Why does "Zoe" have an afro?
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Why does "Zoe" have an afro?
I pondered that myself. I'm not sure that "because that's the hairstyle she would have had if she were, in fact, in a folk-rock band in the 1960s (or whenever)" is as acceptable reason as the designer might imagine.
it may not be an afro. it could simply be a way of representing her wavy hair pulled back the way she usually wore it on the show.
It's an afro, because her wavy hair was pretty close to her head. Plus, everyone else's hair is basically the same as it was on the show, why is hers different?
I'm also irritated that they realized that the hairstyle made her gender so ambiguous as to put lipstick on the caricature (which doesn't make sense if they were going with the "folk rock band" vibe), but they were so invested in the afro that they did it anyway.
It's like they said "oh, it's a folk band, so a black person would have an afro" @@
YRSMV (your racial sensitivity may vary)
Wonder how they would have pictured Shepard Book?
Where's Book!?!
I'm guessing we'll want to wait until next week for our next (and last, for this round, at least) watch&post, because of the holiday. Of course, if there is a chorus of people ready, willing, and able to watch tomorrow, I would happily charge full speed ahead. I should be able to make it.
Right. Next Sunday it is.
See you then!
Yeah, that works better for me! Thanks, guys.
I'm watching the episodes airing on the Science channel, and Ariel is the new one this week, and it occurs to me... why the hell did Mal entrust the unconscious Simon and River to Jayne? He should have divided them up differently, and sent Jayne with Zoe, who would have ridden herd on Jayne and kept him in line as they cleaned out the infirmary, and Mal could have protected the Tams. It made no leadership sense at all to hand over two helpless people to a man who openly hated them.