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#1 2009-11-18 16:10
The comeback of the mustache
Is the mustache making a comeback? Hollywood celebrities as Nicolas Cage and Colin Farrell are leading the way, wearing their hirsute upper lips as a symbol of masculine pride though according to Playboy it is Brad Pitt in the first place, who recently starred, spotting a mustache, in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, who "may have tipped the way for a comeback of the facial hair."
Abdul R. Chaballout at The Art of Manliness agrees. In his article, "A Treatise on the Mustache" he, too, identifies Pitt as spearheading the revival. "Every strand of hair found above a man’s lips serves as a tribute to the pantheon of mustache holders throughout history," writes Chaballout, "an ode to the testosterone that has driven every strand of every male’s facial hair since the first man roamed Planet Earth." The same website even offers an excellent overview of the thirty-five manliest mustaches of all time: a worthy collection to inspire any young man that might be contemplating not shaving for a purpose!
What do you say? Is the mustache indeed coming back? Is it a good thing? And to what degree can we hold ourselves, steampunk and dieselpunk enthusiasts, responsible? Discuss!
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#2 2009-11-18 16:26
Re: The comeback of the mustache
In the dieselpunk era, mustaches are unfortunately associated with badguys [Godwin prevents me from inserting names here]. Also, in period westerns, mustaches and dark hats signified badguys.
AFGHANISTAN 2009
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#3 2009-11-18 16:29
- Dr Damon Molinarius
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Re: The comeback of the mustache
I've always thought they look very neat, but personally I find the whole rigmarole of shaving a real pain - so I haven't for 16 years. Why have just a 'tache when you can go the whole hog and have a beard?
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#5 2009-11-18 18:43
Re: The comeback of the mustache
@ Ottens: Harrharr
Some men just have the face for it, others don't.
Most men look older with facial hair, but if they still behave like a child it's worth nothing and looks stupid.
Some men are natural redheads and if they have facial hair it's more like having a forest of barbwire on your face.
In some professions, facial hair can be unhygienic or more dangerous.
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#6 2009-11-18 18:52
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Yaghish wrote:
Most men look older with facial hair, but if they still behave like a child it's worth nothing and looks stupid.
Quite right. I see lots of guys in college of my age who carry a mustache or a beard, but oftentimes, they just look and/or behave to young for it, making their facial hair look silly.
On the other hand, if you look at middle-aged or older men like Brad Pitt or Sean Connery, I think their mustache/facial hair actually makes them look a bit younger.
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#7 2009-11-18 20:59
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Just before our wedding I grew a Tom Selleck mustache, but when it many years later turned grey I shaved it off -- and suddenly looked several years younger. At my age, that's a blessing.
AFGHANISTAN 2009
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I hold the little girl's hand
I wrestle the wildfire
I share the pain
Because if not I, who? If not now, when?
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#8 2009-11-19 11:15
- Dr Damon Molinarius
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Re: The comeback of the mustache
Ottens wrote:
Because as Mechanurg points out, a mustache is much more badass-looking?
Tell that to Blackbeard, a man very much in control of his image!
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#9 2009-11-19 13:13
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Blackbeard gets a pass for matching his beard with long hair, burning slowmatches and general gruesomeness. You think he would be famous if he was just some man with a a regular beard? Hardly.
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#10 2009-11-19 15:59
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Re: The comeback of the mustache
Jawa wrote:
Blackbeard gets a pass for matching his beard with long hair, burning slowmatches and general gruesomeness. You think he would be famous if he was just some man with a a regular beard? Hardly.
Precisely!
And don't forget explorer Sir Richard Burton's forked beard, or even this guy!
I tell you, beards and adventure go together!
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