What I Know About Hair -- In 3 Parts

From: Ryan Scammell
Length: 06:12

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Playing: What I Know About Hair -- In 3 Parts
From: Ryan Scammell

Hairoption1_small In the first, my father gets remarried and shaves his moustache. In the second, my high-school girlfriend's abusive father wears a hairpiece. In the third, my friend has just gotten married, and at 24, is already going bald. Together the piece talks about how we hide behind our hair, and how when it's gone, we don't have a choice but to face the changes in our lives.

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Piece Description

In the first, my father gets remarried and shaves his moustache. In the second, my high-school girlfriend's abusive father wears a hairpiece. In the third, my friend has just gotten married, and at 24, is already going bald. Together the piece talks about how we hide behind our hair, and how when it's gone, we don't have a choice but to face the changes in our lives.