There were a lot of great things about this film, but one element that stood out was the montages of pedicures, makeup, etc. I had no idea people steamed their faces or added fake hair to the back of their head to make their mane look fuller.
shareOh yeah...extensions, whether the glue-in ones or clip-in like she had, are huge. Tons of celebrities wear them, more than you would think.
Heck, there's even eyelash extensions now.
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You mean something different from the fake eyelashes that have been around for years (were big in the '60s)?
shareYes. Separate from false eyelashes that you temporarily glue on. They are actual extensions of your natural lashes that you get done at a salon. A friend of mine got them and she had them for a few weeks.
I think they displayed the montage of her beauty regimen, because she always seems to insinuate that hers is an organic, unrefined beauty that needs no cultivating. Like Buddy says, she got lucky and hardly changed since high school. And it stuck with me, a part in the book she was writing; something about how they other girls were all concerned with their bodies and faces, and she, the main character in the book-whom Mavis perpetuated to be a likeness of herself- was an natural beauty who radiated... something along those lines.
So to the world she presented an effortlessness, but in reality we see that to keep up with her old, 'perfect' self, much effort was actually put into it.
Just struck a chord with me. Love this movie and it's almost subversive depth!
Great insights!
shareWell, thank you. The movie really got me thinking. It's about my third time seeing it (just had to re-watch after hearing on Pandora the 4 Non Blondes song that she sings to in the car on her way to the bar). Overall, it's really a sad theme, and she didn't seem to have learned a lesson by the end. Charlize is gorgeous though! haha
shareMavis gave a look during one of the pedicures, like she resented the technician for doing a little too much, like maybe it was something Mavis didn't want to admit as being necessary. Did you catch that?
sharethat's just like my friend
shareAh, but the point of those extended "beauty" scenes was to show that she HAD changed since high school. Still beautiful, but 37 (as per the script) and starting to look a bit worn. The final result of this attention to herself is the party, where she looks distinctly over-painted and desperate. For Theron it was braver to appear this way--with the edge deliberately taken off her beauty--than all the weight gain and plastic features of "Monster." In "Young Adult" she was filmed essentially as she is, without filters or good lighting.
Not so terrific film, but Charlize is quite good.
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Now you've got me curious to watch again to see the "different disguises"!
I too am trusting and oblivious; I usually don't even question the huge amount of hair African American celebrities appear to have, even though from time to time I'm confronted with the reality that they especially use a lot of extensions and weaves.
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Not just black people wear hair pieces. Mostly white women could wear and afford them in the past. Wig catalogs were huge. White people just don't make a big fuss about hair. Many white men wear toupees and pieces an millions of women wear some sort of bun, feather, clip-in, glue in, sew in, color pieces, and many advances styles like micro fusion which were popularized by Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Faith Hill.
Blacks just get picked on about it and it sad. Hair is not that big of a deal really.
The writer (Cody) put a lot into Theron's character, a lot of small details. The film's almost worth a second viewing.
When she was slathering on liquid makeup to go meet Buddy I thought "that MUST be a facial mask she's going to wash off" - it was GOBS of makeup!
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I assumed the fake hair was due to Mavis' trichotillomania
shareGood point.
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The beauty regimen scenes were one of the things I liked best about the movie. I felt like it gave men a secret peek into our world. I and my girlfriends put a lot of time and money into looking good. I almost gasped when she was combing the hair extensions, like nooooo you can't show this lol. If men only knew....
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Ha! Busted, LOL. You are right though: we are clueless, or at least I was. I thought those places just did a fancy job cutting fingernails and toenails and that was about it but now I have an inkling of the secret wonders within. Is that all pretty expensive?
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All those salon treatments are pretty expensive, if you get them frequently. The wiglet she used to thicken her hair probably cost a bit, but unlike extensions (which are a huge and everlasting expense), it's reusable. But it's plausible that Mavis would own such a thing, Charlize Theron's hair is naturally thin and fine, and she doesn't have Mavis's habit of pulling it. I'm sure it's not the first time that Charlize has given her hair a little help.
But then, Ms. Theron can afford all the salon time and wiglets in the world, while Mavis doesn't get paid movie star money. The expensive beauty treatments are just part of Mavis's tragedy, she's spending a small fortune on clothes and beauty treatments to impress the yokels, just when she should be cutting expenses. And she's doing it because of a delusion...
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