Movie Mel
Good Hair
Oct 30 2009

Rock unveils the truth behind a perm -- a permanent relaxer that is, not to be confused with a “curly” perm -- which millions of Black women use to make their hair straight. It's pretty scary. These chemicals can eat through a can of soda if left in for too long! Why would any rational woman do this to herself or to her children (as young as 4-years-old)? Because the end product is beautiful. And who wants "nappy" unmanageable hair?

In one scene Rock interviews four high school seniors. Three of the girls have their hair permed straight and one girl is rocking her natural 'do. The girls with straight hair can't understand why this one rebel won't do away with her curly fro. They say they don't take her seriously and she'll never be accepted into the working world if she doesn’t convert. I thought Curly was going to cry. Those straight haired girls were harsh! Rock never analyzes whether women with straight hair are more successful than those with curly tresses but I'd like to think that what matters most are qualifications for a position not your hair!

There were a lot of fun and funny moments in the movie. Rock follows four contestants competing in an Atlanta hair show. Talk about fierce and crazy competition! Rock also interviews many black celebs -- many who have insanely expensive weaves…from India! Nia Long (heart her) shed some light on the weave situation. Fellas listen up. Don't touch it, don't get it wet, and in between the sheets it's woman on top. Some other funny and candid celebs included Eve, Raven-Symoné, Lauren London, Salt-N-Pepa, Ice-T, and Al Sharpton.

Basically now we know what we've always known. Beauty is expensive. Recession or not, our hair always needs to look fresh to death. We might buy store brand cereal but our hair will always look great while we are shopping.

Good Hair was OMG amazing and hilarious. This is a great movie to see with your mom, sister, girlfriends, and even your bf. Just remember to tell your boo to look but never touch!

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Yolanda
will black women ever learn to love ourselves and understand that this is not our form of beauty--we are beautiful nappy hair and all and once we start to understand this we will do much better---we are not white or asian---our hair comes in all types---black women please understand that putting perm (killer) in our children hair is telling them that they are not beautiful---so ehn your daughter is walking around with low self esteem please understand that you )the parent) started it by not allow her to see her true beauty--we are insecure women raising insecure girls--my hair is short (my choice) when my daughter asks me about my hair i tell her and show her that i am beautiful with short or long hair----Im fat---i tell my daughter that I beautiful fat and thick---i show her all of my pictures and I show her by my action and how I carry myself
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