This depends entirely on what flavor their villainy has. Villains with beards tend to either have long wispy ones, short fancy ones, or wild and unkempt ones. Stubbles are an exception, as they're usually a sign of Antiheroism and badassitude. You will never, ever see a good character with a Fu Manchu moustache, nor one with a pencil thin moustache, unless you are watching an Errol Flynn movie, or in fact any movie from the 1930s or 40s. A full, thick, and above all well trimmed beard is almost always a sign of the good guys (Dwarves, The Mentor, Santa, etc). Sometimes movies made in countries or/of eras that are friendlier to facial hair have a higher number of heroes and extras with beards and moustaches, though it is still very common to find anachronistically clean shaven male main characters. note It is worth noting that the last United States President with any facial hair whatsoever is William Howard Taft, meaning our last century of Presidents has been clean-shaven. However, much like superhero costumes there are still guidelines for who can get away with what.īy default heroes tend towards clean shaves, whether it's because of artistic inertia or simple cultural popularity is up for grabs. Thanks to these brave pioneers in the fight for facial follicle freedom it's been okay for heroes to have beards, villains to be clean-shaven, and Antiheroes to blur the lines. Then along came the grizzled Drifter with his five o'clock shadow, The Gunslinger with his proud beard, and other Antiheroes who broke out of old archetypes. It used to be that things were simple: The Heroes had faces smoother than a baby's bottom and Villains had long, thin, oily moustaches to twirl after tying the Damsel in Distress to a set of train tracks. Tomorrow Stories, written by Alan Moore
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