Black Beauty

So I was reading the review for Chris Rock's new movie, "Good Hair". I thought it was another one of those cheap "black" comedies (which I loathe), but turns out it's actually a documentary. I'm copying the synopsis from movietickets.com below:

"When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff Stilson's camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter's question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn't always benefit the black community and little Lola's question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside."

Here's the trailer. I promise it's funny!



I think I'm going to be in love with this movie. It shows a true side to what black women have to go through in order to fit into a society with a very strict image of beauty. It also got me thinking about our dear friend Maddy/Tiana, the new Disney princess. Just how typically "black" is she? I can see the kinky hair and the inherent attitude just from the trailer. Kind of pushing the limit ther,e huh Disney? It remains to be seen. All I know is i'm going to see this movie assoon as it comes out, and hey we can't all know what it's like to be another race, so issues of representation wil always be at stake. Hopefully, we won't have another Aladdin. Seriously, insensitivity will not slide this time Disney. Hire some advisors!