1. This reminds me I have some thoughts on the pre-history of the mullet, the Beastie Boys, Dan Clowes, the way naming something makes it visible and changes our sense of the past, Jack Kirby, etc.https://twitter.com/AryehCW/status/1421983919600279552 …
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4. In popularizing the term "the mullet" the Beastie Boys made it visible, made it discussable, and altered not just the present but the past since we can now see the mullet in earlier eras, whereas before it was just a inchoate odd thing on corner of consciousness.
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5. Now that "the mullet" is named we can find all sorts of precursors in history. In 1621 a Plymouth colonist encountered native named Samoset of the Abenaki: "He was a tall straight man, the hair of his head black, long behind, only short before, none on his face at all"
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6. Various photos of Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, David Bowie from 1960s and 1970s now look like mullets avant la lettre. The thing existed before the name but the name helps us see the thing.
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7. Some notes that might be useful for future mullet scholars. Basil Wolverton's drawings from 1930s and 1940s often feature what seem like proto-mullets.pic.twitter.com/GGUWhV7KsP
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8. And Jack Kirby's Angel (from Boys' Ranch, early 1950s) is edging towards a mullet.pic.twitter.com/2Gup8LEV1i
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9. I think is is key about how successful the term mullet has been, enough to overshadow original mocking use and also eclipse earlier stabs at taxonomy like "hockey hair"https://twitter.com/ericbrownzzz/status/1421991889620946948 …
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The definitive mullet in my household belonged to MacGyver, which only aired from 1985 to 1992. I'm not sure when said hairstyle debuted.
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Oh man, and how can I forget Barry Melrose, LA Kings coach during their near-miss Stanley Cup run in 1992-1993??!!
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The mullet was in use in Australia well before 1994. In Germany, where it may well have been invented, it is called the VoKuHiLa (vorne kurz, hinter lang - front short, back long)
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Bowie may not have used the word "mullet" for his haircut during the Ziggy Stardust days, but that's exactly what it was. A lot of rock stars in the 70s had that short on top, long in back look, and the style got more pronounced in the 80s. There was also "hockey hair."
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I'm getting there.
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