To be interviewed by his nemesises at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on a bad hair day was really more than the Hair should suffer. And what has befallen Michelle Muntean, the hairdresser the Prime Minister lured away from CTV three elections ago? There are more questions than answers at this time. All we know is that you can see for yourself on the CBC News Network show One on One on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 6:30 pm EST or on both the CBC and its News Network on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 12:30 pm EST.
Just look at the Hair’s hair. It lacks any of the helmet-head security that Muntean brought to the job. There are only two shots in the show: the left profile of the Hair and the over-the-shoulder shot of Peter Mansbridge. The managers from the Prime Minister’s Office must have been locked in a room somewhere without a working television. The left profile was actually shot from slightly above which is the fixed camera shot we usually see of him in the House of Commons. The only difference is that this is not a long shot and we have better definition and depth. We can see where the hairpiece had been held in place as the glue dried. We can see where it is pushed over hiding the part.
And we knew for sure it was not Muntean’s makeup work when we checked the Hair’s eyes. Instead of the clear definition with mascara, the Hair’s eyelids look brown and the eyes sunken. On top of everything else being wrong, the Hair’s colour was terrible. He was pale and showed more years than he admits to. And here was Mansbridge with his shiny dome properly muted and the Hair looking like hell.
But on top of that, he showed how nervous he was. When the Hair is not sure of himself he uses the word “look” as his pause word. Unless you use a pen and paper, you will quickly lose track of how often the Hair says “look.” A few times, he almost said “Look, look, look” to cover his struggle for control.
And you can be sure that there was no agreement ahead to bring up the Hair telling the House of Commons that it would be “crazy to put in pollutions controls when the price of oil is so low.” He actually told Peter Mansbridge that we misunderstood him.
The worst part of the show is when the Hair tries to explain the Alberta version of a carbon tax. If that item was supposed to be news, the Hair needed better briefing notes.
The most telling little secret in the dialogue is when Mansbridge asks who he called after hiding in a closet during the recent shooting on the Hill. The Hair called his mother. He must have forgotten the name of his wife who he sometimes takes on his world travels. He always used to take his hairdresser.
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Copyright 2014 © Peter Lowry
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