All of this talk in the news about the white woman pretending to be black got me thinking. Rather, her hair brought back some memories about cuts of the past, and being the OCD person I am who never sleeps, I had to do some research. Here it is: This is the look that spawned a lot of people to do perfectly satanic things to really good hair. The problem was, a lot of people did it at bad hair "salons" in small towns. Barbra Streisand's film, a rmake of "A Star is Born" had the same effect. The frying of the hair in that film did not just touch the female of the species. Males did it too. Imagine if you will, guys walking around with ash blond "fros. It was not a good look. Ash blond out of the box didn't work with your Mom, so it certainly didn't go with the sixteen year old guy in a school jacket. Thank God that look has gone the way of Cheryl Tiegs' Sears clothing line. Mom jeans are bad enough, but her "look" was grandma stretch jeans.
. Check Out Linda Blair's 70's Hair
(this is a great site called Satanic Pandemonium.
.
They've got information on those films you thought you had forgot)
.
.As an aside, when I was a kid and watched movies about growing up in California, especially if they featured Linda Blair, it seemed that every single kid had a horse. Go back and review them and you will see what I mean. Why would "Sarah T" be a drunk with that huge house and access to that good friend with a horse and a great beach nearby and all that nice weather?
.
.
.
.
Many many thanks to the site: Satanic Pandemonium. Have a look. Click on the link about Linda Blair's hair. They have information about the movie"Summer of Fear." It was made for television and was based on a book that I read when I was in Junior High School. Yes, the Seventies were big on making movies about the devil. They took hold of cars, people and even land movers. Funny how the guy who operated it never took off his hard hat.
I read Summer of Fear too!!! I obsessively read anything by Lois Duncan growing up. The made for TV movie was hysterical. I remember watching with my ex and we couldn't stop laughing over the "evil" witch look they came up with. Good times...
I had read several books by Lois Duncan also. I liked her works, as well as any books about teens in trouble, even though I was a total suck at the time. There were also those books that claimed to be "true stories" but were actually ghost written by Beatrice Sparks. You know, somebody should make a film starring Jennifer Jason Leigh about a woman loosely based on Sparks who is actually a Mormon therapist, or whatever she was, who pumps out those novels. It could be a good, character based film.
Jean Anouilh said "There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy." That about sums it up. I lack the turn-off switch.
I read Summer of Fear too!!! I obsessively read anything by Lois Duncan growing up. The made for TV movie was hysterical. I remember watching with my ex and we couldn't stop laughing over the "evil" witch look they came up with. Good times...
ReplyDeleteI had read several books by Lois Duncan also. I liked her works, as well as any books about teens in trouble, even though I was a total suck at the time. There were also those books that claimed to be "true stories" but were actually ghost written by Beatrice Sparks. You know, somebody should make a film starring Jennifer Jason Leigh about a woman loosely based on Sparks who is actually a Mormon therapist, or whatever she was, who pumps out those novels. It could be a good, character based film.
ReplyDelete