The negative prejudice against baldness in Hollywood is pissing me off

[swingline747]

Waste of time trying to convince them dude...trust me.

Guys were talking about a cartoon, next well be debating if April O,Neil would truly love Megatron.

 

[DannyBoyy]

Guys were talking about a cartoon, next well be debating if April O,Neil would truly love Megatron.

Took the words right out my mouth but i was only making a point i didnt bring it up.

 

[CaptainForehead]

Guys were talking about a cartoon, next well be debating if April O,Neil would truly love Megatron.

The fact that its a cartoon is irrelevant, what matter are the depictions.

Human actor shows/movies are not real either.

 

[Koga]

Check out Breaking Bad. Could as well have been called breaking bald. Walt has no hair most of the series, neither does Mike or Hank. Jesse's hair is also very short.

 

[The Far Side]

Check out Breaking Bad. Could as well have been called breaking bald. Walt has no hair most of the series, neither does Mike or Hank. Jesse's hair is also very short.

'The Cousins' are slick bald as well

 

[Primo]

Yeah all the heroes and best characters in that show are bald, or at the very least shaved slick or buzzed like Jesse. The slick cousins are bad ***.

 

[CaptainForehead]

Check out Breaking Bad. Could as well have been called breaking bald. Walt has no hair most of the series, neither does Mike or Hank. Jesse's hair is also very short.

I mentioned BB in my OP. There are some directors who are not anti-Bald. Their shows do not portray baldites in a bad light.
However, there are also directors who propagate the anti-bald prejudice. They will have one bald guy in the show, and that bald dude will be portrayed as pathetic.

Take House of Cards. There is only one major non-black character who is bald (he is young). And he is portrayed as a weak minded divorced drug addict.

 

[swingline747]

I mentioned BB in my OP. There are some directors who are not anti-Bald. Their shows do not portray baldites in a bad light.
However, there are also directors who propagate the anti-bald prejudice. They will have one bald guy in the show, and that bald dude will be portrayed as pathetic.

Take House of Cards. There is only one major non-black character who is bald (he is young). And he is portrayed as a weak minded divorced drug addict.

thats cause his wife left him cause he lost his hair.... duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yes I get the cartoon reverance, honestly if you want to get really down to it, its teaching kids early bald = bad.

As for breaking bad, Walt shaved his head to say F U to his cancer, nothing more. Its not like he thought being bald was great. Honestly it shows how people with cancer view losing their hair as a pinnacle of how bad the disease is taking a tole on them. He simply did the work instead. He then just used the shaved look to make a once again angry, mean, convict, bald guy persona. Look at the guy who Skylar cheated on Walt with. Rich daddy's boy with a young handsome face and full head of hair who couldnt manage his own company. Not saying the hair is why he was picked but he was a handsome guy. How many N7's do you think were even looked at for that part?
As for Hank, hes just a weighty bald cop. You may think he is cool and strong and confident but look into his character more. See his complete buffoonery of having the heisenberg right under his nose only to be raked over and then killed when discovering him. He acted tough but was really just an arrogant ***. He was quite clumsy and was even crippled to the point where he could barely do his job.
As for Jesse, hes a screw up drug addict. He shaves low but his hair loss really kicked in around season 2 I believe. He was actually supposed to be killed off the show but the public liked him so much they changed it all up. Look at him now in images. You can clearly see Aaron Paul did something about his hair loss, its quite fuller in the hairline recently. Bald = very little parts in hollywood. Its like black guys in wrestling or the highlander... there can be only one!

I know you all want to see the characters as bad *** cause of their baldness but they are really all evil, wicked, weak, clumsy, manipulative, and indecisive.
Again not saying their hair has anything to do with the character, they just arent really the bald guys to admire, UNLESS you're out to be a drug kingpin, then by all means.

 

[DannyBoyy]

There is a cartoon called the hunchback and of notre dame about a hunchback (obviously) and face was disformed he had hair but obviously noone mentions the cartoons or films or what ever when they are potrayed in that way but with hair...all i know is that cartoon would probably be brought up if he was bald and the same stuff would be said...obviously excuses will be made why this film is diffferent and dont count maybe...but i know for a fact he would be brought up if he was bald.

 

[swingline747]

There is a cartoon about a hunchback and face was disformed he had hair but obviously noone mentions the cartoons or films or what ever when they are potrayed in that way but with hair...all i know is that cartoon would probably be brought up if he was bald and the same stuff would be said...obviously excuses will be made why this film is diffferent and dont count maybe...but i know for a fact he would be brought up if he was bald.

Its not worth arguing, you cant win because the cards are stacked against you, you cant lose because no one ever wants to look at the other deck. You sometimes have to just agree to disagree in life.

 

[I.D WALKER]

For the rest of my natural life the men and women endowed with full heads of hair will be perceived as most attractive. Hair was and still remains the personification of youth and virility. This stigma was entrenched in our genetic memory banks long before our own hair loss experiences occurred.

 

[swingline747]

For the rest of my natural life the men and women endowed with full heads of hair will be perceived as most attractive. Hair was and still remains the personification of youth and virility. This stigma was entrenched in our genetic memory banks long before our own hair loss experiences occurred.

of course, women and even men will be attracted to youthful and energetic looking people regardless of how dumb they may be. They look young and sharp and pleasant to see.
Its not that a stigma against bald guys was created its a genetic thing built in. I am sure its been enhanced with the rate of communication in the world today but really it is what it is. There are women who find a shaved head sexy on the "right guy" but there are chubby chasing men out there to. Its not the norm more than a fetish personally.

