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According to several characters in the new dramatic feature from Fox Searchlight, “A Day in October,” the central conflict of the film seemed insurmountable until it was suddenly resolved by everyone just getting a really nice haircut.
“For a lot of us, it was pretty unclear how we were supposed to piece together the fragments of our fractured lives after the mass shooting at our local mall claimed the lives of many loved ones and community members,” said Pascal Darvies, local police chief and protagonist of the film. “Luckily, we all got these really nice hairdos so that stuff’s no longer an issue. Who knew I could pull off a coif!”
In the film’s climactic scene, Darvies was about to deliver a speech to the shaken community after the devastating attack that left many characters searching for answers throughout most of the film.
“I sort of expected Police Chief Darvies to launch into some speech that would ring true but inevitably fall short of providing any solution to the existential angst at the core of our central conflict," commented local resident and minor character, Pam Wilkinson. "But instead he suggested we all get really nice haircuts at Peggy’s Salon, which actually ended up doing the trick. Once we all saw how nice our hair looked, all that existential drama just sort of went away.”
She added, “Just get a load of these bangs! I mean, hell-o!”
At press time, characters in the film were all getting really cool extensions placed in their really nice hairdos as the credits rolled.
