4.4 • 102.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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0:25.6 | I'm Wesley Morris. |
0:31.6 | I am a critic at The New York Times and I wrote an essay about my mustache. |
0:40.8 | I know what you're thinking. |
0:42.4 | The mother of all elections is like 10 minutes away and here I am about to tell you a story |
0:49.3 | about some stuff on my face. |
0:52.3 | But just bear with me and I'll tell you why. |
0:57.5 | I grew this thing the way a lot of people did a lot of things for the first time or you |
1:02.7 | know, at a boredom or curiosity during this pandemic to stave off the misery outside |
1:08.5 | our windows and front doors. |
1:11.1 | I decided with my friend Brian to grow a mustache. |
1:16.6 | So we get on the phone one day, we do a Zoom call and he reveals his and it's not good |
1:24.8 | by his own admission. |
1:26.1 | It is a handle bar mustache, not his thing. |
1:29.7 | And mine is a little more traditional. |
1:32.5 | It is a short, sharp thing that we both agreed looked pretty good. |
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