A Brief History of All Things Us

It all started with a dream. The dream of a doe-eyed, baby faced adolescent boy who aspired to one day share his love of all things hairy with the world through a mediocre mustache based magazine. One etymology project, four staff members, and five days later, Handlebar Magazine was born. So sit back and shave your worries for later. It's time for the hairy truth.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Culture Review: James Bond Cuts Deep


                Daniel Craig may not do his own stunts, but when he put his own chiseled jaw-line and mangy countenance in the delicate hands of new Bond girl Naomie Harris and a trusty straight-edge (which I imagine was actually a dull, acrylic-painted shard of plastic. But hey, I guess that is the money maker, so who am I to judge?) in this weekend's box-office hit Skyfall, he put all of my former reservations about his masculinity to rest.
            The scene, however, illuminates the importance of a question that affects us all. You see, deeply ensconced beneath the thick layers of hot sexual tension (which itself is hidden behind Craig’s wall of withdrawn staidness) lies the underlying theme of the whole movie, evident from Bond’s physical shortcoming in the title sequence to Judy Dench’s death in the final scene: the dichotomy between old and new, then and now, cut-throat and Gillette, etc.
            But whatever your preference may be, it’s nice to know that the men and womyn in Hollywood still appreciate the art of the shave and its significance that transcends the few minutes we think about it every (or not) morning; kudos to you from the Handlebar staff.
--Ryan Boylan

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