I didnt see the movie...but.I like your attitude about beaty(I agree),however Im betting that he was crarcking jokes in order to elicit laughter from the paying customers.Laughter(tho not always)is a healthy thing.No one is harmed by it without t heir consent at least
I do think the part about relaxers was informative though, telling about the harmful chemicals. People need to know that . those chemicals can kill you
when he told that little girl "so if you see a black woman, run". Really? Really chris? He was always speaking in general. I felt as if Id just watch a tyler perry movie. He just filled in every stereotype, not even explaining it. If you're going to educate then educate...don't make us a big joke...maybe it was just the tone of the movie...Idk. I just wasn't feeling the messages he was sending....
I totally agree with you. I really was disappointed. Maybe if he'd have went deeper into it, they'd have understood. I feel it wasn't informative, they were laughing at us, and for him to get some coon to agree with him to make it seem like black me prefer whit women just because of hair. To make it seem like we spend everything we have on something small such as hair, and we just want to look white because some women chose to wear weaves is just...ugh. I was appalled...-->
What the movie exposed was how black women have self hatred for there hair. Its true. During Slavery our people was taught to hate themselves. They taught us that the best looking image was White Jesus or white people in General. Generations later we hate ourselves. But little do black people know. God Almighty ,Jesus Christ and the People in the Bible had the Same Skin complexion and hair texture as Blacks and Hispanics.
15 years ago, I lost myself because I decided to perm my hair after a short stint of going natural. I permed my hair because I was the girl who right out of college felt I was not going to be able to get a job. I hurt deeply because I love my natural hair but I gave in to what society was trying to tell me. I had a mental illness. When I saw this movie, It help me to reallize this. I told my family I was going back natural and this time I don't care. God has made me this way and it is good!
The main thing that is missing from this movie is that he should have explored the history of good hair/bad hair. He should have explored why many black women are overly concerned with their hair. He said nothing about how black women have been called pickaninnies and nappy headed hoes. He never said anything about how the forces the white standard of beauty on us and makes people believe that kinky hair is unattractive. Chris Rock is a complete sell-out. I will not support his movies.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree!!! This movie was one sided, uniformed, and unfortunate. We look foolish in this film. Only one celebrity had natural hair, and he never talked to anyone with long natural or relaxed hair. He made it seem like we hate ourselves so much that all we want is long Euro style hair. Shame on him for this. He glossed over real issues and lost the chance to invoke some pride and real understanding of our hair to our people. It was a mockery.
I didnt see it as that until you said something, I know Chris sold his soul, so who else to peddle the the smut and propaganda for Satan to divide, lol. But you make a valid point when you pay attention to the underlying theme yoou have to watch for. At first, I thought it was a good documentary in the history and perception of black womens hair and the misconception of where hair came from and etc., but I think you are right...coonery at its best
@fullbright02 Chris Rock actually believes in the the whole "good hair" garbage. I saw him on Oprah and he was trying to say that she wears a weak. He was impressed to find out that she doesn't have a weave. Plus, his wife is a fair skinned interracial woman with long straight hair. What a fucking hypocrite! He should have found some proud black women who wear their hair natural and talked to them.
I am very happy to know that I am not the only one who feels this way about this movie. So much more could have been done to explore our idenity, culture and history of our hair. I did not get the point of the hair fashion show as it was irrelevant to "good Hair". I am relaxed, and so are my teen girls. We are on a slow journey to transitioning. This movie did nothing to help us appreciate our natural beauty as so often discouraged by society as a whole.
Im natural and I sure was not offended nor did I get whatever it was that you pukked from the movie. If anyone on the moie looked stupid (like the black girl in the Korean shop talking bout we don't wear nappy hair no more) then that was totally on them. The point is that the media has pused many to think that thier hair is not "good" when in reality, it is beautiful and so are we.
I thought the movie was wack as well... it was a big disappointment, and I thought it showed black women in a negative light, and black men as men that can't be intimate with there wives, girlfriends, etc because of there hair.. WACKNESS..
I have to say, im not a religious person, but i find so much inspiration in your words. After seeing the previews for his movie, i refuse to watch it. Ive been in transition for slightly more than a year now..im still learning and struggling to sustain my journey. This movie is shameful. Thank you for sharing your honest views..may your path be beautiful.
I have to say, im not a religious person, i find so much inspiration in your words. After seeing the previews for his movie, i refuse to watch it. Ive been in transition for slightly more than a year now..im still learning and struggling to sustain my journey. This movie is shameful. Thank you for sharing your honest views..may your path be beautiful.
Who taught you to hate the color of your skin? Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair? Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose and the shape of your lips? Who taught you to hate yourself from the top of your head to the soles of your feet? Who taught you to hate your own kind? Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to so much so that you don't want to be around each other? Who taught you to hate being what God made you." MALCOLM X:"Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?"
For me I had mixed reviews about Good Hair. I wanted to cry hearing and seeing the reality about black women's hair and the constant struggle to accept our god-given hair. On the other hand, I found it informative to the point that I am taking the challenge to become natural. So in that aspect, I thank Chris Rock for making the movie because I would have never been inspired to go natural before seeing the film.
There are many Black women that use extensions as a protective styling method if done properly. I also find that many Black women that do wear extension request their extensions in 3c-4d textures and the demand is growing look at all of the natural curly hair products available, example Mixed Chicks, Miss Jessies, Uncle Funky's and Curlz products. Black women can survive without extensions we did so up until the late 60's early 70's with wigs and other hair pieces. I luv natural hair!
