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JerkyFlea: August 1999 |
| Author: JerkyFlea |
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Date: August 1999 |
The
Latest (cont')
The last person on my fall TV hair update list that
qualifies for a full review is "Felicity"'s
KERI RUSSELL. And does she ever. When Keri first started
"Felicity", I reported that she had trimmed
her waist-length blonde curls to a few inches below her shoulders and returned
to her natural brown color. If you cringed at the results of that
cut, then you probably ought to sit down (like you're reading this standing
up) if you haven't heard about this yet.
According to Keri in an interview with "Access
Hollywood", it all started when she decided to play a small prank
on her producers this summer. She sent them a picture of her wearing
a short boy wig along with a note saying not to panic, but she decided
to "do something crazy with the hair". Ha, ha, thought Keri...until
the producers called her bluff and asked her if she'd be willing to cut
her hair. After getting over her initial surprise, she thought about
it, agreed, and it was worked into the show's plot. When they shot
the episode, the cut began on camera (with the actor/stylist dramatically
lopping of a few large hunks of hair), but was completed in the salon with
her boyfriend and one of the producers present. Once the stylist
lopped of her braid (which Keri kept) to the gasps of those present, she
glanced at the producer and correctly noted, "Can't change the storyline
now!" End result? You can see it in the three pictures below.
A head hugging curly pixie that ranges in length from just 2-3 inches all
over; a loss of a good foot or so of hair.
 
Before
  
After
FLEA'S
CALL: Depending on your preferences,
you may think the end of that last sentence should read "a loss of a foot
or so of good hair". And I would be inclined to agree with you.
But first, rather than continue to rant about what a horrific and tragic
mistake this is, I'll try to look at this very objectively; trying to decide
how I'd view the look if I had never seen Keri with her mass of curls.
Given that set of parameters, I would regard the style (in a phrase that
will never pass Spellchecker) as eyecatchingly cute. Possibly a bit
too short and not the best choice with her face shape, but still attractive
enough that coupled with her personality it could very well start a trend.
However, we aren't living in that parallel universe,
now are we?
Let's get back to the real world and how this will
probably be the least popular celebrity haircut since Julia Roberts lopped
off her mane and went blonde for the first time back in the early 90s.
Julia recovered, but how long did THAT take? Most of Keri's fans
that know about the shearing already hate it. She's even managed
to tick off the editors of Jane magazine, who have Keri with
her formerly flowing tresses on next month's cover (which now dates the
heck out of their article). I, myself think that Keri has greatly
underestimated the value of what many considered her most unique, if not
her best, feature. Doesn't she have a manager or agent that should
prevent her from making this sort of phenomenally bad and potentially disastrous
decision? It will be interesting to see the reaction of the rest
of Keri's and "Felicity's" fan base
as word spreads and the new season begins. I'm willing to bet the
style won't still be this short when the series wraps next May. Any
takers?
vvv
And finally, we get to the last newly bald celebrity
this month, JUDITH LIGHT.
Yup, as many of you may already know, the former "Who's
The Boss?" star has been completely shorn of her blonde locks; all
the more surprising because I don't recall a time I've seen her with hair
above her shoulders. Heck, I can't think of a time I've seen Judith
without bangs. According to what she told Entertainment Weekly,
she did it in stages since it was "easier than doing it in one fell swoop".
Anyway, the reason for the drastic cut is that Judith has assumed the lead
role in the Broadway play "W;t" (Wit), the
story of a college professor undergoing treatment for cancer. She
took over the role from Kathleen Chalfant, who had also shaved her head
for the role.
FLEA'S
CALL: Even more so than the case of Virginia
Hey mentioned above, this is an instance where the sacrifice is far outweighed
by the potential reward. Judith is taking the lead in a popular,
long-running, and Pulitzer Prize winning play. Not only does that
provide her with the closest thing to a sure bet in theater, it has the
potential to become a tremendous career boost for her. So, kids,
if you are at home considering shaving your head for a role, THIS is the
way to do it.
vvv
Snippets
 I
have a just a few more bits and pieces on hair changes for the fall TV
season for which I either couldn't find pictures or they weren't worthy
of a full blown review. So, let's start with "Frasier"'s
JANE
LEEVES, who has grown out the just below chin-length
shag/bob she wore all last season. It's now back to her shoulders
after a couple of seasons of wearing the shorter style. Personally,
I liked it before when it was longer and so my positive opinion on this
style should come as no surprise. I hope Jane keeps it at least this
long this season, if not longer
v
Next we have that recent fugitive from my "Best Hair on TV" list,
JENNA
ELFMAN. Over the summer, Jenna lived up to her
promise and did indeed let her hair grow out. It's now in a bob with
long layers that falls just above her shoulders. She is styling into
a flip and the result is very cute. Not quite as good as the style
that put her on the top of last year's list, but still better than last
season's 'do. And on top of that, she's even let her eyebrows grow
back thicker again after a couple years of the horrid pencil thin look.
That alone will get her some slack on her hair as she continues to grow
it out v
Speaking of eyebrows, ALYSSA MILANO
and DREW BARRYMORE
have also mended their ways, making their way out of the Wilderness of
the Overplucked and returning to the Land of the Naturally Shaped Brow.
Ok, that's a painfully overwrought metaphor, but you get my meaning.
Could this be the start of a trend? Could I get that lucky?
Do you care?
 KRISTEN
JOHNSON, who is the alien Sally on "Third
Rock From The Sun", has snipped her long blonde hair up to about
her shoulders. Not a drastic change, but a loss of about 4-6 inches
coupled with the fact that she's 6 feet tall produces a noticable change.
In the long run, given her height, I think she'd be better served to grow
it back out
Remember when I reported in my
very
first column that MARLA MAPLES
had
her tresses clipped into a pixie so short that it would have passed freshman
inspection for female Citadel cadets? In my blurb on it, I also said
that she should start letting it grow out ASAP. Looks like she not
only took my advice (humor me), but returned to her life as a blonde as
well. Much better, in my humble opinion As long as I'm talking about going blonde, how about  JULIA
ROBERTS? She arrived at the premiere of "Runaway
Bride" awash with blonde highlights. Looked fantastic on her.
Don't know if it's the hair, that her movies are doing well, she's in love,
or she just has a positive outlook on life, but Julia looks, well, for
lack of a better word, radiant every time I've seen her lately
One last tidbit on NATALIE IMBRUGLIA. When
you see her in her new music video for the song "Identify" from the "Stigmata"
soundtrack, don't think she's discovered some hair growth miracle.
The extra length is courtesy of the hair extensions that she had put in
for the video shoot. Underneath, Natalie still sports the short,
piecey style she's had for a while.
Keri Russell pictures courtesy
Vanity Fair and Access Hollywood, Judith Light pictures courtesy
The National Enquirer and The Globe, Jane Leeves picture courtesy
Fashion
Dish, Kristen Johnson picture courtesy
Star
Magazine, Marla Maples and Julia Roberts pictures courtesy
Entertainment
Tonight" / Netscape, Natalie Imbruglia picture courtesy
Entertainment
Asylum
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