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Cartoon tags: goatees, fashion, style, trends, facial hair, men, satan, beatniks, grunge, frat boys, Larry the Cable Guy, Joe the Plumber, Pepper Spray Cop
POP CULTURE PERISCOPE PRESENTS: The Rise and Fall of the Goatee
In the beginning... there was a goat.
Soon adopting the look... Satan!
Worn by European bards and artists, the goatee acquires bohemian cachet. "Forsooth!"
1950s: Beatniks and hepcats "Dig!"
1990s: Goatee reaches cultural apex during grunge years.
ERA OF DECLINE: In late 1990s, frat boys adopt grunge-lite trappings. "Keg's dry already, brau?"
Loss of semiotic potency continues with wide mainstream adoption. Pseudo cable guys...
... Joe the Plumber... Subtle but there
2011: Goatee hits new low with Pepper Spray Cop.