Mr. Rock's movie also failed to show black women with naturally long hair such as yourself and Leobody C5, Sera 2544, Longhairdon'tcare2011 and pltcormie. I am not opposed to Black women wearing extensions I am in that industry, but Rock failed to show these women with long healthy hair underneath the extensions. Extensions should be used as a tool to add body, lenght and color. It should not signify shame of our natural tresses.
I agree with you 1000%. This movie was an insult to black women everywhere. I was particularly offeneded when Chris Rock made a comment to the young Indian woman to be aware of Black women because they will take her hair. This movie perpetuated a plethora of ignorant stereotypes. I believe that African hair os very versatile and every woman has the right to choose their signature style.
I agree. He definitely didn't go as in depth as I thought he was going to. And to tell the truth it was kind of boring. The vlogs on youtube are way more interesting than Chris Rock's hollwood production. I swear, if people strung together the vlogs and interviews of real women on youtube going through their hair journeys (the good, the bad and the ugly) It would have made a way better film, which is sad. How much money did he spend? It was just so boring. What a let-down.
YES!!!!! It really really made black women look like a bunch of prodigal self hating wannabes, which we are not!!! I have nothing against ladies who weave or perm, but I felt left out. I'm black too!!! Where were the sisters like me who wear their hair (Combed!!) naturally? The one only ones who were in the film, didn't really get to say much.....*Disappointment* His journey to india did teach me alot though.
@agoodgirlNOT hes saying "society tells you you should look this way to look beautiful but all your doing is killing yourself and perpettuating this way of how your supposed to look."
I felt empowered after watching this. I felt like although everyone I see on tv, and movies, and magazines look like this i dont have to.
The interview with tracie thoms the one women with natural hair said it best
"why am i considered a radical for wearing my hair the way it comes out of my head?" Your so wrong
I don't think a Black man was complaining about your hair though. He was exploring an uncomfortable truth: many - not all - Black women spend tons of money trying to alter their hair to look non-African or hide it under East Indian hair weaves and wigs. That movie is a wake up call; a funny one at that.
That wasn't his message at ALL. His message was that a large community of black women were spending money on perms, and getting weaves when they have beautiful natural hair, but black women are told they don't have wonderful by movies, and family. My hair is constantly picked on by others, and it took me a long time to realize its my hair and its me. But a lot of women not just blacks spend so much money trying to achieve beauty they already have, some people cant be happy with themselves.
@grongrue, exactly it. This movie is uncomfortable to watch for people who deep down aren't really comfortable with the way they look. It makes them have to look at the way they cater to the standards of White women in order to look "beautiful". That's where the anger comes from and it's sad.
@CheezInspector I don't feel as though it made people uncomfortable enough. He spent more time talking about weaves than he did the state of our natural hair! The highlights of the film for me was when he walked around with kinky hair to sell it and the natural sister. We needed to have the Natural discussion. But I think he may have felt that the subject was taboo. Who knows.....
@anime4reek, interesting take on it. I'm not sure about all his motivations either. But certainly seems to raise some interesting thoughts. And you're right ... who knows? I can only say (for myself) that I didn't see this film as bashing Black females. Most Black women I know actually do relax their hair, and the film was an interesting reflection on that, and the implications of it, I thought.
@grongrue I strongly disagree. Not once did Chris Rock convey the message that black women have beautiful hair. He was in the store making jokes about how nobody wanted to have kinky hair. Did you even watch the same documentary that I saw? Nothing about this documentary portrays black women in a positive light.
@josbo51715 in the beginning of the film he did show a natural African hairstyle. It was one sided, documentarys tend to do that, when you impose too many point of views it confuses the message. To me the message was how brainwashed a large majority of black women are that straight hair is beautiful, when there are cheaper ways to style your hair that are just as beautiful. If people misinterpreted it then that is just what happens with ignorant people.
@grongrue Showing one woman with natural hair doesn't speak to the totality of the film. He was making the point that straight hair is better than kinky hair. Chris Rock made that point in the store when he was making jokes about the fact that no one wanted the kinky hair but everyone wanted the straight silky hair. Also on the Oprah show, he was impressed that Oprah has natural long hair and doesn't wear weaves. His wife is also biracial with long straight hair. Maybe you are the ignorant one,
@josbo51715 First off personal attacks aren't going to win you anything, sometimes people dont agree live with it! also, he didnt have to promote the idea that long hair is better.Many black women have natural short hair, but it is not usual to see it long and a larger majority think straight hair is beautiful. A movie about how blacks think natural hair is great wouldnt be real when i walk in the streets of cities or public places i dont see a variety of hair black women i see straight hair.
@grongrue You are the one who started with the personal attacks dummy. You called me ignorant just because I disagree with you. Your definition of "long hair" is different from the definition of most black people. It's clear that you are a white person who has no idea what you are talking about. You liked this film because you are a white person who learned something about a culture that you didn't know about before. Any black person with some sense knows that this film exploited black women.
@josbo51715 Nice job proving you're not ignorant by assuming i'm white. Which i'm not, i happen to be mixed, and i had my share of racism from whites and blacks. I lived in a all black community as well as white. Any black person with sense wouldn't approve of your attack on whites, this film was realistic, i was made fun of because of my hair harshly by blacks. Chris Rock wanted to make the point that many black women have deep insecurities about their hair, that no one wants to focus on.
