I am genuinely not sure if this is viral marketing for The Last of Us or not.
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While all of it makes little sense in movies, short hair doesn't. Reason why military cuts hair short is so your hair doesn't get tangled in trees, bushes or fences, compromising you. It's really of practical nature. But given how many cockups they make elsewhere in movies, I don't think they were going for that kind of realism.
Reason why military cuts hair short is so your hair doesn't get tangled in trees, bushes or fences, compromising you. It's really of practical nature
Also gas masks really don't seal that well with too much hair in the way.
The Expanse has the justification of it meaning that they don't have to deal with representing long hair in microgravity situations, but they still have variety like Camina Drummer's ultra-tight braids and Naomi's curls which solve the problem without everyone having a crew cut
Man, Cara Gee, the actress that plays Drummer is just so stunning. Aside from her being so much my type, I enjoyed her portrayal of the character. Very commanding on screen presence.
I absolutely love basically every scene she's in. Especially with how much she committed to the Belter accent
Fa sho, beltalowda
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Yep i agree! In movies it's a way to make a woman look strong, because obviously a man's haircut gives us some of the magical powers of a man.
a man’s haircut
That's a little sexist. I also completely disagree. Short hair, especially in a military setting, is not about a borrowed appearance of strength, but utility and competence. Early episodes of Stargate SG-1 had some infamously awful commentary about emancipation, but Carter's (Amanda Tapping) short haircut never compromised her femininity: she wore it like that because she was a frontline soldier and accomplished USAF pilot, and that's what the circumstances demanded. It would have been weird and against her character to participate in missions with long hair.
Just for fun, this is the """improved""" scene where Carter is introduced, without the part where she talks about her reproductive organs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gR-ouftevE
I think that's what OP is getting at, that this attitude of "male" haircuts has been used in such a way. They're not defending it, they're pointing it out, alongside military doctrine.
Unless I can't read...?
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The zero body hair always gets me. "Oh god, zombies! Pass me my razor I need to do my legs, underarms and of course my bikini line"
Honestly so lucky that they had all those laser hair removal sessions a year before the world ended 🤭
Absolutely! Even luckier than having a neverending supply of entirely smudge proof make up
It's simply survivorship bias. The only women who survive these situations long enough to get a movie are the ones who have short hair on their heads, no visible body hair, and makeup somehow welded to their faces. It's probably quantum, or something.
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