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VScott

(774 posts)
26. "Good Hair"
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 03:42 PM
Dec 2014

I watched this awhile back; not that I had any interest in the subject, I just like Chris Rocks comedy.

Two things stuck out for me...

One, the lengths, trouble and torture these woman will put themselves through.

Two, just how expensive some of this shit can get.

I'm talking $2,000 or more


Good Hair is a 2009 American comedy documentary film produced by Chris Rock Productions and HBO Films, starring and narrated by comedian Chris Rock.[2][3] Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2009, Good Hair was released to select theaters in the United States by Roadside Attractions on October 9, 2009, opening across the country on October 23.

The film focuses on the issue of how African-American women have perceived their hair and historically styled it. The film explores the current styling industry for black women, images of what is considered acceptable and desirable for African-American women's hair in the United States, and their relation to African American culture.[3]

Themes

Rock explores why black women adopt so many different styles for their hair. Techniques designed to straighten hair appear to be intended to give it characteristics of European (or "white&quot hair. Other styles create elaborate designs related to African traditions and recent innovations in fashion. Rock is quoted as saying, “I knew women wanted to be beautiful, but I didn’t know the lengths they would go to, the time they would spend – and not complain about it. In fact, they appear to look forward to it.


Nia Long says, "There’s always this sort of pressure within the black community like, if you have good hair, you’re prettier or better than the brown-skinned girl that wears the Afro or the dreads or the natural hairstyle."

