Oh, honestly. It's a hideous cut to begin with, but let's be serious here.
I'm just going to throw this out here and let people make of it what they will -- Boardwalk Empire is set in the Prohibition Era (1920s) of the US. The Hitler Youth formed in 1922. If you're not following, the point is that it was popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but now since it is associated with Hitler it will receive a bad name. Similar to the swastika which is symbolic of good luck, eternity, and Buddhism.
'Hitler Youth' Haircut Makes a Comeback: Is the Style Attractive or Offensive?
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2011/11/20 19:25:03
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There may be nothing new under the sun, but we’re not sure that this particular look should be staging a comeback. According to the New York Times, the popular 1920s and 1930s hairstyle, made infamous by the Hitler Youth, is the latest retro fashion to make a resurgence.
Variations of the haircut—“buzzed on the sides, longer on top and slicked back with a dab of pomade”—have been spotted on Win Butler of the band Arcade Fire, the character Jimmy Darmody on “Boardwalk Empire,” and even Disney star Joe Jonas. In Europe, where it is even more popular, there are variations for men and women and it is as ubiquitous as to be seen on television sports announcers.
Variations of the haircut—“buzzed on the sides, longer on top and slicked back with a dab of pomade”—have been spotted on Win Butler of the band Arcade Fire, the character Jimmy Darmody on “Boardwalk Empire,” and even Disney star Joe Jonas. In Europe, where it is even more popular, there are variations for men and women and it is as ubiquitous as to be seen on television sports announcers.
Most men sporting this style are not attempting to reference totalitarianism; some are not even aware of the Nazi connection. However, according to Sam Buffa, a founding partner of a barbershop in New York, many individuals come in and ask straight-out for the “Hitler Youth,” a term he says he’s tried to avoid.
In Europe, the haircut has taken on a variety of names in attempts to distance it from its fascist heritage. In Sweden, one of the names for the style is the “synth,” in reference to cuts worn by ‘80s bands like New Order and Modern English. In Germany, it is simply referred to as the “undercut.”
What do you think about the “Nazi Youth” haircut making a comeback? Is the style attractive or offensive?
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/fashion/a-haircu...
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Vic~*PHAET*~ 2011/11/20 20:59:14
In the 80s the skinhead look was standard for cool, yet it was just a look for most and the cultural ideas of the skinheads did not settle well with the peace love and harmony kids that had the faux skin punk look... everyone just wanted to look good in their Doc Martins.
also, i'd like to point out that the fact that jimmy sports this hairstyle in boardwalk empire has nothing to do with it making a comeback. boardwalk empire is set in the 1920s, which is when the hairstyle was popular.
What kind of fool thinks you can make a value judgement on the basis of such irrelevant evidence?
When I was a kid, my long hair made me a bad guy to the "establishment" types, it was wrong then and it's equally wrong now. I was actually run out of a truck stop just outside of Detroit by a group of farmers who thought my hair and my "hot rod" car, a 67 Camaro RS SS convertible, was a good reason to re-enact the song "Uneasy Rider." (LOVED that car!)
Fortunately for me, they were old, fat, and as slow physically as they were mentally!
I was able to decline the free haircut they offered me, and I never got a bill for the windshield of the truck that tried to follow me and caught the gravel I was throwing with my tires.
Hmm, Uneasy Rider, I guess conservatives haven't changed all that much have they?
It's seems like anything people don't like they just find a way--realistic or not--to associate it with Hitler or another baddie to discredit it.
Kind of the same way pot was outlawed to throw discredit on Mexican-Americans in California back in the day. Yeah, I went "there." But it isn't the only example. Getting back to the subject at hand, I remember how it was so bad to have anything "Beatle." Haircuts, boots, music, anything. How gauche.
"National Socialism and religion cannot exist together.... The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity.... Let it not be said that Christianity brought man the life of the soul, for that evolution was in the natural order of things." (p 6 & 7)--Adolf Hitler
Seems pretty stupid, I never would ever think about hitler, gingas khan or any other bad leader just because of someone's haircut, that's absurd.