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Poor Frizzy Hair Claire
I began thinking about Claire on LOST this morning as I put styling product into my naturally curly hair. Am I the only one who noticed that when the time lines diverged this season that dark-side Claire is now visually coded by her mass of unbelievably bad frizzy hair?
Why is it that this particular feature should be the signifier of her allegiance to ‘Dark’ Locke? Why is it with all of our great leaps forward in accepting difference & diversity Claire’s frizzy hair immediately telegraphs evil?
Poor frizzy uncared for hair, somehow unable to fall into the seductive unkempt locks of Kate (likely ferociously styled but still looking natural).
When I think about frizzy hair, the only two eras I can think of where frizz was beautiful are the 70s (obviously - bring on the free love, natural body odours, and liberated hair follicles) or the 18th century. Although, even my immediate images of the 18th century are mediated by films made IN the 70s.
So while I am loving this last season of LOST & am tensely awaiting the finale, I will quietly mourn the need to code the dark side through Claire’s unstyled, badly in need of product hair. And while I’m thinking about it, let me just go check mine.
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