In that clipped back, vaguely dowdy look from the pilot, I think we get a glimpse of a meeker, even softer Alicia. If one of our Moderators is available, one will come to assist. God knew men need the obvious and women need caballeros. Remember ~ The way to a mans heart is through his stomach ~ He is a good husband. That wig is so goddamn meaningful. This is safer for your religious commitment and purer for your heart. How could we not have known. You can also u or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in thewhere members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music. Those are not all totally distinct reasons, though it does feel a bit like we should have had One Clear Reason after the wig became the most north thing we had ever seen, dear God how did we not always see it?.
We watched for years without really, truly knowing, and then we found out, and suddenly it was there the entire time, its unflinching, ridiculous hair line mocking us from episodes past. How could we not have known? Of course, the wig was never really a secret. It was revealed during a 2010 Banff TV fest panel and written up in , though the show had yet to develop the kind of cult following that might have rendered such information a news item. And so, our true awareness of the wig itched onward, while remaining just out of our grasp. There have been a lot of supposed reasons for the wig. Those are not all totally distinct reasons, though it does feel a bit like we should have had One Clear Reason after the wig became the most obvious thing we had ever seen, dear God how did we not always see it? For me, the wig is a high-concept metaphor. The show is ending for good this Sunday. Lauren Duca: So, when did you first become aware of the wig? LD: I started binging about three years ago. I feel like those were sexual-awakening bangs. That hairline is practically another character at this point. There is no way that hairline is so square by accident. LD: Oh my GOD, I am not ready for a wig-as-sabotage conspiracy. The intensity of the hairline as compared with the bangs is also so interesting. Talking of previous and current lives: I always wish we had gotten more of an in-depth glimpse at Housewife Alicia than the few flashbacks peppered throughout the early seasons. Her hair when she stands by Peter as he confesses to his misdeeds in the very first episode is scraped-back, austere, a little puritanical. But to me as a non-American, she seems to have longer, more girlish hair than the classic two-set bob trimmed just high enough to let your pearls shine that I would expect from an upper class housewife? That said, maybe the hair from the first moment of the pilot is supposed to be our only true glimpse into who Alicia was pre-scandal. In that clipped back, vaguely dowdy look from the pilot, I think we get a glimpse of a meeker, even softer Alicia. Also worth noting: We rarely, if ever, see her hair clipped back again in the series. LS: We do at least once! In the flashbacks to her job interview at Stern Lockhart Gardner, she has. I can never imagine her being soft, though! Unlike Diane Lockhart, for example, Diane Lockhart is my mentor and a second mother to me in my mind. Also, there is something deeply depressing about Alicia. She carries such an incredible tension in even in her most outwardly relaxed moments read: when she is rolling around with Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Could it be that she transcends likeability for the audience as well as in the context of the show? Do you like her? LS: I do like her, probably because I can deeply relate to a repressed workaholic with a taste for red wine. Speaking of which: Season Three, episode 1. LD: Oh no, The Wig is whatever we decide it is, and no one can tell us any different. The bangs entirely line up with the Will affair, and the lack of full coverage could also be read as the inability for those two crazy kids to conceal their relationship. Her hair and her heart are in a liminal space to reflect that conflict. Note: I refuse to ask if this has gone too far, because I just convinced myself of it. The other changes are so much less extreme than bangs. Which other shifts stand out to you? How many wigs do we think there are? LS: The captivating world of Florrick fan tumblrs has some good. The only way I can separate myself from her is if I leave her at the door. I need to be able to physically take her off. Or where would you like us to leave her? That wig is so goddamn meaningful. In the reality of the show, I would I like to see her realizing the exhausting morality play has been for naught, before tip toeing toward something resembling contentment through self-awareness. Lauren Duca is an award-winning and -losing freelance writer who is mostly just trying to get you to follow her on. Laura Snapes is a writer from Cornwall, England.
