So, grab a beer. Pour it into a bowl because you’re out of clean glasses. We’re going deep. When we first meet Lloyd, he’s driving the infamous “Mutt Cutts” van. He’s wearing a tuxedo. He looks, by all accounts, like a used car salesman who just lost a fight with a weed whacker.
Lloyd Christmas looked at the 90s and said, "No. I choose 1985. I choose ignorance. I choose bliss." dumb and dumber mullet
You cannot fake that level of delusion. The Dumb and Dumber mullet is not a joke. It is a time capsule. It is a reminder that you don’t have to be smart to be happy. You don’t have to be stylish to be confident. You just have to be willing to look in the mirror, see a waterfall of fried blonde hair cascading down your back, and say, "Yeah. That’s the stuff." So, grab a beer
Think about the arc of the film. Lloyd is a limo driver who falls for a woman (Mary Swanson) who leaves a briefcase full of ransom money in his car. A normal person calls the police. Lloyd drives halfway across the country to return it, hoping to get a date. When we first meet Lloyd, he’s driving the
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And totally redeemed the entire concept of men’s grooming.