You will note I said “actor” and did not specify the sex . The choice of the showrunner or whoever who forced the poor actor or actress to do that is a stupidly poor choice. Yes, what it shows is the low intelligence of the filmmaker, not the poor actor.
In my case, I have to pull it that way or else the shorter front section doesn’t stay back.
I mean, you could argue that having hair at all is dumb, and it’d be smarter for everyone of any gender to just shave it all off. But most of us keep it, because we like how it looks, even if it is sometimes inconvenient.
If you’re willing to accept that someone keeps hair at all even though it’s convenient, why not accept that some people keep particular styles that are inconvenient?
I do. But in this case, it was shown that that hairstyle was not the choice of the person wearing it, but instead the filmmaker to make some sort of point. If someone wants to shave their hear, or a “mohawk” or a mullet or whatever- then that is a personal choice. But when the showrunner makes them wear that hairstyle, then I say that the filmmaker is making a stupid choice.
Nope, in post 12 you said “women”.
This is similiar to calling blonds dumb.
Don’t get me started on that one.
Lived with it my whole life.
“I see that in film and TV a lot on women.” But after then I used the generic actor. I only see it in film or TV, never in real life. Filmmakers put their cast thru a lot of stupid stuff to make some sort of film point. I am not talking about REAL LIFE here, only in film and TV.
O–kay.
You know some peeps hair just naturally falls forward.
Short of wearing a crew cut there’s not much you can do if barrettes or elastics don’t hold it.
I say women and men who’ve found a way to keep their hair back, if that’s their preference, good on them.
I’ve never found a way to do it.
When I was actively gardening more I used a kerchief. Often I’d go in to find a strip or two hanging loose. I kinda liked the look, really.
A slicked back pony tail in my wild woman hair would never ever work.
There goes my career as a synchronized swimmer. Dang.
(The OP didn’t stress actors or film)
Judging people’s intelligence by their hairstyle is gross, but I don’t think we’re going to avoid it anytime soon in this culture.
Everything about how an actor looks in a show is the director’s choice. And everything they say, and everything they do. That’s how it works.
Look, we make judgements on little indecipherable things about people all the time .
The things we can prevent ourselves judging about others can only be a good thing.
Good point.
Nitpick, Lynda Barry: Lynda Barry - MacArthur Foundation
Regarding the pulled-back style, I remember seeing a wedding party with all the bridesmaids in that style. Maybe the bride felt it looked formal, but it didn’t suit some of the girls who had thin hair and high foreheads and ended up looking almost bald.
About hair bits flopping around, people these days may use loads of hair gel to keep their hair slicked back.
Damn autocorrect! She’s a friend of a friend and I truly know how to spell it. Thanks!
Interesting! Lynda Barry looks like a fun person; has your friend told you much about her?
Not a lot; they were pals way back in the day when Lynda was still a local treasure. Just that she was funny and very astute.
I, male, had long hair for a few years after I left school, and never tied it up. Then I got dreadlocks (to the horror of my mother*, and I am white, and was living in conservative white society in Zimbabwe) and thereafter could use one dreadlock to tie back the others, thus eliminating the need for hair elastic. But yes, pulled back is more convenient, I only untied my hair when dancing or sleeping
* my mother was a fairly conservative high school head-mistress
Isn’t there a well established cinematic convention of “long hair hanging into the character’s field of sight” to signal “character is drunk, or mentally ill”?
It certainly isn’t my intent. My intent is to keep my hair out of my face; and when relevant out of whatever I’m doing.
Having to shave my head all the time would be extremely inconvenient.
So would be the need for extra protection against sunburn and cold.
Plus which, it’s part of me. This is what I look like. If somebody doesn’t like it, they can look somewhere else.
Some people like the feeling of loose hair. (If I don’t need to do anything, I’m one of them.) Some people like having their eyes hidden from others — you can see out through loose hair better than anyone can see in. Some people just had their hairclip fall out — they don’t stay put well in some hair textures.
You most certainly can’t tell someone’s intelligence from their hairstyle.
Of course not. Though the old punk mohawk style was sometimes a bit of a hint?
Just a personal observation… don’t want to start a flamewar! 
Hair shaming, just like body is not right.
If you have a judgemental feeling about someones looks, the best thing you can do is what my Granny always said: “if you can’t say something nice, shut your pie hole…”
I’m very sure I judge an older woman with rainbow purple hair dye.(not harshly).
I think it’s silly, but hey, it’s their hair, their life. I would not dare say anything.
We can talk about it here, of course. In an anonymous way.
Really we just gotta let people be who they are.
The school here disallows colorful hair dye for students or teachers. Hair length is not discussed. But I’m pretty sure a male teacher with extremely long hair would never be hired. Bunch of old fogeys on the school board.
And I really really want Ariana Grande to take her hair down. It’s just too tight. Makes me uncomfortable to look at it.