@grongrue i also didn't have space to mention that whites also made fun of my hair because i chose to wear it naturally. Maybe Chris Rock should have focused overall how deeply insecure many women are about hair. But he chose a side and i agreed with a lot of his points. You can't please everyone.
@grongrue You're a moron! When did I attach white people? NEVER! You are a complete idiot! My attack was on Chris Rock. You attacked me and now you're playing the victim. If you can dish it, you should be able to swallow it.
@josbo51715 you just assumed i was white so that made me ignorant of black culture. How would you like someone commenting on your skin color and assuming it has everything to do with how much you understand about others. I don't believe in double standards, if a white can't say "you're black so you obviously don't understand" neither should blacks say the same toward whites.
@grongrue No, I assumed that you were white because of your ignorant comments. Whatever you are, I knew that you weren't black. A black person would not have made those stupid comments.
I appreciate your views about the movie. I just watched it yesterday. I liked the movie! I don't think he was making black women or women in general look bad. As a natural women with kinky/curly hair there are so many stereotypes out there that we have to contend with. Our problem is that we do not educate ourselves. We don't understand the origin of things before we do it. I respect your comments about the movie but a lot of what was said was truth.. It makes me love being natural!!!
The preview alone turned me off. I'm GLAD I did not go see this film. I'm so done with Hollywood and its myopic one dimensional representation of black women. I'm not going to deny that the ones on reality TV do perpetuate the stereotypes but, gimme a break these women don't represent me at all. Not all of us have "issues" with our hair. Thanks for sharing =)
I have not seen this film. I have what is called good hair. In the 90s especially I was told by friends relax your hair man. I refused and left it natural for many years. I relaxed by hair in 2003 for easy of styling. I still relax every year, but nowadays, in the UK, sistas can do their hair in any style. I don't know if it is the same in the USA.. So maybe Chris Rock needs leave the Hollywood bubble and come live the UK.
Yes, I agree with you. Sadly it is not the same in the USA. Courser Hair also called "nappy" is a bad thing. I don't understand why wearing your natural hair is looked upon as a bad idea. I think we as a people need to get over this whole hair thing. It's making us look foolish.
I never got to see the movie cause I never could find it anywhere. Everywhere I looked says that it doesnt come out till February of this year. But anyway, I do understand how you mean we as black women looked like inferior people. This helps me decide if itseven worth watching
Finally someone feels the way I do about this movie!!! I was also wondering why Black women were acting like this movie was so wonderful and insightful. It was NOT in the least.
I disagree with your review, but to each their own, I guess.
I don't get the notion within the black community that we need to have "secrets" kept from non-blacks, and that anyone discussing a widespread and somewhat taboo issue in african-american culture is "selling us out". excuse me, but selling us out to who?
if anything i went away from the movie with a feeling that I don't need to be ashamed of the regimens i use to maintain my hair. its just apart of the many layers of the black female experience.
of course the interviews were edited, but of the edited parts that we got to see, I don't think anyone said anything that we all as black females havent already heard or thought @ some point in our lives.
i liked that it was a funny documentary. i feel like things are way too serious nowadays anyways..
i dont think we watched the same movie.....the movie mad me feel better about going natural.....it made all the relaxed women and women that spend so much money on there hair look a mess.....but i loved the movie...it as educational and im sorry you felt that you didnt like it...we all have our reasons.
I resent the message that not only Chris Rock sent but the women that were chosen to speak really embarrassed us as well. They themselves acted as though their own hair wasn't good enough. Weave, in my opinion is a choice and an option for black women...not a necessity. I love my natural hair whether I wear it twisted or flatironed. They will NOT make me feel ugly or less glamorous.
I think the topics should've been narrowed and explored instead of being mentioned and left in the bag. For the sake of good t.v. there was no real investigation done; it just pointed out black woman's insecurities. It made our worries apparent to the world of races to laugh at, I hope he had good intent other than just a buck but he failed without a doubt .
not suprised chris coon ass rock sold us out alot of famous blk people do,just another movie to try and put us down just like that movie precious..we as a people need to weed out assholes who willingly sell us out
@maamesaf Exactly. I think that the movie was to expose how the obession for straight hair affects black women. Sisters can not rock an Angela Davis natural and expect to work in an office. The idea of the lighter and straighter the better exist in 2009 . I think it is sad, but changing that ideal is up to us. My black friends were happy and proud that our First Lady has a brown complexion. Kids in school stil get picked on for having a dark skin tone. Awful
I think the movie was to expose the pressures that some black women feel to have straight hair whether they relax it, hot comb it, or weave it. Let's face it, the pressure exist. A black women sued Chris Rock because she claimed that he stole her idea. It would be interesting what her movie looked like.
I left the movie feeling confident in my natural hair. My daughter decided to go natural after watching it. So, I guess what you get from it depends on you - like everything else.
Does anyone know when the movie Nappily Ever After starring Halle Berry comes out? Its based on the first novel in teh Nappily Ever after series by Trisha R. Thomas.
