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Johnny Depp and his many haircuts

I'm secretly delighted that Johnny Depp is returning in The Pirates of

the Caribbean (or the Carribean as The Grauniad, true to form, is

spelling it) as the most charming film character of our current

lacklustre century.

However, I'm not sure he passes my haircut test. Jack Sparrow seems to

have bought some poor quality extensions in Brixton market while Mr

Wonka has borrowed his sister's wig.

I never saw Edward Scissorhands (grandson too small for such terrors)

but I understand his hair was rather unmanageable in that.

But what a fascinating face he has. How can this angelic-looking man

have been the rake-hell one understands from the newspapers? A friend

of Keith Richard? It all seems so implausible to look at him. Perhaps