Chaplin Mustache in Modern Day Society?

[HadleyH]

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[filfoster]

KUDOS

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:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap Woud that it were true. Wish AH had worn a bowler. So many millions spared.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

And yet, when you look at AH's features, without that little 'stache, his appearance would have been far less effective-rather bland. Unfortunately for tens of millions, it was part of the appeal of his image-it gave his face a forceful look. Go figure.

 

[Down2BDapper]

One of my favorite Eddie Izzard jokes is the one where he says, "Chaplin was taking the piss out of that mustache for yeeears, so Hitler comes along and says, 'Yep, that's the one for me!'"

Too bad, though, it's not a bad mustache.

 

[Methuselah]

Black uniforms are pretty much out except for SWAT teams thanks to the SS

Somebody should have a word with our local vicar then!

 

[Fly Boy]

I'm sure most people have done it when shaving off a moustache - just to see!

I have no interest whatsoever in looking like Chaplin or the creep who stole his trademark lip weasel!

 

[filfoster]

Worth a 1000 words

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Thanks Bruce Wayne! Perfect!

 

[HadleyH]

whichever way you look at it..... it looks wrongggggggggggg .... i beg of you, don't do it please! *yucky*


mercy!

yeah right!

omg

 

[Yeps]

terrifying eyes either way.

 

[filfoster]

The 'eyes' have it.

Yeps, I'm with you on that. That doctored photo conveys a stare still compelling and scary. So many people who met him wrote impressions of his eyes. What a pity he wasn't cross-eyed or related to Marty Feldman, for so many reasons.

 

[4spurs]

Brushing teeth

Recently I saw a cop sporting a toothbrush; it was rather frightning. I was hoping he'd finish brushing his teeth and pull that thing out of his face.

 

[cptjeff]

Just to show how strongly we associate that mustache with Hitler, look at this cat:

Uncanny, isn't it?



From here: http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl

 

[DanielJones]

mercy!

With or without the cookie duster, that dude is creepy.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[StetsonHomburg]

whichever way you look at it..... it looks wrongggggggggggg .... i beg of you, don't do it please! *yucky*

I wasn't planning on doing it I just started the thread to hear replies...

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Only if you want to wear a knotted handkerchief, and call yourself Mr. Gumby.

 

[Lonny]

Hey guys,

I was roaming around downtown, I walked through a food court and I saw a middle aged man walking alone, he seemed normal, saddle leather jacket, black pants, a pair of oxfords, nicely dressed from the neck down. His head was topped off with a green fedora, which was in such an odd shape it looked like a robin hood hat, he even had a red feather in it, nice hat, also he had the Chaplin stache, nobody seemed to notice or care, and in a town like mine when people noticed you can't help but notice their gawking faces and little prying eyes! Haha, dramatic I know, well, he carried on and I thought it was okay!

Lonny.

 

[Edward]

My grandfather, a former East End jockey who built planes during the war, sported one until his death 10 years ago, along with brylcreemed slicked back hair. I wish I had a picture of him with his little tache, rolled up trousers and knotted hanky on his head, sat on his deckchair in the sunshine.

i used to tease him that he looked like Hitler, but he told me he had the moustache "before that b@£$6*£d came along and he would bl00dy keep it as long as he wanted"

lol That's the spirit of the old East End alright!

 

[Geronimo]

Remind's too many people of der fuerher's face.

 

[Undertow]

Honestly, I think people can wear it again in theory, but it most certainly would require some force of personality in application.

Let's put it this way, I think a gentleman should avoid the look because it calls undue, and negative attention to his image and style. A gentleman should not intentionally cause needless stress, or set himself up as an object of derision. Moreover, a gentleman ought to be well-read and wise enough to understand that the toothbrush mustache is, however unfortunately, associated with a monster.

That said, if some rube, hard-nose, or eccentric really believed it complimented their style - and they weren't attempting to emulate Hitler - they would likely be able to manage the look because others would hopefully gather that the person's personality excuses their choice in style.

 

[HadleyH]

Waaaaaaaaa


the hideous little moustache has been causing irritation way back then, it's nothing new!



from The Coshocton Tribune Dec 7 1920