Here are a few of my theories about her hair.
1. It’s easier to deal with. It dries faster and is more “out of the way”. Probably the biggest reason and the most simple explanation.
2. I’m not a hair expert, but I don’t think her hair is quite as curly as she wants it to be. When she cut a lot of it off, she’d thought it would be even more curly, but it actually seemed to make it appear more wavy. When she was growing it back out people were frequently saying it looked like a mop and appeared to lose its curl from when it was longer. Which is interesting, because now the opinion seems to be it looked good during that time. I suppose after seeing it super short it made that medium length stage look better by comparison.
3. Next point. The pressure of Heathers seemed to be too much for her. The backlash about her casting seemed to send her validation seeking into hyper drive. The short hair made her feel “edgy” and she almost did a 180 degree turn from her “honorary big sister” persona to this “bad ass aggressive” persona. So there may be an element of being spiteful towards her critics by keeping it short, as well as shedding the image and “brand” she’d created for herself once it seemed to no longer be working out for her. I think this is the least contributing factor however, and the first two reasons are the biggest ones.
1. It’s easier to deal with. It dries faster and is more “out of the way”. Probably the biggest reason and the most simple explanation.
2. I’m not a hair expert, but I don’t think her hair is quite as curly as she wants it to be. When she cut a lot of it off, she’d thought it would be even more curly, but it actually seemed to make it appear more wavy. When she was growing it back out people were frequently saying it looked like a mop and appeared to lose its curl from when it was longer. Which is interesting, because now the opinion seems to be it looked good during that time. I suppose after seeing it super short it made that medium length stage look better by comparison.
3. Next point. The pressure of Heathers seemed to be too much for her. The backlash about her casting seemed to send her validation seeking into hyper drive. The short hair made her feel “edgy” and she almost did a 180 degree turn from her “honorary big sister” persona to this “bad ass aggressive” persona. So there may be an element of being spiteful towards her critics by keeping it short, as well as shedding the image and “brand” she’d created for herself once it seemed to no longer be working out for her. I think this is the least contributing factor however, and the first two reasons are the biggest ones.
how will she talk down to her audience of obvious imbeciles who don’t understand the stage door etiquette....
Although it does somewhat highlight a pattern of behavior of wanting to move along quickly and not take time to work up to things. You see it with her books as well. To her credit, she’s been impressively successful considering how she rushes into things. That being said, how much better would her performances and books be if she took more time to learn and cultivate her skills? How much better would her relationships with colleagues be if she seemed to be more humble and have more appreciation for the ensemble and people who worked their way up? Her ego perhaps wouldn’t be as fragile either and she wouldn’t feel so threatened.