Wow! I am extremely touched by this video. I agree that sisters need to learn their hair. Our hair is beautiful and it should not offend anyone. Thanks for the powerful remarks. God Bless and Merry Christmas!
i've yet to see the movie and so far from what i've heard from you and many others, i don't know if i even want to...but thanks for sharing your opinion! :o)
Thank you so much for your review of this film! I have not yet seen it and I was pretty excited about seeing it. I'll wait until it's on DVD. Thanks also for the encouragement to the rest of us. We need it! Hugs beautiful Lady!!
@maamesaf What's your point? B was not the best girl. There is no best girl. There is dark and light. B represents what white ppl want to see and no man I know that is black thinks she was the best girl. I guess that's just my circle of friends.
Maybe B should have been in the movie and explained why she wears 10 feet of blond weave.
I totally agree. Because of this movie ppl at work ask me about my hair and threaten to, "rip my weave out." Note: I am a natural sista working for a major television network. My job in white working America just got harder.
@215workhard No one HATES me joker. Because of this ignorant movie that was made by a WHITE man (Chris Rock cannot make movies on his own, he's just the front man), it invited a lot of unwanted comments because they thought the topic was open for discussion and laughs at my expense.
note: I don't even wear weaves.
Those comments have stopped now though because the movie is forgotten about. Things went back to normal at work, but for a while black hair was the butt of the joke.
@TheUntouchables6 I miss the good ole days when white people didn't know anything about black women's hair. My mom use to get her hair done over the weekend and all the white people at work were amazed at how her hair grew in 2 days. Now white people know all our dirty laundry. And it really reinforces white superiority. White people seem to think that black women want to be white because they wear weaves. Maybe somebody should make a movie about white girls with tans and fake butts.
@TheUntouchables6 that happend to me when i was 11 before the movie even came out, and many other black women i'm sure. This movie didn't make anyone stupid, they were like that long before it came out. You just happend to get in the crossfire of their stupid comments.
I totally agree with you! At the same time, I didn't expect too much from the film because it was produced by Chris Rock, comedian, and no offense to him. I was expecting a mediocre job and that's what was given.
I still haven't seen the movie, but i was picking up on these undertones even just from the clips on his youtube channel about the movie. Now i really have to see it to get my own perspective. thank you for sharing yours!!
I AGREE! I am sooOOOO glad there is someone that agrees that it was WHACK! IT did degrade us in every aspect of the word. We take hair from other women to look good... we let bills go, we put down other sisters who's hair is different.. I hated the movie! THANK YOU!!!!
so so true! I think i cried for a min on the scene when they were in the store and chris rock was trying to sell the afro and the young black woman along with the store owner went on and on about why the afro wouldn't sell....is that what we think about ourselves.....then in the last 10 min Nia Long and some of the other commentators tried to clean it up by saying love tha skin/ hair your in etc. when pretty much the whole movie pictured the opposite!
I feel the same on most of what you spoke, Chris NEVER went into the history of why blacks hate their hair. That would have made a HUGE difference!!! Go to the source! I did however enjoy when he spoke of the harsh chemicals and the expensive weaves. But, it could have been much better.
yeah, I agree. Some of my fav celebs whom I know know better disappointed me. He did leave a lot of questions unanswered. There were some good points, but he left it open at the end. He didn't mention his stance on the issue either.
Amen sister, amen. The part that cut me to my heart was when he went to India to see this Indian hair which I will never buy, He made this remark to this indian girl ' that if you see a black woman run....' wow, that hurts. Many East Indians are already nasty to black woman So, why make it worse.
yeahi agree with you. the student girl with the natural hair, in the film didn't even get a chance to speak or she didnt speak, she should have spoken up.
OK, I kept hearing positive opinions on this film..I was on again /off again about wanting to see this movie, but after your(passionate) review, I want to see it just to see the hoopla is all about. From the reviews I've watched, I can't say I remember any women mentioning natural hair in this movie! I don't like it when we're singled out for comedic value, and I don't think it's funny either..
I actually enjoyed the film. But I certainly agree that chris could have gotten deeper especially in regards to natural hair.I felt that the subject of natural hair was either dismissed quickly or avoided all together. This was surprising seeing as how both his daughters are natural and the movie was made for their benefit. I feel that ,if nothing else, the film made black women question their dangerous/expensive hair practices.
I was disappointed that there were almost no natural hair sisters in the film. And I was very disappointed that Nia Long said that we are "high maintenence" That really bothered me.
Thank you for the review. You are an intelligent and uniquely beautiful young woman. You've got your head on straight and priorities in the right place. It is important to most women to be and feel beautiful and admired.....I think women with God given kinky kurly hair are missing the boat, because we're not aware of and do not know how to leverage our own beauty. As for being a lawyer, when has anyoneseen a hairstyle win a case, or for that matter, operate on a patient, teach a child?....
Sorry to hear that the movie was so upsetting. I did like what he said on Oprah, that the kiddie perms should be banned everywhere. It's sad to see 3-5 year old children getting relaxers. I think they should have a legal age limit for those relaxers.
Hmmm, I cant say that I was highly disappointed with the movie. It's all about ones perspective to me...(cause we all have our own opinions) To a person who is ignorant to black womens hair they may look at this movie and think "All black women think like this" But to a open minded smart woman she may look at it and think "I am really a damn fool for going through all of this just to support an image". He poked fun at us in a jokingly way to possibly open some people eyes... I liked the movie
I do understand what you are saying and no, it is not as imformative as "naturals" would want it to be. Chris is a comedian and that is what he stressed when he was on Oprah. It seems like it came off wrong to a lot of women. It did not bother me in that way because I don't purchase or lay-a-way thousand dollar weaves. NOW, it should most definitely bother the women who feel that they have to do that. They should be getting the wake up call after this film and embrace the curls!
