RiffTrax Shorts
Americans at Work - Barbers and Beauticians
2025 • E8 May 1, 2025 12m
Americans at Work: Barbers and Beauticians! A follow-up to the less popular short, Unemployed Americans: Standing in Front of the Kitchen Sink Wondering Where It All Went Wrong. This vintage AFL-CIO film came at an exciting time in the tonsorial profession, when a third type of haircut for men had just been invented!
The short takes us on a tour through the beauty parlor, a place where men who look like Walt Disney walk around pretending to tell the women who actually cut the hair what to do. And the barbershop, a place where little boys cry at the sight of scissors until their fathers give them a hearty, affectionate slap. Buck up, Billy!
We also learn a bit about the history of barbering, an art that goes back to ancient times when you just know everybody’s haircuts looked like they were done with a paper shredder. As opposed to the modern days of 1960, when scientific advances have beauticians slathering human heads with chemicals that will absolutely shorten their lifespans. Prog
The short takes us on a tour through the beauty parlor, a place where men who look like Walt Disney walk around pretending to tell the women who actually cut the hair what to do. And the barbershop, a place where little boys cry at the sight of scissors until their fathers give them a hearty, affectionate slap. Buck up, Billy!
We also learn a bit about the history of barbering, an art that goes back to ancient times when you just know everybody’s haircuts looked like they were done with a paper shredder. As opposed to the modern days of 1960, when scientific advances have beauticians slathering human heads with chemicals that will absolutely shorten their lifespans. Prog