Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second. We have spent three decades debating the ending of The Sopranos . We have written dissertations on the color theory in Paris, Texas . We have analyzed the lighting in Barry Lyndon until our eyes bled.
Lloyd Christmas looked at the 90s and said, "No. I choose 1985. I choose ignorance. I choose bliss."
The mullet represents . It is the haircut of a man who thinks he looks amazing . Look at the scene where he looks in the rearview mirror after getting the "new" look (post-trashcan explosion). He smiles. He genuinely believes he has peaked. dumb and dumber mullet
Think about the arc of the film. Lloyd is a limo driver who falls for a woman (Mary Swanson) who leaves a briefcase full of ransom money in his car. A normal person calls the police. Lloyd drives halfway across the country to return it, hoping to get a date.
And totally redeemed the entire concept of men’s grooming. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second
Lloyd Christmas isn't wearing a mullet. The mullet is wearing Lloyd. Most movie hairstyles are an afterthought. Lloyd’s mullet is the plot.
And isn’t that what we miss now?
Stop it.