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Beats at the barber shop

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

27 January 2018

9:00 AM

If there is one prop that sticks out in the Barber Shop Chronicles it is the mirror. At the end of each character’s regular cut the barber lifts a hand-held mirror, reflecting their client’s back and sides. It is, of course, a small ritual, signalling closure of the service, a necessary practicality, and in this case a metaphor.

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