Just Rankin’ Sh!t
The 8 Most Shameful Wigs in Film and TV History, Ranked
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2 min readMay 7, 2020
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8. Halle Berry’s Storm-Damaged Mane in ‘X-Men’
You cast a superhero like Halle as a meteorologically masterful mutant, and then you put her in a bedraggled Emmylou Harris wig? The only rain getting made right now is our tears.
7. Jada Pinkett Smith’s Karen-Ass Pixie in ‘Gotham’
Jada’s run as Fish Mooney, Gotham’s top B-list villain, was appropriately campy — but that cut looks like it’s about to ask to see a supervisor.
6. Mahershala Ali’s Geriatric Toupee in ‘True Detective’
The two-time Oscar winner played many different versions of Wayne Hays in the HBO show’s third season, but Old Man Hays was his most triumphant. He’s got the walk down, the slow drawn-out talk down; it’s art. Then there’s that gray Brillo pad perched atop his dome. No justice, no hairpiece!
