Sinister: Mullet haircuts

[jessica]

frank yang was in oshawa for some reason, and he wrote:

>>Having lived amongst the mullet-headed for a summer (Oshawa Ontario
provides
>invaluable field study opportunities for those interested in this species),
I can
>offer the following:<snip><<

this is hilarious! i have a friend who lives in oshawa and goes to school in
peterborough, so i can attest that every word frank says is true (at least
about the ontario mullet culture). i think maybe part of the reason people
get mullet haircuts and drive camaros (seen the other day: an iroc z
emblazoned with "iroc your world") that live in smaller towns is that they
don't realise that "the big city" isn't so big after all, and they feel
distanced from any sort of reality. so they have to rely on television to
form their style, and on smaller networks the only choice is often saved by
the bell reruns and odd south american shows and horrible canadian
broadcasting. so this whole mullet culture transforms itself simultaneously,
i think, you end up in the frame of mind that if you're going to be cool
that you should go the whole nine yards and not only go for the mullet, but
also get the pink velcro reebok hitops and the spandex pants and the
oversize sweatshirt hanging off one shoulder with "trinidad" on the front,
and pink lipstick and blue eyeshadow and slouch socks, and find yourself a
man who drives a pickup and drinks bud out of one of those novelty hats with
the pouches for your beer and the straw that comes down so you don't have to
get distracted while you're driving. ah yes, the sociology experiment that
is ontario.

truly,
jessicaxo

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