I just finished watching “Shower.” It’s a Chinese film about a father who runs a traditional bath house. The older, more successful son returns home, thinking that his father has passed away. But it turns out it was just a misunderstanding based on a picture his mentally-challenged brother sent to him.
Which brings me to the subject of this week’s blog entry: What’s with the Special Haircut? The slow bro in this film sports the standard issue mentally-challenged hairdo–shaved on the sides, long on the top. There is no subtle blending between the two lengths. It’s just short, then long. This particular cut included an even more disturbing feature: a lone patch of hair on the back of his head, sitting just above his neck, like some kind of undiscovered island.
I guess this is supposed to be the visual cue that he’s the retarded guy. But do they have to be so blatant about it? I mean, sure, he might be special, but does that mean his barber is, too? Surely, they’re not suggesting that this man actually attempted to cut his own locks? I mean, would they even let him near a pair of scissors unsupervised?
There are less obvious ways to let us know that a character has a faulty hard drive. How ’bout picking one that doesn’t insult our intelligence?
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