I was back in NYC for the weekend, hanging out with some friends and one of my buddy's roommates was walking around with this on:
I was immediately floored by this mustache. Not in a comedic sense, but maybe more just in a sense of its awesomeness. I couldn't grow a mustache like that (as a standalone or as part of a larger facial hair scheme (say beard, goatee, handlebar mustache, etc.) if I had 30 years to do it. When I walked into the party, I actually thought he was wearing a fake mustache.
There was a lot of "this is my son, HW" talk, though I have yet to see "There Will Be Blood." I'm not sure what killed the mustache as a mainstream style among young professionals (the '80s? Magnum PI? Porn?), but it used to be a sign of masculinity and wisdom (note that Mr. Belvedere made the cut). Now, it's been reduced to something we young people do to look like idiots, scare off women and drive our mothers crazy.
Either way, kudos to this guy.
Update (5:39pm): Thanks to the heads up from nurse mayo, there is at least one actor who seems to be choosing roles which allow him to display the power of the mustache (no, not Tom Selleck): Josh Brolin.
Kudos to the former Mr. Diane Lane.
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