Razor razors were the most common form of shaving before the 20th century and remained common in many countries until the 1950s. Barbers were specially trained to give customers a thorough and quick shave, and a collection of straight razors ready for use was a common sight in most barbershops. Barbers still have them, but they use them less often. Straight razors eventually fell out of fashion. Their first challenger was manufactured by King C. Gillette: a double-edged safety razor with replaceable blades. Gillette's idea was the use of the "loss leader" concept, in which the razors were sold at a
Death of a Salesman (1951 film) was a more typical American salesman, and was an attempt to defuse possible accusations that "Death of a Salesman" was an anti-American film. Eventually, Columbia agreed to remove the 10-minute short from the film's theatrical run. Miller saw "Career of a Salesman" as an attack upon his work, proclaiming "Why the hell did you make the picture if you're so ashamed of it? Why should anybody not get up and walk out of the theatre if "Death of a Salesman" is so outmoded and pointless?" He argued against the portrayal of the salesman profession as "a wonderful profession, that people