BPI
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Hi guys, I don't think I've brought this up before 
These little boys on TV I keep seeing with bowl haircuts. For example Shane in Weeds or that nauseating brat in the recent Star Warts films and many others who utterly fail to spring to mind at the moment Is it just televisual shorthand? This haircut = prepubescent boy? Presumably as most 8-10 year olds will be acted by small 13-14 year olds it's an extra bit of costume that is recognised nationwide as meaning young boy? Are there really primary school playgrounds across the US stuffed with (straight haired) little boys with godawful bowl haircuts? Please tell me it's just TV
You just don't see it here in the UK, either in real life or on TV, with the same seeming ubiquity.
It occurs to me that the grotesque Justin Beiber, who I couldn't have given a fig about until I accidentally saw him interviewed and was almost overcome by the urge to punch the TV screen, has the same bloody haircut. He must be 15 or so? So the shorthand of bowlhead = young also carries over to cute/innocent? Do parents feel safer letting their daughters moon over this particular teenage boy than one in a boy band who has spikey hair? Does this mean that Beiber cutting his hair is a major marketing moment that has to be carefully controlled for maximum profit? If he does a Wayne Rooney & pays an elderly lady for recreational sex, will the power of the iconic hairstyle outweigh the misdemeanor?
None of you have inflicted this on your own kids have you? :the horror: ;P
Or am I just imagining things?
Cheers, B.
These little boys on TV I keep seeing with bowl haircuts. For example Shane in Weeds or that nauseating brat in the recent Star Warts films and many others who utterly fail to spring to mind at the moment
Is it just televisual shorthand? This haircut = prepubescent boy? Presumably as most 8-10 year olds will be acted by small 13-14 year olds it's an extra bit of costume that is recognised nationwide as meaning young boy? Are there really primary school playgrounds across the US stuffed with (straight haired) little boys with godawful bowl haircuts? Please tell me it's just TV You just don't see it here in the UK, either in real life or on TV, with the same seeming ubiquity.
It occurs to me that the grotesque Justin Beiber, who I couldn't have given a fig about until I accidentally saw him interviewed and was almost overcome by the urge to punch the TV screen, has the same bloody haircut. He must be 15 or so? So the shorthand of bowlhead = young also carries over to cute/innocent? Do parents feel safer letting their daughters moon over this particular teenage boy than one in a boy band who has spikey hair? Does this mean that Beiber cutting his hair is a major marketing moment that has to be carefully controlled for maximum profit? If he does a Wayne Rooney & pays an elderly lady for recreational sex, will the power of the iconic hairstyle outweigh the misdemeanor?
None of you have inflicted this on your own kids have you? :the horror: ;P
Or am I just imagining things?
Cheers, B.
