Hilary Swank's Haircut

arch94 wrote: In response to Kramer...   Personally I think Maury is the patron saint of good deed do'ers for his help in transforming women into their new looks.   Not to be argumentative, but i've seen all of Maury's makeover shows and I have one thing to say. Not all long hair is beautiful...in fact I think it's rare to see long (super long) hair that is indeed beautiful. Our friends on the long hair message board, from the pics I've seen, have gorgeous long hair for the most part. I think that is because they truly love their hair long and go the extra mile to take good care of it. I don't think that all women take as good of care of it as they should. Does that make sense?

While I respect your point of view, A) most of the women who get their long hair cut on Maury's show are suggested for makeovers to the show by other people (friend, child, spouse) who think they need a makeover; B) many of them cry during the actual cut, and C) Maury seems to delight in the entire process. Only a small percentage of women come to Maury begging for a haircut. I guess they want their 15 minutes of fame and that's the only way they can get it. Maury is anything but a patron saint.

I never cease to be dismayed with the attitude consistently expressed by some here that everyone who has long hair "ought to," "should," or "needs to" get a haircut.  It's beyond disrespectful.

I viewed the linked videos and I saw no unhealthy hair.  While some chose to trim their ends, others with untrimmed ends don't have unhealthy hair,  just... not trimmed hair.  I appreciate the aesthetic distinction, but it is technically incorrect to equate "untrimmed" with "unhealthy."

Because "hair donation" discussions initiated with the Celebrities Forum usually devolve into this sort of bitching, I'm inclined to move any new such threads immediately to the Politics Forum, even if/though at least one celebrity is involved.

fatmoogas wrote: How is it nice? It just seems hacked off! Not a style at all!

Hal wrote: DaveDecker wrote: I never cease to be dismayed with the attitude consistently expressed by some here that everyone who has long hair "ought to," "should," or "needs to" get a haircut.  It's beyond disrespectful.     Yet you are never dismayed with the expressions of "ought to", "should" or "needs to" grow hair that are so often posted here? I viewed the linked videos and I saw no unhealthy hair.  While some chose to trim their ends, others with untrimmed ends don't have unhealthy hair,  just... not trimmed hair.  I appreciate the aesthetic distinction, but it is technically incorrect to equate "untrimmed" with "unhealthy." Because "hair donation" discussions initiated with the Celebrities Forum usually devolve into this sort of bitching, I'm inclined to move any new such threads immediately to the Politics Forum, even if/though at least one celebrity is involved.   How fair of you to move posts of a "politicial" nature after you post your own.

Hal, re-read what I wrote, highlighted in italics ("consistently expressed").  It is not the occasional expression by any individual that is irritating, it is that some consistently  (read: always, or almost always) say it.  This same sort of irritation would occur if anybody were consistently saying that celebs with short hair "ought to," "should," or "needs to" grow their hair long.

Your questioning of my fairness is misdirected -- again, re-read what I wrote, highlighted in italics ("any new such threads").



Edited by DaveDecker - November 05 2007 at 7:33pm

Kramer did you actually look at the makeover pics from Oprah?  Very few were actaully cut much at all.  Most were pretty small changes... several looked very much the same.

In this case and other public celebrity makeovers (Ann Curry, Diane Lane, et al.) the benefiting hair charity needs a minimum number of inches for the donation to be "usable." So in Hilary's case, that minimum required her hair to be cut short. I'm not sure if that addresses your point in all instances, but when Locks of Love and similar hair-hacking groups are involved, that is typically the case.

Long to short makes for better reality TV.

"PS I Love You" premiere

Hilary Swank was right, Oprah's hair is getting long.
HAs Oprah ever had long hair? At lest pass her shoulders?

Is she doing Boys don't cry II? I hate to say this short hair does nothing for her. Wow I hope she grows it back out soon.