uncommon for that time either. And I know the Ace Ventura movies are comedies, but his hair is atrocious. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/10 "2018-06-16T23:45:58Z")
Not a show, and I apologize in advance if I offend any of the men here, but watching a World Cup game yesterday and nearly every guy on the team had a man bun. I hate man buns! There, I said it. It didn’t distract me from the game, but it annoyed the hell out of me 😖. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/11 "2018-06-17T00:20:12Z")
Like everything else about him, [Ruby Rhod’s hairstyle](https://youtu.be/OsJKdxPwZdk?t=16) was distracting and annoying in _The Fifth Element._ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/12 "2018-06-17T00:55:18Z")
The garbage dump lady on The Walking dead. Jada. Horrible haircut. But it fit her character well. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/13 "2018-06-17T01:07:45Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I had to look this show up: Now THAT’S some impressive rooster hair! I know! I don’t know why it came out as Cutler instead of Custer. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/14 "2018-06-17T01:26:32Z")
I know Hawkeye was supposed to be undisciplined and progressive, but Alan Alda’s hair in M_A_S\*H doesn’t really look like something from the early 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/15 "2018-06-17T01:31:51Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I know Hawkeye was supposed to be undisciplined and progressive, but Alan Alda’s hair in M_A_S\*H doesn’t really look like something from the early 50s. Hawkeye’s hair could have just been from not getting his hair cut. But Margaret’s was full 1980s perm. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/16 "2018-06-17T01:42:53Z")
Pete on Warehouse 13 had a terrible haircut in the final season. It looked like an actor desperately trying to look younger than he was. I don’t know what they were thinking. [Miller’s hair on the Expanse was very distracting the first season.](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cd/91/0f/cd910f1d307efa1c4668865defac5e59--mens-fashion.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/17 "2018-06-17T01:44:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Miller’s hair on the Expanse was very distracting the first season.](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cd/91/0f/cd910f1d307efa1c4668865defac5e59--mens-fashion.jpg) That was odd. It seemed like more of a punk kid’s haircut. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/18 "2018-06-17T01:47:34Z")
Probably opening up a can of worms here, but I think both Admiral Holdo and Rose’s hairstyles didn’t fit the characters and contribute at least partially to why the characters were somewhat poorly received in The Last Jedi. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/19 "2018-06-17T03:24:33Z")
[Ewan Mcgregor](http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/74f35d7b-4667-4aa2-90cf-23c75d6e371d/0f173831-dd84-499a-bb37-216c5a0bdce0.jpg) as [Frank Churchill](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/f2/28/40f2284ee8384d1f784d1b6508e2cd51.jpg) in “Emma.” I couldn’t look away, but how I wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205/20 "2018-06-17T06:11:10Z")
I’m not sure if this counts as a “hairstyle,” but … a couple of years ago, I binged-watched the short-lived Fox series _Minority Report_. The main thing I remember about that show is the [tattooed eyebrows of the lead actress](http://gamerssphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Minority-Report-cast.jpg). (In the course of Googling for a photo, I learned that she replaced the tattoos with [eyebrow transplants](https://www.essence.com/beauty/meagan-good-spills-eyebrow-transplant-result) a couple of months ago.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distracting-hairstyles-in-tv-and-film/816205.md?page=2)