A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to gather the money to open his own salon are continually side-tracked by the distractions presented by his many lovers.
A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to gather the money to open his own salon are continually side-tracked by the distractions presented by his many lovers.
The film offers a nuanced social satire on personal relationships, infidelity, and superficiality within a privileged class, observing the consequences of hedonism without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or solution.
The movie features a cast that is traditional for its 1970s setting and subject matter, without explicit diversity-driven casting choices. The film does, however, offer a subtle social critique of traditional male identity and the superficiality of its affluent characters through its narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Shampoo is an original screenplay from 1975, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters were created for this film, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped.
Shampoo (1975) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials or historical figures whose established race could be altered, therefore no race swaps occurred.
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