It's not impossible for a real human person to deal with adversity by running to a mirror and hacking off their own hair. Do whatever makes you feel better. But it is truly strange how every single fictional girl does this. Hannah Horvath from Girls goes full haircut after a mental breakdown, and you know she's serious because she uses dull-ass utility scissors. Her life is so out of control that she has to chomp and chew her hair off.
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"I guess I just feel like my cliche mental breakdown haircut should have its own unique voice, y'know?"
You might remember this from another HBO show, The Newsroom, in which Maggie dealt with trauma in Uganda. The show kept the details a secret from the viewers for a while, but it was obvious they were bad, because she took a pair of scissors to her head and her hair went from "long and blonde" to "wad of cranky orange shapes." In real life, you would call it a silly and terrible decision. On TV, you call it a terribly serious and gritty reboot of her character.
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"Can you make the character look as if she is no longer capable of joy? Like darkness is all she knows. A Ronald McDonald wig? Perfect!"
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