In Jeannette Catsoulis' review of the film, she notes that Rock questions why African-American women adopt a concept of "beauty" that is not based on the natural characteristics of their hair. Some endure sometimes-painful hair treatments in order to achieve this definition of beauty. If the treatments, such as hair relaxers, are done improperly, they can cause hair loss or burns on the scalp. (Similarly and paradoxically, many ethnic European or Asian women with straight hair get permanents to curl their hair, and are at risk for similar burns and hair damage. Fashion has always involved manipulation of image, whether body, face or hair.)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hair_%28film%29
I have a good recipe for no-bake cookies if anyone is interested. shraby Dec 2014 #1
I could go for some peanut butter cookies... mmmm. nt justiceischeap Dec 2014 #2
That reminds me, I have to make some spritz cookies for when the kids come by next week-end. hedgehog Dec 2014 #4
And that reminds ME-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #5
lol Score! Cha Dec 2014 #243
I never heard of nobake cookies, aikoaiko Dec 2014 #15
They are an abomination. Shun them. Orrex Dec 2014 #19
i believe you. pansypoo53219 Dec 2014 #53
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #80
I've heard they are good for stuffing up wormholes Major Nikon Dec 2014 #209
You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. Orrex Dec 2014 #229
This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Dec 2014 #223
They're fabulous. Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #100
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #32
No bake? Who wouldn't be interested? Count me in. merrily Dec 2014 #251
This thread, it's contents and DU today... SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #3
No, it's not flame bait. B2G Dec 2014 #6
Something has definitely been pointed out as silly. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #8
Well, had I know that you read some other thread and that this was SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #131
IOW, it is flame bait. merrily Dec 2014 #252
Most likely not flame bare but weird upaloopa Dec 2014 #9
Actually, it comes from here B2G Dec 2014 #12
If you had read the article, you would have known better than to post your OP. cyberswede Dec 2014 #13
Why? Ace Rothstein Dec 2014 #21
Because then the OP might understand the difference between appropriation & assimilation. cyberswede Dec 2014 #27
I agree. phil89 Dec 2014 #213
"Are you high?" bravenak Dec 2014 #41
It was pretty insensitive wasn't it? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #72
They know they want us to shut the fuck up. bravenak Dec 2014 #73
Is that a white chick? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #79
Think so. I'm pretty good at figuring it out. I'm thinking White Female over 40. bravenak Dec 2014 #92
Nope, your comment was NOT prejudiced AT ALL! Quantess Dec 2014 #242
Dont you dare EVER shut up.... randys1 Dec 2014 #87
Hell naw! bravenak Dec 2014 #93
It's DU's #1 racist...what does anybody expect? alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #99
I'll take the hits today. bravenak Dec 2014 #103
me too If I take a hide so be it rbrnmw Dec 2014 #110
Never!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #115
fuck racists and their foolishness rbrnmw Dec 2014 #121
She is done with this thread I think. bravenak Dec 2014 #125
mine too I'm so mad I'm shaking though rbrnmw Dec 2014 #128
I feel you. bravenak Dec 2014 #134
I smoked about 10 cigarettes and took a xanax rbrnmw Dec 2014 #138
Perfect. See what this society drives us to? I swear it's ptsd.nt bravenak Dec 2014 #143
It's time to give them some nightmares rbrnmw Dec 2014 #144
Shit like this didn't used to fly alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #111
+10000 gollygee Dec 2014 #113
I wish admin would step in. bravenak Dec 2014 #118
"Admins should step in at some point." One did when he accused bravenak of calling someone racist Number23 Dec 2014 #172
+!0000000000! Cha Dec 2014 #248
#1, really? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #170
You may be right, TBH cyberswede Dec 2014 #182
He can't comment pintobean Dec 2014 #185
You can still rec crap in time out? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #189
Yeah, and use DU mail and vote in polls. /nt pintobean Dec 2014 #190
Apparently so.. did not know that, either. Cha Dec 2014 #249
Does that mean he passed the "review?" cyberswede Dec 2014 #192
Yeah. The flag was because he had pintobean Dec 2014 #195
So the Admins are letting him stay. Lovely. nt cyberswede Dec 2014 #196
Pretty sure that's what this is about TBH pintobean Dec 2014 #200
Yeah. I read that the other day cyberswede Dec 2014 #202
If you mean the first rec, that was a 1-post troll who was PPRd and reply hidden pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #188
Results. R B Garr Dec 2014 #198
Once again, I agree with juror #7. nt cyberswede Dec 2014 #203
I'm tired of racism on DU, too alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #204
Unfucking real, isn't it? BainsBane Dec 2014 #145
I love you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #152
Can you be troubled to explain why phil89 Dec 2014 #212
It's uncool to ask someone who is locked out of the thread to respond. nt cyberswede Dec 2014 #217
+1 merrily Dec 2014 #253
Are you? Seems like a good chance upaloopa Dec 2014 #137
Most definitely. n/t demmiblue Dec 2014 #36
No, it's conforming to beauty standards set by the dominant (white) culture Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #7
Thank you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #23
+2 nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #215
I made stuffing out of white bread Aerows Dec 2014 #10
I just buy the packaged kind with sage/onion flavoring, add some stove-top shraby Dec 2014 #11
I use corn bread myself Retrograde Dec 2014 #14
leftover stuffing is the reason for the season uppityperson Dec 2014 #17
I did Aerows Dec 2014 #28
Man, I made homemade gravy again this year.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #69
I've done that mythology Dec 2014 #90
Yeah I wanted to start over but had no pan drippings left... SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #129
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #42
You didn't answer the actual question either. arcane1 Dec 2014 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #51
hi, is the library open? uppityperson Dec 2014 #140
Olive oil? abelenkpe Dec 2014 #142
