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17 January 2012
Dorm movie: Good Hair
The movie Good Hair is a movie about black women's hair and what most of them do to try and achieve good hair. They go to some extremes to try and achieve the hair of their dreams. They spend thousands of dollars monthly to achieve the status of having "good hair." A review written on Oregonlive.com makes the movie sound like a joke. It says that Chris Rock makes the black women the butt of the joke of bad hair. They criticize Rock for almost being racist to black women, even though he is black himself. The review also criticizes Rock for not mentioning his wife in the film, who many wonder if she has a weave because of her long hair. Then the article criticizes Rock for "missing the opportunity to show how societal views of natural black hair might explain why black women spend so much time and money to tame it into something closer to the mainstream ideal. He skirts past the key issue behind the very title of his film -- that hair is the most politicized thing on a black woman's body" although that is not the purpose of the film, the purpose is to show what black women have to do to their hair to achieve their "dream hair."
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Brandon, I found your blog post very interesting. When we watched this movie together, we believed that it was very informative and entertaining. However, the review of Good Hair that you found, does not at all line up with our view. I find it disturbing that they are considering Chris Rock a "racist" for exploring the topic of weaves, straightening hair, and the like. However, they failed to mention that Chris Rock presented positive views of both women with weaves and women who do not have weaves. Although I find this person's movie review inaccurate, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I will not mock that opinion. Good job on finding this review and giving your own assessment of it, Brandon!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the perspective that this review adds. Why do black women feel pressure to have more "natural" hair? For that matter, why do women of many other races feel pressure to achieve beauty as defined by white culture, including soft hair, fair skin, etc.? And what is the responsibility of a white male with an issue like this?
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