From Screen to Scalp: What Hollywood’s Hair Tropes Miss, and Turkey Fixes

Picture Bane from the movie The Dark Knight Rises. Shaved head and a masked face, causing Batman a headache. Then there’s Professor Xavier from X-Men; bald, and yet the very embodiment of authority and intellect. Same physical trait, two entirely different meanings. So what is Hollywood actually telling us about hair? The answer isn’t as...