My gosh, olive oil. Only butter qualifies. Discuss. Hekate Dec 2014 #146
corn bread is the only way for me Aerows d_r Dec 2014 #224
Women should arrange their hair as they please. MineralMan Dec 2014 #16
Actually, that was the entire point to my question. nt B2G Dec 2014 #84
Actually, I doubt that very much, if you want the truth. MineralMan Dec 2014 #86
Someone apparently has too much time on his or her hands Android3.14 Dec 2014 #18
Has just made popcorn... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #20
Shove over! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #29
Tis better... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #30
Damn straight! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #37
The Fung Brothers should be on the big teevee machine. hifiguy Dec 2014 #33
love those guys yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #38
I brought extra butter Hekate Dec 2014 #150
The butter or this yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #255
Chris Rock made a documentary about this called Good Hair. nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2014 #22
I'm American. We have no culture. Just a bunch of silly commercials running around in our heads. . . . Journeyman Dec 2014 #24
Assimilation JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #25
"Good Hair" VScott Dec 2014 #26
Conformity to white ideals of beauty JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #31
Le *sigh* Texasgal Dec 2014 #34
What a shite thread. Unrec.. demmiblue Dec 2014 #35
Me too. Unrec Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #210
No because there is no such thing gollygee Dec 2014 #39
This is expected . bravenak Dec 2014 #40
People with too much time on their hands and no useful tasks to do Warpy Dec 2014 #60
I expect this from that poster. bravenak Dec 2014 #62
I agree with you rbrnmw Dec 2014 #106
Ask yourself, what's worse? The OP or others jumping into this thread to talk about stuffing Number23 Dec 2014 #177
I read those replies (incl. mine) as mockery of the OP... Hekate Dec 2014 #233
Hekate, to be honest, I didn't even see your name in the stuffing comments when I made that comment Number23 Dec 2014 #257
Kiddo, this is awful Hekate Dec 2014 #258
There are a few other names as well that I know this type of idiocy is not their MO either Number23 Dec 2014 #259
Not worth it, Number23, not worth it Hekate Dec 2014 #262
+1 Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #240
I hate when I realize how nasty DU is to black people. bravenak Dec 2014 #43
Yep... and the jury voted to leave it. demmiblue Dec 2014 #52
I feel so bad. bravenak Dec 2014 #54
It's hard to tombstone the long time members who are racist Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #55
This one should be with him. bravenak Dec 2014 #56
Indeed Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #76
Do you think the ones that have still somehow managed to not see it give a shit? Number23 Dec 2014 #180
Unfortunately most don't give a shit Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #211
I'm sorry DU can get this way. cyberswede Dec 2014 #61
Yeah. bravenak Dec 2014 #63
This bullshit makes me physically ill right this moment. Take a break and kiss the kids. freshwest Dec 2014 #230
The intent was not meant to be nasty B2G Dec 2014 #75
Because it's a racist thread. bravenak Dec 2014 #78
Why? B2G Dec 2014 #81
How the hell are extensions white hair styles? bravenak Dec 2014 #88
Plus 1000000 JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #101
"It is assimilation." B2G Dec 2014 #117
Have a good afternoon. bravenak Dec 2014 #119
Go one more step JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #126
I will leave it B2G Dec 2014 #154
so are we from your thread you need to find a way to self reflect rbrnmw Dec 2014 #162
You will leave it because you're getting lots of attention. kwassa Dec 2014 #163
But Kwassa JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #167
yes, we only exist for her educational purposes. kwassa Dec 2014 #171
If you say so JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #165
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" Kalidurga Dec 2014 #245
"The lowest person in the American Totem pole"? Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2014 #236
Who knows JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #264
I think it is time for you to take a very long break now. kwassa Dec 2014 #158
This one goes for a racist thread three times a week alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #166
oh, I agree. kwassa Dec 2014 #173
"We actually get paid better if our hair looks more like yours. Its assimilation." Number23 Dec 2014 #191
African American women have always been judged by how they choose to look gollygee Dec 2014 #102
Surely is. Nearly vomited seeing the OP. The ugliness leaps off the page. Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #256
You should try to understand a concept, before trying to engage in "whataboutism" with it. Scootaloo Dec 2014 #216
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #44
My hair is probably longer than yours. bravenak Dec 2014 #45
Why do white women worry about black women's hair so much? bravenak Dec 2014 #46
We don't. Never in my life have I had a discussion about black women's hair w/ white friends. Hekate Dec 2014 #239
You ain't cute. bravenak Dec 2014 #47
Nasty. bravenak Dec 2014 #49
Five dollars says you would never have the courage to say this to a room full of black women. bravenak Dec 2014 #50
I'm sorry, bravenak. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #57
They see us as a source of amusement for their own selfish pleasure. bravenak Dec 2014 #59
I wish she would rbrnmw Dec 2014 #68
Me fucking too. bravenak Dec 2014 #71
Why? So you could see more evidence of a racial divide in America? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #83
So i could clown her ass in a public place. bravenak Dec 2014 #89
So you could retaliate JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #96
Don't I know it. bravenak Dec 2014 #98
I just find it amusing JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #105
oh it's a he? rbrnmw Dec 2014 #108
No it was joe rb JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #114
oh so it is a racist white woman OK rbrnmw Dec 2014 #120
They see as little more than animals. bravenak Dec 2014 #112
And locdlib got a hide below JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #122
But this op is fine? bravenak Dec 2014 #123
that pisses me off This OP should have got the hide rbrnmw Dec 2014 #124
See Post #44 pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #155
