We haven't had a Yay or Nay poll for a while here on Coronation Street Blog and it's about time we had one today.
Peter Barlow's beard - what do you reckon? Shave it off or keep it on?
I say a big fat Nay to the beard. And as there's a new barber shop on Victoria Street in the shape of Trim up North, Peter wouldn't have far to go.
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Definitely, definitely a NAY for me. It makes him look so old! I am actually hating this fashion for beards, it makes it very difficult sometimes to tell the characters apart from each other.
ReplyDeleteSomebody bring back a fashion for clean shaven men please!
Definitely a YAY from me. Looks so distinguished.
ReplyDeleteI'm biased though, my hubby has a bear that looks just smashing on him. lol
TRIM IT!!! Peter suits facial hair, but not this long. Give him a pair of glasses and he'll look like Jim Royle! He looked his best back in 2013, 2014.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to shave it off! It makes him look so much older than his years. To me, Chris is the best looking actor on the cobbles and he's ruining his looks with it.
ReplyDeleteYes, just a little trim, get rid of all the white straggly bits on the chin!
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer if it was shorter and not going grey but mostly I like it. Is it weird that his head hair doesn't seem to have any grey but his beard does? I suppose if you were going to dye your hair you'd do the beard too, so I guess it is all natural.
ReplyDeleteJeanie (anon): Nay. The gray is very distracting particularly given the darkness of his hair. Also it is a little wild looking, as some have already commented. All that scraggly gray facial hair-yick!
ReplyDeleteI actually like him with a beard, but perhaps not as long as it is now. I prefer it a little shorter and trimmed, but I do prefer him with a beard over cleanly shaven.
ReplyDeleteI'm just trying to recall if the beard grew in slowly on the show, or if Peter hid for a while, returning with it fully grown. Remember the short shorn sides on his head he had when he showed Carla the haunted pool hall? I've heard that this international growth of numbers of men with beards is a way for them to enhance their looks, since they don't have all the choices that women have with cosmetics, hair colour/styles, clothing, etc. I can understand that, but sometimes it gets annoying. Of course, I'm of an age where comfort is top of the list.
ReplyDeleteI predict Peter is going to experiment with his hair & beard styles for a while, not just him but most of Corrie's men. Guess why? I see him having fun with it and enjoy the honest grey streak, which could do with some expert trimming.