Spock's Blue Eye Shadow
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I noticed it too. I always saw it as a greyish lavender color, though, and a part of his alien look.
It’s not just Spock, in some episodes Sulu and McCoy wear some too.
I did not notice this? Sincerely thought it was Spocks alien look. Was it just a makeup trend in the future?
Or Sixties television.
Well, it sort of was, I think I said similarly because they looked so outrageously sixties with the ladies' clothes and hair. My head canon is that they came across old clips of media and decided they liked the look. The OG pilot all the women were wearing slacks and simple straight hair which has been around for centuries so that would have been more logical.
I think the clothes and hair of the pilots were reflective of the times they were made as well. Fashion shifted between "The Cage" (1964) and the first episode filmed "Corbomite Maneuver" (1966)
They don't do it to McCoy and Sulu as often but I swear there is one episode where they put lipstick on Spock too.
Star Trek: Why Eye Shadow Was So Prevalent In the Original Series
The use of eyeshadow on Star Trek was a classic stage device, used in conjunction with what TV could do at the time.
www.cbr.com
tl;dr It was an awkward transition period from black and white to colour television.
Interesting:They don't do it to McCoy and Sulu as often but I swear there is one episode where they put lipstick on Spock too.
Star Trek: Why Eye Shadow Was So Prevalent In the Original Series
The use of eyeshadow on Star Trek was a classic stage device, used in conjunction with what TV could do at the time.
tl;dr It was an awkward transition period from black and white to colour television.
About Spock's lips - Though, men also wore makeup in TV and Movies, it just wasn't an obvious make-up look. Maybe the makeup artist was bad, or he/she went a bit overboard.
Very interesting article about the evolution of screen makeup.
Looking at the photos, it occurs to me to wonder if maybe part of the reason for eye shadow under Vulcan eyebrows was to conceal any residual stubble from the actors' half-shaved eyebrows. After all, the article says that TV made even a clean-shaven man's chin stubble visible, so it might've done the same for shaved eyebrows.
Looking at the photos, it occurs to me to wonder if maybe part of the reason for eye shadow under Vulcan eyebrows was to conceal any residual stubble from the actors' half-shaved eyebrows. After all, the article says that TV made even a clean-shaven man's chin stubble visible, so it might've done the same for shaved eyebrows.
I always see it as a greyish lavender, too.
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