I still haven’t seen Chris Rock’s “Good Hair,” but I’ve certainly blogged about it. Even the very words “good hair” inject divisiveness to the African-American community that dates back to slavery. To me, using those words came with high expectations. Maybe Chris Rock would finally set the records straight for black people, especially black women, as well as all of the world’s ethnicities out there that are forever curious about nappy hair. Besides, Chris Rock had his “boy” helping him out, none other than Nelson George.
While I laughed along during Chris Rock’s appearance on Oprah, I haven’t heard anyone with natural hair speak highly of the movie. I was reminded just now while reading the blog Shineharder (great tattoo blog for people of color or people who love tattoos) who posted basically the same sentiment. Check out the post “Good Hair” for more.
In the meantime, “Good Hair” will remain on my Netflix list, but I won’t be racing to bump it to the top of my list anytime soon. After all, I live my natural hair story every single day. Maybe I need to make my own “good hair” documentary from a black woman’s perspective infused with our history in the States. You never know…
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I only saw half of it at the Nappturally Me! meetup last month, but was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. I think people, especially us naturals, had unusually high expectations that through this movie the topic of Black hair and what it means to/in our communities would be defined once and for all. But what the movie actually is is Chris Rock’s personal quest to understand, for himself, what the hype was. And from that perspective it was pretty dern good. All I can say is, go into viewing it free of expectations, or at least from a position of flexibility, and you might enjoy it.
afrrodite! i luv the idea of u making the good hair movie from a BW’s perspective. so often the voices of BW are never heard. ..almost as though we don’t exist or really positively impact society….hmmm???
actually, this evening a lady mentioned a documentary “400 years before the comb” or a title similar to that (i haven’t looked it up yet). it’s supposed to be a really good documentary about black hair along with how impressions and such were shaped by American history. that sounds like a good flick. i’ll still watch “Good Hair” soon.
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY DOCUMENTARY BLACK HAIR
It is about the Korean Take-over of the Black Beauty Supply Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96aaTSdrAE
posted the entire film on youtube
here is link to part one
Plz post and share on Facebook
@realitysurfer- I checked out your YouTube link. Thanks for sharing. I have a blog post up now featuring this documentary. I hadn’t realized how many people have covered this subject. Anon is much more directly focused on the black hair industry and its realities from I can see so far.
All- I recently watched “Good Hair” and liked it. Chris Rock handled the subject of black hair well. He threw in truth and used his charisma/sense of humor to put those ugly realities out there in a manner palatable to a broad audience. There are just some of us who are ready to dive deeper.