James Cameron’s collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet created a true critical and box office miracle – Titanic. The film sparked an amazing fascination that is still relevant today. It is noteworthy that it was not limited to the home run, but the whole world fell in love with this cinematic masterpiece.
Cameron’s $2.2 billion film certainly attracted a wide range of audiences. In fact, the 1997 film made DiCaprio and Winslet international stars. In particular, DiCaprio’s character Jack Dawson dominated global pop culture at the time, prompting Afghanistan to ban his hairstyle.
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Titanic craze in Afghanistan
During the film’s release, like many fans around the world, Afghan fans also joined the movement Leonardo DiCaprio enthusiasm. However, this did not last long in the country: the hairstyle and the film were banned. Regarding tea US State DepartmentThe Taliban controlled more than two-thirds of the country, including Kabul, the capital and largest city.
Wave Titanic It was a craze that traveled across the country, and not some theatrical releases, of course. Thousands of Illegal VHS Copies Titanic ended up on the black market in Afghanistan, and soon this hobby influenced the country’s youth. As many media reported then, the film poster could be seen on the walls of houses, and people began to call large vegetables “Titanic vegetables.”
Soon, young people were lining up at local hair salons to copy DiCaprio’s iconic mushroom hairstyle from the film.
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Afghanistan bans Leonardo DiCaprio film Titanic Hairstyle
How Titanic craze began to grow, Taliban militias noticed and could resonate that they were not complying with Sharia law, which bans music and television and imposes strict dress and appearance codes for both men and women.
According to BBC News, hairdressers were warned against doing “foreign haircuts,” a direct reference to DiCaprio’s mushroom cut at the time. Taliban religious police have arrested 28 hairdressers in Kabul. “The only reason is that they say barbers cut boys’ hair Titanic style,” – the hairdresser told the publication.
Specifically, “So-called English haircuts, Beatles haircuts (a reference to the British pop group’s long hair) and DiCaprio-inspired haircuts are prohibited.” BBC correspondent Kate Clarke reported in Kabul (at the time).
Titanic the craze was so huge that wedding cakes also had a special shape reminiscent of the film, but the hairstyle spread like wildfire, prompting the Taliban to ban it.
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