I have not seen the film yet but you make me want to watch it. I asked myself a few questions when I saw the trailer. (1) Who elected Chris Rock as a spokesman on our hair? (2)Is this moving going to encourage the sisters to invest and take more ownership in the industry we millions in? (3) When are the natural sisters going to do a documentary?
I haven't seen the movie yet as surprising a lot of the women commenting on your review. However, I can appreciate your convictions and perspective on how the movie was angled. I will still watch it once its on DVD...I used to spend GOOD money on weave...I'm interested in where it came from, etc.
I haven't seen that movie but I did have a feeling that it would pull on the stereotypes and show the women looking stupid. Chriss Rock is the main character so I knew the movie was going to be a joke of some kind. I love Chriss rock as a comedian but I knew for sure that it was going to be another crap black movie.. They did it again,, They made some more money off of our or many black woman s insecurities.
I totally agree, I was SOOOOOO disappointed as a napptural beauty. He did not go into depth about ANYTHING about natural hair. I felt that there was no real research, no real facts...nothing. I sat and watched...and watched...and watched...and waited for him to show and prove other napptural beauties and really dig deep and go in depth but I got NOTHING.
The overall message of the film is THINK FOR YOURSELF. He can only do what he is allowed to do, you said so yourself. He didn't make a choice for you on whether your hair should be straight or nappy, he just exposed the self-imposed slavery that a lot of minorities succumb to. You're a Christian, you know who has the majority influence on earth at this time. You are also educated, so you should know the only way to tell an empowering truth in media, especially for minorities, is with jokes
Also, I'm surprised by this review because I thought the whole point of the movie was because his daughter said something inferior about her own hair. Did he really think she would feel better about herself with this film?
I agree totally! I was dissapointed with the lack of intelligent perspective on the natural hair experience. The movie focused on how desperately black women want straight hair....so desperately, that we are willing to put a chemical in our hair to alter the texture and the chemist can't believe that anyone would do such a thing! It's kind of sad when you really think about it, kinda like self hatred.
I am completely disappointed by Chris Rock, but this isn't the first time, when he came to London and did his stand up,his jokes about strong black women being over bearing and black men love white women was truly disappointing statements to make. Watch him on Oprah it gets worst.
You are soooo right, the movie had the potential to be so much more than it was. It wasn't educational. It pissed me off that they didn't give the young girl with the natural hair a chance to say anything, well i'm sure she said something they just didn't show it...Great video!
I totally agree. I was really disappointed with the actresses interviewed especially Raven and Nia Long who just glorified and perpetuated the myth that white hair is better than black hair. My God we are lost! It was such a superficial, one sided waste of celluloid!!
Gurl ... U can say that again... I hated it as well... what in the world was he thinkin' in makin that "TRASH".... ur right we are Beautiful and Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God himself and we don't need that .... Not at all!!!!
CHris Rock's movie was disgusting! He made complete fun of black women and black hair.
jjac401 3 months ago
I didnt see the movie...but.I like your attitude about beaty(I agree),however Im betting that he was crarcking jokes in order to elicit laughter from the paying customers.Laughter(tho not always)is a healthy thing.No one is harmed by it without t heir consent at least
robertmck12 5 months ago
I do think the part about relaxers was informative though, telling about the harmful chemicals. People need to know that . those chemicals can kill you
BaddSlim1 7 months ago
when he told that little girl "so if you see a black woman, run". Really? Really chris? He was always speaking in general. I felt as if Id just watch a tyler perry movie. He just filled in every stereotype, not even explaining it. If you're going to educate then educate...don't make us a big joke...maybe it was just the tone of the movie...Idk. I just wasn't feeling the messages he was sending....
BaddSlim1 7 months ago
I totally agree with you. I really was disappointed. Maybe if he'd have went deeper into it, they'd have understood. I feel it wasn't informative, they were laughing at us, and for him to get some coon to agree with him to make it seem like black me prefer whit women just because of hair. To make it seem like we spend everything we have on something small such as hair, and we just want to look white because some women chose to wear weaves is just...ugh. I was appalled...-->
BaddSlim1 7 months ago
What the movie exposed was how black women have self hatred for there hair. Its true. During Slavery our people was taught to hate themselves. They taught us that the best looking image was White Jesus or white people in General. Generations later we hate ourselves. But little do black people know. God Almighty ,Jesus Christ and the People in the Bible had the Same Skin complexion and hair texture as Blacks and Hispanics.
LiamBenIsrael 8 months ago
15 years ago, I lost myself because I decided to perm my hair after a short stint of going natural. I permed my hair because I was the girl who right out of college felt I was not going to be able to get a job. I hurt deeply because I love my natural hair but I gave in to what society was trying to tell me. I had a mental illness. When I saw this movie, It help me to reallize this. I told my family I was going back natural and this time I don't care. God has made me this way and it is good!
tkokolt 11 months ago
Really good review, I agree 100%. You said my exact thoughts about that movie and I am glad to see that others are smart enough to see through it.
