Menjou mustache
Adolphe Menjou in the trailer for the film Stage Door
The Menjou mustache is a narrow shape of the mustache that was popularized by the American actor Adolphe Menjou . The beard is tied to the men's fashion of the 1920s and is usually only worn as an ironic quote today , e.g. B. by the director John Waters .
Since the actor Adolphe Menjou was also involved, Hollywood in the McCarthy era of communist clean influences the Menjou mustache was approved by the SED - propaganda as a stereotype used to generally the shady criminal to Westerners mark. It can be found on several images from the Cold War and always depicts the Westerner with bad intentions.
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