Netflix Yue’s wig was likely made like this.
Which is an especially useful way to make synthetic wigs for character appearances, Disney park appearances and also way fancier and more gorgeous ones are made this way for drag shows.
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Separately, as I'm sure you want my opinion on this:
Yue's wig in Netfilx's adaption is a hard top, synthetic blend, like a more expensive version of the kind of hat-like wigs made for Disney Theme Park Princesses.
M. Night Shyamalan's Yue is in a full human hair HD lacefront.
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M. Night Shyamalan's Yue Had hers installed something like this.
If it’s not a full lace unit then bare minimum it’s a 13x6 unit that’s been bleached AND toned, with baby hairs cut and hairline plucked. You know that’s right 🫰🔥
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It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen shymalan’s Yue wig in motion, but if it’s not 100% human hair:
It’s a majority human/fiber blend or a human/horse hair blend, with more human hair at the hairline and more blend toward the back for length/density.
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I might be off base for suggesting this (tell me if I am)
But, I wonder if Netflix commissioned Yue's wig from someone who makes extremely high quality cosplay wigs for the professional cosplay community? I'm struggling to imagine someone from the Hair Stylists Guild making this
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Not because its "so poorly made" or anything. Its extremely well made, its just kind of a different product??
Its like a silicone sponge and a traditional sponge. Both sponges, both for dishes, both same size and shape, but one is very much for a different dish cleaning purpose.
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Interestingly though, the beautiful Casey Camp-Horinek who played Gran Gran IS wearing a lacefront.
But it is under customized and the lace isn't HD. The knots were large, unbleached and visible on camera, and the hairline wasn't plucked or thinned along the sides.
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I would be unsurprised if she bought/brought her own specifically for filming this series.
Gran gran’s wig is so drastically different from any of the other wigs on set, and even installed kind of different from the HD lace beards/iroh’s wig.
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For her’s, it looks like someone took care to purchase a very very nice commercial human hair salt and pepper lace front wig from a regular retailer.
Then removed lace all the way up to the hairline, carefully installed it, straight from the box, then styled it.
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Anyway, last tweet, from someone working in film/tv talking about how this sort of thing happens. Pay people!
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My opinion on the rest of the show is similar. I am so worried for artists and artisans that work on stuff for streaming platforms. Things seem so dire.
At the end of the day, I am very proud of them because its so visible how hard they worked on this.
My main opinion on the new Avatar is that the entire thing seemed rushed in a way that gives me labor concerns.
The script obviously needed more passes, the actors visibly needed more time with their lines, the costumes were beautiful but looked rushed production wise---
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I need people to stop saying weird shit about Amber Midthunder over this thread.
This is about WIGS and labor concerns.
Amber is an exceptional actress, of breathtaking talent. She didn’t do her best to out-act this accessory and script to be spoken of in this way.
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