Caribbeanprincess1 1 year ago
The main thing that is missing from this movie is that he should have explored the history of good hair/bad hair. He should have explored why many black women are overly concerned with their hair. He said nothing about how black women have been called pickaninnies and nappy headed hoes. He never said anything about how the forces the white standard of beauty on us and makes people believe that kinky hair is unattractive. Chris Rock is a complete sell-out. I will not support his movies.
josbo51715 1 year ago
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree!!! This movie was one sided, uniformed, and unfortunate. We look foolish in this film. Only one celebrity had natural hair, and he never talked to anyone with long natural or relaxed hair. He made it seem like we hate ourselves so much that all we want is long Euro style hair. Shame on him for this. He glossed over real issues and lost the chance to invoke some pride and real understanding of our hair to our people. It was a mockery.
Bebs1675 1 year ago
I didnt see it as that until you said something, I know Chris sold his soul, so who else to peddle the the smut and propaganda for Satan to divide, lol. But you make a valid point when you pay attention to the underlying theme yoou have to watch for. At first, I thought it was a good documentary in the history and perception of black womens hair and the misconception of where hair came from and etc., but I think you are right...coonery at its best
fullbright02 1 year ago
@fullbright02 Chris Rock actually believes in the the whole "good hair" garbage. I saw him on Oprah and he was trying to say that she wears a weak. He was impressed to find out that she doesn't have a weave. Plus, his wife is a fair skinned interracial woman with long straight hair. What a fucking hypocrite! He should have found some proud black women who wear their hair natural and talked to them.
josbo51715 1 year ago
I am very happy to know that I am not the only one who feels this way about this movie. So much more could have been done to explore our idenity, culture and history of our hair. I did not get the point of the hair fashion show as it was irrelevant to "good Hair". I am relaxed, and so are my teen girls. We are on a slow journey to transitioning. This movie did nothing to help us appreciate our natural beauty as so often discouraged by society as a whole.
Meek1030 1 year ago
I think a "Natural Hair" movie should be made now - showing the beauty of it.
gypsygrl1 1 year ago
Props to the young lady for posting this video. She took the words right of my mouth.
SlimThickAngel 1 year ago
Im natural and I sure was not offended nor did I get whatever it was that you pukked from the movie. If anyone on the moie looked stupid (like the black girl in the Korean shop talking bout we don't wear nappy hair no more) then that was totally on them. The point is that the media has pused many to think that thier hair is not "good" when in reality, it is beautiful and so are we.
misschanel51987 1 year ago
I never saw the film, but I got the impression that it advocated against the 'Good Hair' industry. That's how it appears in all the trailers.
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gypsygrl1 1 year ago
PREACH SISTA GIRL!!!
myronmlawing 1 year ago
I thought the movie was wack as well... it was a big disappointment, and I thought it showed black women in a negative light, and black men as men that can't be intimate with there wives, girlfriends, etc because of there hair.. WACKNESS..
tianaw10 1 year ago
Rock didn't complain he highlighted what IS happening. Sistas buy hair. It's a fact.
The stars with weaves disappointed me too.
But i agree with you though keep it natural.
eydiot909 1 year ago 2
I have to say, im not a religious person, but i find so much inspiration in your words. After seeing the previews for his movie, i refuse to watch it. Ive been in transition for slightly more than a year now..im still learning and struggling to sustain my journey. This movie is shameful. Thank you for sharing your honest views..may your path be beautiful.
echoserenade 1 year ago
I have to say, im not a religious person, i find so much inspiration in your words. After seeing the previews for his movie, i refuse to watch it. Ive been in transition for slightly more than a year now..im still learning and struggling to sustain my journey. This movie is shameful. Thank you for sharing your honest views..may your path be beautiful.
echoserenade 1 year ago
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Who taught you to hate the color of your skin? Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair? Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose and the shape of your lips? Who taught you to hate yourself from the top of your head to the soles of your feet? Who taught you to hate your own kind? Who taught you to hate the race that you belong to so much so that you don't want to be around each other? Who taught you to hate being what God made you." MALCOLM X:"Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?"
LPhils 1 year ago
Thank You!
godschildyes 1 year ago
For me I had mixed reviews about Good Hair. I wanted to cry hearing and seeing the reality about black women's hair and the constant struggle to accept our god-given hair. On the other hand, I found it informative to the point that I am taking the challenge to become natural. So in that aspect, I thank Chris Rock for making the movie because I would have never been inspired to go natural before seeing the film.
shanelly13 1 year ago 2
There are many Black women that use extensions as a protective styling method if done properly. I also find that many Black women that do wear extension request their extensions in 3c-4d textures and the demand is growing look at all of the natural curly hair products available, example Mixed Chicks, Miss Jessies, Uncle Funky's and Curlz products. Black women can survive without extensions we did so up until the late 60's early 70's with wigs and other hair pieces. I luv natural hair!
Wyaneta 1 year ago
Mr. Rock's movie also failed to show black women with naturally long hair such as yourself and Leobody C5, Sera 2544, Longhairdon'tcare2011 and pltcormie. I am not opposed to Black women wearing extensions I am in that industry, but Rock failed to show these women with long healthy hair underneath the extensions. Extensions should be used as a tool to add body, lenght and color. It should not signify shame of our natural tresses.
Wyaneta 1 year ago
I agree with you 1000%. This movie was an insult to black women everywhere. I was particularly offeneded when Chris Rock made a comment to the young Indian woman to be aware of Black women because they will take her hair. This movie perpetuated a plethora of ignorant stereotypes. I believe that African hair os very versatile and every woman has the right to choose their signature style.
