moon_custafer | But You Ain't Bonafide!

Came across a tin of Murray’s pomade on the weekend and decided to try it; two shampoos later, there are *still* traces of it in my hair. I don’t think I’ll be using it again unless I can find some way to dilute it. Seeing the tin caused green_trilobite to bring out the DVD of O Brother, Where Art Thou. Now all I can think of is what a ridiculous amount of “Dapper Dan” Ulysses uses, assuming it’s as strong as Murray’s. Yesterday it occurred to me that perhaps there’s a subtext that Ulysses is passing for white – seen this way, his obsession withy keeping his hair slicked down is poignant rather than comedic; it also ties in with his obsession with picking up fake accreditations and his preference for conning people rather than trusting them. My initial google search didn’t turn up anyone else with this reading, though.