I know I’m going to sound like an old lady, but here goes. On a news discussion program that we watched the other night , the representative of one political party may have made some valid comments. But I can’t remember a word he said, because I was too distracted by his hair style. Shaved head, gelled hair? No thanks.
A man from the opposing political party also sported gelled hair, spiked up in sort of a dome. This wasn’t quite as arresting as the shaved head guy, but It make you wonder what they have against what we used to call “regular.” haircuts.
I can’t take a person with a shaved head on one side, and gelled hair on the other side, as seriously as I take someone who looks like what my generation would call “normal.”
I can remember the evolution of many men’s hair style fashions. After World War II, the GI’s came back with burr cuts and for a long while, that was all the rage. Before Elvis Presley left for service, most young men were sporting a copy cat “duck tail,” hairdo. That was pretty sexy. For a couple of years in the late fifties, men went back to “regular,” haircuts. And then, in the sixties, young men started protesting the Vietnam War, and they identified themselves as hippies by their long hair and occasional beards. More recently, those wishing to make a statement against the status quo wear dreadlocks, the man bun, or shave their heads completely for the bald look..
During all these hairstyle changes throughout my lifetime, most television newscasters and journalists remained pretty staid. They wore suits and ties, black shoes and socks, and “regular” hairstyles. While we may not have always agreed with their comments, we respected them.
David Muir on ABC Is my favorite evening news anchors . Who can resist that dimpled smile and dynamic delivery?