Wyaneta 1 year ago 7
I agree. He definitely didn't go as in depth as I thought he was going to. And to tell the truth it was kind of boring. The vlogs on youtube are way more interesting than Chris Rock's hollwood production. I swear, if people strung together the vlogs and interviews of real women on youtube going through their hair journeys (the good, the bad and the ugly) It would have made a way better film, which is sad. How much money did he spend? It was just so boring. What a let-down.
RoxStew5 1 year ago
YES!!!!! It really really made black women look like a bunch of prodigal self hating wannabes, which we are not!!! I have nothing against ladies who weave or perm, but I felt left out. I'm black too!!! Where were the sisters like me who wear their hair (Combed!!) naturally? The one only ones who were in the film, didn't really get to say much.....*Disappointment* His journey to india did teach me alot though.
anime4reek 1 year ago
Honestly were you even watching the same movie?
I couldnt disagree more.
Chris Rock was showing this movie TO black women for their benefit not airing out their secrets.
In the begginning he's talking about his daughters and how one was crying because she didnt think she had good hair.
He was showing that black women do all these things to themselves and they shouldnt because its killing them and taking all of their money.
agoodgirlNOT 1 year ago
@agoodgirlNOT hes saying "society tells you you should look this way to look beautiful but all your doing is killing yourself and perpettuating this way of how your supposed to look."
I felt empowered after watching this. I felt like although everyone I see on tv, and movies, and magazines look like this i dont have to.
The interview with tracie thoms the one women with natural hair said it best
"why am i considered a radical for wearing my hair the way it comes out of my head?" Your so wrong
agoodgirlNOT 1 year ago
I don't think a Black man was complaining about your hair though. He was exploring an uncomfortable truth: many - not all - Black women spend tons of money trying to alter their hair to look non-African or hide it under East Indian hair weaves and wigs. That movie is a wake up call; a funny one at that.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
That wasn't his message at ALL. His message was that a large community of black women were spending money on perms, and getting weaves when they have beautiful natural hair, but black women are told they don't have wonderful by movies, and family. My hair is constantly picked on by others, and it took me a long time to realize its my hair and its me. But a lot of women not just blacks spend so much money trying to achieve beauty they already have, some people cant be happy with themselves.
grongrue 1 year ago 21
@grongrue, exactly it. This movie is uncomfortable to watch for people who deep down aren't really comfortable with the way they look. It makes them have to look at the way they cater to the standards of White women in order to look "beautiful". That's where the anger comes from and it's sad.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@CheezInspector I don't feel as though it made people uncomfortable enough. He spent more time talking about weaves than he did the state of our natural hair! The highlights of the film for me was when he walked around with kinky hair to sell it and the natural sister. We needed to have the Natural discussion. But I think he may have felt that the subject was taboo. Who knows.....
anime4reek 1 year ago
@anime4reek, interesting take on it. I'm not sure about all his motivations either. But certainly seems to raise some interesting thoughts. And you're right ... who knows? I can only say (for myself) that I didn't see this film as bashing Black females. Most Black women I know actually do relax their hair, and the film was an interesting reflection on that, and the implications of it, I thought.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@grongrueit doesnt matter what he intended, what matters is what came across.
Igihozo 1 year ago
@grongrue I strongly disagree. Not once did Chris Rock convey the message that black women have beautiful hair. He was in the store making jokes about how nobody wanted to have kinky hair. Did you even watch the same documentary that I saw? Nothing about this documentary portrays black women in a positive light.
josbo51715 1 year ago
@josbo51715 in the beginning of the film he did show a natural African hairstyle. It was one sided, documentarys tend to do that, when you impose too many point of views it confuses the message. To me the message was how brainwashed a large majority of black women are that straight hair is beautiful, when there are cheaper ways to style your hair that are just as beautiful. If people misinterpreted it then that is just what happens with ignorant people.
grongrue 1 year ago
@grongrue Showing one woman with natural hair doesn't speak to the totality of the film. He was making the point that straight hair is better than kinky hair. Chris Rock made that point in the store when he was making jokes about the fact that no one wanted the kinky hair but everyone wanted the straight silky hair. Also on the Oprah show, he was impressed that Oprah has natural long hair and doesn't wear weaves. His wife is also biracial with long straight hair. Maybe you are the ignorant one,
josbo51715 1 year ago
@josbo51715 First off personal attacks aren't going to win you anything, sometimes people dont agree live with it! also, he didnt have to promote the idea that long hair is better.Many black women have natural short hair, but it is not usual to see it long and a larger majority think straight hair is beautiful. A movie about how blacks think natural hair is great wouldnt be real when i walk in the streets of cities or public places i dont see a variety of hair black women i see straight hair.
grongrue 1 year ago
@grongrue You are the one who started with the personal attacks dummy. You called me ignorant just because I disagree with you. Your definition of "long hair" is different from the definition of most black people. It's clear that you are a white person who has no idea what you are talking about. You liked this film because you are a white person who learned something about a culture that you didn't know about before. Any black person with some sense knows that this film exploited black women.
josbo51715 1 year ago
@josbo51715 Nice job proving you're not ignorant by assuming i'm white. Which i'm not, i happen to be mixed, and i had my share of racism from whites and blacks. I lived in a all black community as well as white. Any black person with sense wouldn't approve of your attack on whites, this film was realistic, i was made fun of because of my hair harshly by blacks. Chris Rock wanted to make the point that many black women have deep insecurities about their hair, that no one wants to focus on.
