Friday, December 11, 2009

I Fear For Steven Segal's Hair Light Guy's Job



Ever since Sensei Seagal has been shooting this reality show "Lawman", I have been fearing that quite possibly his "hair light guy's" job is in jeopardy. "What is 'hair light guy', and why is his job in jeopardy you ask?

Well Petunia, he is the technician that is part of the entourage that accompanies, or used to accompany, Seagal on his movie shoots. As the moniker suggests, "hair light guy" (not his real title BTW), is solely responsible for lighting Seagal-san's hair to give it maximum "volume" and "coverage" shall we say. Now, I fear that the "reality" oriented nature of the show may render "hair light guy" obsolete. His job is difficult enough on a movie set, where he is often at odds with directors about the way a crucial shot for the movie may conflict with his maximizing, volumizing, and coverizing hair duties. Imagine the dilemma he must face while chasing criminals!
"Sweet Jesus, those overhead flourescents in the liquor store are blowing out the hairline!!" he'd yell as he ran after Seagal-san wielding his "HairLight 2000" with the Special Hairline Scrim. Sweet Jesus indeed.

I haven't seen this show yet and apparently at the Neilsen Rate it's going, I may miss it.
On James Hibberd's The Live Feed today:

"Steven Seagal took a hard knock in the ratings for the second week of A&E's "Lawman."The show's back-to-back episodes dropped to 2 million viewers Wednesday night -- down 43%. "

Bad news for the show but probably good news for "hair light guy". Anyway I wish them both luck!
By the way, for the record, I dig you Seagal. Love your old movies and think you're really cool, so there's no reason to snap my arm off and beat me with it, or anything like that.

Shalom and Namaste.

2 comments:

  1. I'm thinking Fabulous Baker Boys...spray can hair coverage - worked for Beau

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  2. Hahah! You really can't go wrong with spray can hair, unless it rains of course.

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