Another cool character wearing teashades in Oblivion! After Wong Fei Hong (黃飞鸿), Zhang Ma Zhi (张麻子 from Let The Bullets Fly), Les Claypool, Morpheus, Seraph, Léon, Django, and now Morgan Freeman as the leader of the remaining humans. Hmm... Morgan Freeman trying to free humans? Coincidence? Anyway, it is technically not a teashades he wears but a welding protective glasses. It is still round shades though.
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| Les Claypool |
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| Zhang Ma Zhi (张麻子) |
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| Morpheus |
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| Seraph |
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| Léon |
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| Django |
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| Malcolm Beech |
It seems to me that many of the wise, cool characters always wear round shades. May be it just reflects my preference. I always favor these wise guys in movies or stories. Those who wear teashades are not always the main characters. Sometimes, they are also the mentors of the protagonists, helping the main characters to grow.
On the other hand, aviator shades usually wore by the main character himself. So basically, to sum up my impression on different types of shades : aviator shades are meant for the heroes, the big shots; and teashades are for the mentors, the wise guys.
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| Aviator shades |
I did some research on the design of teashades and found out that, teashades are somehow made famous by John Lennon. That is why teashades are also called John Lennon shades. That is a bit surprising because now teashades are related to hippies in my mind now. I love teashades but I don't know if I like hippies and I have no idea what hippies are.
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| John Lennon |
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| Me with my teashades on, smoking a pipe :p |
where did you get your teashades? they look awesome
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