Who is "they"? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #153
Where was there an attack? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #151
Starting a thread commenting like this about how African American women wear their hair gollygee Dec 2014 #168
Or serve in the military JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #194
I've always found it sunnystarr Dec 2014 #222
truth there but she is making me sick rbrnmw Dec 2014 #107
Results... Major Nikon Dec 2014 #178
That is obviously not what she meant by "clowning" gollygee Dec 2014 #179
Evidently it worked on Juror #1 and probably the other 2 Major Nikon Dec 2014 #183
I agree with juror #7 cyberswede Dec 2014 #186
Holy freaking SHIT. Whoever did that alert needs to be tombstoned. That is UNREAL Number23 Dec 2014 #187
But they laugh at black people with this . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #197
Major Nikon, I am begging you to PLEASE alert on those jury results. Number23 Dec 2014 #199
Have you ever known anything adverse happening to anyone over an alert? Major Nikon Dec 2014 #208
Yes, in one case BainsBane Dec 2014 #244
It's not a racial divide in America JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #91
I knew/know dick about hair extensions joeglow3 Dec 2014 #157
This is bang on JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #77
If she decided to THINK about what she wrote... bravenak Dec 2014 #82
B2G Fried Chicken Journal JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #85
Dear God... Not fried chicken. bravenak Dec 2014 #95
Just saving it as an example JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #97
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #205
MIRT JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #207
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #104
You singed up just to troll me? bravenak Dec 2014 #109
Oh shit! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #130
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #132
That is one prolific poster!!!!nt bravenak Dec 2014 #133
If we ever have a DU get together I would like to personally invite name removed JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #135
For bravenak's stalkers... pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #136
Oh! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #149
And did you notice that this particular stalker... pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #175
AverageJoe90 JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #181
he recced this thread rbrnmw Dec 2014 #221
I second that!!!nt bravenak Dec 2014 #139
Scared to respond to Actual Black Women, eh? bravenak Dec 2014 #58
Pitiful. As in worthy of no respect. Euphoria Dec 2014 #64
Assimilation rbrnmw Dec 2014 #65
I've said before that one of the problems with the jury system ignores patterns of behavior LeftyMom Dec 2014 #66
Worry with good reason... tenderfoot Dec 2014 #70
I agree. A jury can't see a pattern of abuse, if individual posts are not over the line. kwassa Dec 2014 #159
People see what they want to see XemaSab Dec 2014 #228
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #67
Personally I don't think choosing a particular hairstyle ever constitutes "cultural appropriation". Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #74
Perhaps not. But those lily-white runway models with gelled baby hairs still look goddamn ridiculous nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #220
l really don't are what anyone wants to do with their hair texanwitch Dec 2014 #94
I'd expect this sort of shit at DI but not at DU. L0oniX Dec 2014 #116
I don't think so , wigs , hair extensions are very old helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #127
White women, microdermabrasion, breast implants. OregonBlue Dec 2014 #141
you forgot ass implants and botox lips rbrnmw Dec 2014 #147
Yeah there's those two too JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #160
You are right. Good thing we are "discussing" it. OregonBlue Dec 2014 #164
And tanning too! Tanning beds or Cancer Caverns as my mom calls them! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #193
tanning too rbrnmw Dec 2014 #219
African Americans are the single most loyal voting demographic for Democrats BainsBane Dec 2014 #148
Agree. Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #156
Racist shit like this should be a pizza Ohio Joe Dec 2014 #161
What does B2G stand for anyway? Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #169
Business-to-Government, as I discovered from the Google. kwassa Dec 2014 #234
Ah, interesting. Thanks for taking the time to look it up and post it. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #238
But I thought that according to some mouth breathing clowns here, NO ONE has ANY culture Number23 Dec 2014 #174
Oh that's a good point. On the Igloo thread JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #176
Not yet. n/t Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #184
What kind of a silly question is that? Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2014 #201
It upsets me and disgusts me n/t malaise Dec 2014 #206
I'm often surprised at how much better natural hair looks LittleBlue Dec 2014 #225
I like waffles. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #214
Clueless, insensitive, and dumb as shit. You hit the trifecta. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #218
6 and a half hours later and 225 replies marle35 Dec 2014 #226
I'm increasingly convinced... Zenlitened Dec 2014 #227
jesus fucking christ Kali Dec 2014 #231
This is such flamebait sakabatou Dec 2014 #232
What a frickin mess BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #235
WTF????? boston bean Dec 2014 #237
Oh this should be good! Fashion Fuckin' Police Alert!!! Quantess Dec 2014 #241
Man, it's hard goddamn work to get 5550 views and 245 responses and only 3 Recs alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #246
This thread is as full of land mines as my backyard after a visiting Mastiff goes home. Hekate Dec 2014 #254
if you can't see the difference b/w adopting elements of the dominant culture fishwax Dec 2014 #247
My guess is that they want to look more attractive and be fashionable AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #250
I'm no expert on hair, and have no idea what "white cultural appropriation" is, dissentient Dec 2014 #260
What the hell does your OP even mean? Control-Z Dec 2014 #261
you should self-delete this thread.... steve2470 Dec 2014 #263
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