In my ongoing efforts to try to resusify and revivitate dvdestroyer in a larger attempt at dominating the internet and as a result all media I give you another post. This time I will be discussing Good Hair. In this documentary director Jeff Stilson and Chris Rock examine society’s views regarding the hair African Americans.
The documentary moves along quickly enough and provides a great deal of information I did not know specifically in regards to the time, expense and widespread use of weaves. The other areas the documentary illuminated were the size of the black hair market (gigantic), the international trade in Indian hair and the practice of using hair relaxers.
The best scene in the film is when Chris Rock tells this poindextery looking scientist guy that black women put sodium hydroxide in their hair. This after the scientist demonstrates how incredibly dangerous the chemical is. The scientist just stares at rock dumfounded.
This scene relates to the central theme of the movie which is that “good hair” is largely thought to be straight hair which is a subjective value judgement largely influenced by racial attitudes in media. The idea is not a new one, but in conjunction with all of the facts regarding how much black women spend on making their hair straight it is presented in an interesting and thoughtful way.
You should rent this movie if
- You like a good documentary.
- You like Chris Rock
- You are even considering getting your hair relaxed.
You should buy this movie if:
- You need to complete your collection of movies in which Paul Moooney has a scene.
- You are not smart enough to watch a documentary and understand it the first time.
- Actually that one scene with the scientist is pretty funny.
If you are interested in buying this DVD here is a link to Amazon where you can get it at a reasonable price:
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