 

[DannyBoyy]

For the rest of my natural life the men and women endowed with full heads of hair will be perceived as most attractive. Hair was and still remains the personification of youth and virility. This stigma was entrenched in our genetic memory banks long before our own hair loss experiences occurred.

Dude the "stigma" you on about what was in our memory banks before our loss was never in mine...meaning i never looked at a bald guy and thought old (unless he happened to be old) or whatever maybe cause i grew up knowing a bald relative and watching badass bald characters on tv or it wasnt "drilled" into my mind growing up...i dont know all i know is before my hairloss baldness was just another look to me and still is.

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of course, women and even men will be attracted to youthful and energetic looking people regardless of how dumb they may be. They look young and sharp and pleasant to see.
Its not that a stigma against bald guys was created its a genetic thing built in. I am sure its been enhanced with the rate of communication in the world today but really it is what it is. There are women who find a shaved head sexy on the "right guy" but there are chubby chasing men out there to. Its not the norm more than a fetish personally.

Thats like saying a certain hair colour that you just like is a fetish...stupid right?

 

[swingline747]

Dude the "stigma" you on about what was in our memory banks before our loss was never in mine...meaning i never looked at a bald guy and thought old (unless he happened to be old) or whatever maybe cause i grew up knowing a bald relative and watching badass bald characters on tv or it wasnt "drilled" into my mind growing up...i dont know all i know is before my hairloss baldness was just another look to me and still is.

again, not the norm, more in the fetish category.
I know growing up my pops hated losing his hair.
All through highschool my buddies teased me because it was WELL noticable I was going to go bald one day.
Sorry but I through my personal experience think the majority of people will see baldness in a negative light.
You yourself said you were teased growing up for your hair (among other things) no?

 

[DannyBoyy]

again, not the norm, more in the fetish category.
I know growing up my pops hated losing his hair.
All through highschool my buddies teased me because it was WELL noticable I was going to go bald one day.
Sorry but I through my personal experience think the majority of people will see baldness in a negative light.
You yourself said you were teased growing up for your hair (among other things) no?

I wasnt teased for losing my hair there was a time i was teased for having to much of it called a mop head etc i never had the chance of this "youngness and beauty" of having hair cause i was to busy thinking "why me" when i was being bullied to death for whatever the reason i was being bullied for...this is why i dont care for being bald cause why would i hate "society" now or look for bad things said about bald people when from MY experience i was bullied WITH hair?...waste of time for me moaning about this so called stigma about baldness cause i always had some stigma...and im sure i will again its just when.



My experience taught me how ever you look you will get haters thats just life i look at the world through realistic lens...so some bald people get treated like crap? lol no sh*t welcome to life.

 

[I.D WALKER]

No one is sparring with you friend. Try to remember you are sharing with a severely balding and empathizing guy. Albeit you may see it different, take it or leave it from someone like me who's been afflicted w/ Androgenetic Alopecia for over 2 decades; the STIGMA is REAL. The degree that it adversely impacts our mental/emotional state is naturally varying. All the best.

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And it is programmed in our genetic memory. Why do you think most women prefer men devoid of hair challenges. If they are honest most will conclude that it's because they finds this look more appealing. Next ask her why is that? I almost guarantee you that her answer will sound very close to almost every man's answer, balding or not.

 

[DannyBoyy]

No one is sparring with you friend. Try to remember you are sharing with a severely balding and empathizing guy. Albeit you may see it different, take it or leave it from someone like me who's been afflicted w/ Androgenetic Alopecia for over 2 decades; the STIGMA is REAL. The degree that it adversely impacts our mental/emotional state is naturally varying. All the best.

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And it is programmed in our genetic memory. Why do you think most women prefer men devoid of hair challenges. If they are honest most will conclude that it's because they finds this look more appealing. Next ask her why is that? I almost guarantee you that her answer will sound very close to almost every man's answer, balding or not.

All i said is that I dont have the "stigma" put into my mind before losing hair...maybe the way i was brought up is the reason for it who knows im sure many people are the same im sure im not the only one out of MANY on earth who think the same way...but like i said why would i care about the balding stigma when i had "stigma" when i had hair? it dont make sense to moan and groan when i always been bullied.

And im sure many women think men look better with hair i be in denial to say otherwise but i know for fact bald people are not doomed to be single...there is women who like bald men fact...there is guys with hair who cant get laid to save their life sh*t happens...i must be rare cause i dont give two ****s about having hair.

 

[I.D WALKER]

Your answer confounds me, in particular your last sentence, but I appreciate it all the same. I too despise the bully mentality. Sadly whether at home, in school, in the work place there's always someone exercising violence (passive/aggressive) in order to over compensate for their own personal weaknesses real or imagined. It is an intolerable form of masochism. In the end the bully beats himself down. Thanx for sharing.

 

[DannyBoyy]

Your answer confounds me, in particular your last sentence, but I appreciate it all the same. I too despise the bully mentality. Sadly whether at home, in school, in the work place there's always someone exercising violence (passive/aggressive) in order to over compensate for their own personal weaknesses real or imagined. It is an intolerable form of masochism. In the end the bully beats himself down. Thanx for sharing.

Why does it confound you?

 

[CaptainForehead]

Baldness does absolutely affect beauty, anybody who disagree with this is in denial.
However, being bald does not mean you are a leper who women will find detestable; beauty isnt everything.
My problem with certain directors is that they are indirectly ascribing traits to baldites which are just not true. Just because we are uglier does not mean we are weak minded, or corrupt. And this is what is pissing me off. Hollywood is making a bad situation worse.