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