Jason Momoa featured in TV Guide (includes PHOTO)

[wraithfodder]

Jason Momoa of Stargate Atlantis is featured on page 10 of the U.S. June 23rd TV GUIDE on 'top 10 breaking news.' However, most of us know that Jason .... oh, hmm, just in case, under the cut!

Yes, he cut his dreads but his head and neck were hurting from the weight of the dreads. He added that all that hair kept him from wearing a bike helmet and kept ruining his balance on a surfboard. Eek! but SciFi execs didn't want him to cut it so now he's got a wig.

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[fractalreality.livejournal.com]

TV/movie design standards which are essentially set by privileged people and reflect the standards of the dominant, white culture, and in turn influence how people with those hairstyles or physical qualities are treated in real life.

It wasn't any less offensive when the Predator film designers did it. Excusing an offensive action because someone else got away with an offensive action somewhere else doesn't make it any less offensive.

Actually, in this case, I think Sci Fi just realised the monetary branding potential of Ronon's look (I have a sneaking suspicion Joe Flanigan wouldn't be allowed to change his look either; you have to have permission to get a hair cut these days...)

For me, the fact they didn't want him to have them in the first place speaks more about their prejudices and opinions.

But I don't disagree with you; the majority of shows are hugely discriminatory - subconsciously or no - because of the ingrained prejudices of the middle-aged, middle-class white men pullnig the strings.

[sgatlantislight.livejournal.com]

I have a sneaking suspicion Joe Flanigan wouldn't be allowed to change his look either; you have to have permission to get a hair cut these days...

Actually, Flanigan was offered the chance to get to fly in an Air Force jet of some sort (I don't remember now) if he'd cut his hair to regulation length. He was all for it, but had the idea nixed by TPTB. So, yeah, it's not just Momoa.

And given that it was Momoa who wanted the character to have dreads in the first place, you can't exactly claim TPTB decided dreads were equivalent to "alien" and "dangerous", at least to start with, though it may be the case now.

Which says nothing about members of fandom regarding a perfectly normal human hairstyle as alien, non-human, or dangerous.

As an aside, I always figured Teyla's wig was an attempt to make her more exotic, set her apart as not being from standard Earth genetic lines because while she had dark skin, it was not accompanied by "typical" dark and possibly kinky hair as it would be on Earth, suggesting that in the Pegasus, dark skin pigment isn't always accompanied by dark hair. I'm not sure how to feel about this.