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Chapter 18 MALE GLAMOUR
The latest thing in male glamour to come from Hollywood is the bald-headed Mr. Yul Brynner, who (unlike Samson) has managed very nicely without hair. Mr. Brynner's baldness is not natural but cultivated: every morning he shaves his skull with an electric razor. He claims that it saves a lot of time not having to bother with shampoos and hair tonics and brilliantine and combing. I asked him if he thought baldness improved a man's looks. His reply was that if a man had to think of his looks he was beyond improving.
I am sure that Mr. Brynner is not quite as disinterested in his own appearance as this remark would suggest : I am sure he is well aware that his shaven skull is, for him, an extremely effective hair style, giving him a powerful and pagan appearance. Indeed, I am sure Mr. Brynner thinks a great deal about his looks.
What he has managed to prove in a rather spectacular way is that although for a man looks are important it is not necessary for him to be goodAodkmg. We knew already that many male stars had achieved outstanding success and won large female followings though their faces were anything but decorative. Men like Bogart, Sinatra, Gagney, Gooper, Astaire, Tracy, Robinson have made do without profiles. But at least they have all subscribed to the idea that a good head of hair was the minimum requirement for any man liable to have to kiss a girl in a film.
Mr. Brynner has shown that even hair is expendable
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