Redhead-Not Redhead
We've taken down the Redhead-Not Redhead poll, as Roy Dupuis himself has answered the question for us with a degree of certainty. We're still gratified that the results of the poll were always pretty much even, with equal numbers of voters agreeing and disagreeing with us about whether Michael's hair is red.
In a live online chat held on the Ultimate TV website, Roy Dupuis was asked whether his hair is red. He answered that he thinks it does have some red strands, as well as brown strands, gold strands, and white strands.
We still think it's very important to distinguish the character of Michael from the actor, Roy. We have seen pictures of Roy in which his hair looks dark brown, but we still think that as Michael, he's a redhead. We've already received several great comments on this subject, including the following essay. This was actually in response to our wondering out loud why Michael rarely wears disguises, while Nikita often does, but it contains some great information on Redheadedness.
Essay from the Redhead
by Lady Crimson
What heresy you speak!!!!! Why would you ever want Michael to go out in
disguise? Do you somehow tire of his face, his eyes, his inner redheadedness?
I'll tell you why Nikita wears disguises so often when she goes out...she's
blonde! Redhead envy, pure and simple. Notice she's never donned a red wig?
That is because she's not worthy.
Although Nikita is a sympathetic and powerful character, she wears her
feelings on her sleeve; she doesn't have Michael's depth...are you familiar
with the term "still waters run deep", those are the ones that will swallow
you up because you are charmed in by their "harmlessness", next thing you
know, you're drowning...drowning in those deep green eyes, that virtually
hairless chest, as barely audible flinty French whispers flood your mind and
reach deep into you, coaxing your submission as you sense his hands along the
small of your back, you're unsure if your feet are still touching the ground,
until you know he's on top of you even though you don't know -or care- where
you stop and the bed begins, and your voice inside lulls you to close you
eyes, and allow your senses to bask in the pleasure, but your eyes want to
open to reassure you that you aren't dreaming, because your mind knows that
there is no way this could be happening, even though your soul knows it
should.....
'Scuse me..... just had an out-of-body rendezvous with Michael there; no
hickies though.
Where was I? Oh, yeah, well, suffice to say that Nikita disguises herself
physically because she is so often exposed emotionally (remember that line
from the Meg Ryan-Kevin Kline film "French Kiss": "happy - smile, sad -
frown, use the corresponding face for the corresponding emotion"), that's
Nikita.
On the other hand, Michael is so busy disguising his emotions that he
doesn't need physical disguises. It's true! Have you noticed that Michael
smiled more times in the "Obsessed" episode than the rest of the season put
together? The only other time I remember him smiling was in the beginning of
"Charity" when he frets that the target won't call Nikita because she blew
him off, and when he does call, Michael lets slip a grin that admits that
perhaps Nikita knows the male psyche a bit better than he. No other time do I
recall seeing him smile; I've seen his face betray relief, sadness, concern
and care....but he's letting loose like an uncaged animal when he smiles! (Ok
he smiled some in "Recruit", but they really looked like those forced ones
you have to put on when your aunt comes over for christmas and give you one
of those lame sweaters that'll get you beat up at school for sure) Which I
guess is just as well that he doesn't smile because he looks uneasy with a
toothy smile as opposed to a grin.
Look how well Michael's emotion disguising works...he played Nikita's
emotions like a pinball machine when she was contemplating an escape from the
section, she didn't even see it coming -when she knew she was being watched-
because she thought she was finally going to get some off Michael that her
smarts were blinded from warning her that, since Michael was so insistent
about staying in the apartment, something was amiss. It's that redhead in
us....we're fiery and mysterious, and while people are trying to figure out
what makes us tick, we've already figured them out and are working on what to
have for dinner later on. (That's probably what Madeline does.)
That is what makes Nikita and Michael such a great pair, they are each
other's complement...if Nikita doesn't punch the snot out of him out of
frustration.
Our deepest thanks to Lady Crimson for her input. Please e-mail us your thoughts at one of our addresses below, and let us know if we can post your comments here.
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