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Natalie Portman's Shaved Head: "Sophisticated Sideways Ponytail"

(2008)

By Logan Young | 10 September 2008

At just 1:32, freshly graduated Seattle outfit Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head show future signs of retro promise for Generation AD(H)D. Blink or bat an eye at this unabashedly electroclash cupboard anthem, though, and you’re sure to miss the point altogether. As high school sweetheart Claire England shouts validation for her asymmetric coif, three other hip, presumed boys anxiously concur: “I do, I do! / It’s true, It’s true!” There’s an endearingly non-sequitur steel drum solo near the minute mark, but then it’s right back to scrunchies and affirmation.

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