Rock'n'roll hair salon chaos where scissors are weapons and drama is the real cut.
Chop Shop is a Canadian docusoap television series created, directed and produced by Ziad Touma that premiered on February 4, 2009, on the Slice Network. The show follows the stylists at a rock and roll hair salon in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series was produced by Paperny Films.
Production
Paperny Films captured pre-social media reality authenticity.
Costume
2009 Vancouver rock aesthetic that aged like expired hairspray.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chop Shop aired during reality TV's awkward adolescence—before Bravo perfected the formula, when shows still felt accidentally authentic.
Ziad Touma also directed the queer classic 'The Saddest Music in the World,' proving his fascination with performative spectacle spans genres.
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