Much has been made about Blagojevich’s thick mop of brown hair, which is about one salon visit away from impeding his eyesight. Such long hair could conceivably have given him a kind of bohemian sensibility. And it is particularly thick, which, for a man of 52, is not something to be mocked but envied. The disconcerting thing about Blagojevich’s style is this: He wears bangs.
His is a hairstyle that typically has not been seen on grown-ups since the 1970s when it dominated the pages of Tiger Beat magazine. In earlier, happier times, one would have been tempted to call the feathered hairdo boyish. But against the backdrop of charges that make the governor sound proudly egocentric, that thicket of hair makes him look foppish and vain. Neither characteristic provides reassurance that perhaps this whole corruption business is just an unfortunate mix-up.