grongrue 1 year ago
@grongrue i also didn't have space to mention that whites also made fun of my hair because i chose to wear it naturally. Maybe Chris Rock should have focused overall how deeply insecure many women are about hair. But he chose a side and i agreed with a lot of his points. You can't please everyone.
grongrue 1 year ago
@grongrue You're a moron! When did I attach white people? NEVER! You are a complete idiot! My attack was on Chris Rock. You attacked me and now you're playing the victim. If you can dish it, you should be able to swallow it.
josbo51715 1 year ago
@josbo51715 you just assumed i was white so that made me ignorant of black culture. How would you like someone commenting on your skin color and assuming it has everything to do with how much you understand about others. I don't believe in double standards, if a white can't say "you're black so you obviously don't understand" neither should blacks say the same toward whites.
grongrue 1 year ago
@grongrue No, I assumed that you were white because of your ignorant comments. Whatever you are, I knew that you weren't black. A black person would not have made those stupid comments.
josbo51715 1 year ago
I haven't seen it but I figured it would be like that. I'm curious to see it though because I just want to see what it's talking about.
anaturalbeauty3 1 year ago
I didn't see it, but good to hear your view and explanation on it, and that you took a clear stance.
EricLFarrell 1 year ago
amen towards the end!!! well said!!!
Karinchi 1 year ago
I just added this to my netflix queue...I'll comment when I watch it.
TIKOMIX 1 year ago
WHOA! Tell me how you really feel! :D Strong medicine that needed to be said and I totally agree.
As always, thank you for your honesty and raw openness. We miss you! dfr;)
Iprsmrk 1 year ago
jazabell vixen.......ohhh.......you tell them girl
coolangelgray 2 years ago
Thank you so much girl!! I'm right there with ya.
1960genius 2 years ago
I appreciate your views about the movie. I just watched it yesterday. I liked the movie! I don't think he was making black women or women in general look bad. As a natural women with kinky/curly hair there are so many stereotypes out there that we have to contend with. Our problem is that we do not educate ourselves. We don't understand the origin of things before we do it. I respect your comments about the movie but a lot of what was said was truth.. It makes me love being natural!!!
mrsjbonilla 2 years ago
amen
nubiannewbie0 2 years ago
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The preview alone turned me off. I'm GLAD I did not go see this film. I'm so done with Hollywood and its myopic one dimensional representation of black women. I'm not going to deny that the ones on reality TV do perpetuate the stereotypes but, gimme a break these women don't represent me at all. Not all of us have "issues" with our hair. Thanks for sharing =)
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AmaryllisTV 2 years ago
I feel the same way as you do. That movie made me love my big FAT nappy afro even more. THanks
rika 2 years ago
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SERIOUSLY, I whole lot of people are getting sick of black women. REAL TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tsugua21 2 years ago
I have not seen the movie yet but I do plan on renting it whenever it comes out on dvd. I appreciate your honesty about this film.
jnellegirl 2 years ago
she is spkin truth! good review and i agree
jessicachanneltv20 2 years ago
I have not seen this film. I have what is called good hair. In the 90s especially I was told by friends relax your hair man. I refused and left it natural for many years. I relaxed by hair in 2003 for easy of styling. I still relax every year, but nowadays, in the UK, sistas can do their hair in any style. I don't know if it is the same in the USA.. So maybe Chris Rock needs leave the Hollywood bubble and come live the UK.
AuntyM66 2 years ago
Yes, I agree with you. Sadly it is not the same in the USA. Courser Hair also called "nappy" is a bad thing. I don't understand why wearing your natural hair is looked upon as a bad idea. I think we as a people need to get over this whole hair thing. It's making us look foolish.
HaddenTheGreat 2 years ago
I never got to see the movie cause I never could find it anywhere. Everywhere I looked says that it doesnt come out till February of this year. But anyway, I do understand how you mean we as black women looked like inferior people. This helps me decide if itseven worth watching
tiarra8282 2 years ago
Finally someone feels the way I do about this movie!!! I was also wondering why Black women were acting like this movie was so wonderful and insightful. It was NOT in the least.
crgcja 2 years ago
I disagree with your review, but to each their own, I guess.
I don't get the notion within the black community that we need to have "secrets" kept from non-blacks, and that anyone discussing a widespread and somewhat taboo issue in african-american culture is "selling us out". excuse me, but selling us out to who?
Spunkette87 2 years ago
if anything i went away from the movie with a feeling that I don't need to be ashamed of the regimens i use to maintain my hair. its just apart of the many layers of the black female experience.
of course the interviews were edited, but of the edited parts that we got to see, I don't think anyone said anything that we all as black females havent already heard or thought @ some point in our lives.
i liked that it was a funny documentary. i feel like things are way too serious nowadays anyways..
Spunkette87 2 years ago
The movie was the reality for some. Can that be argued?
Did the movie touch on some issues that the black community both male and female need to explore?
The movie was uncomfortable at times and I am a man but to dismiss the actual message of the film is surely just as ignorant ?
tyron26musikman 2 years ago
i dont think we watched the same movie.....the movie mad me feel better about going natural.....it made all the relaxed women and women that spend so much money on there hair look a mess.....but i loved the movie...it as educational and im sorry you felt that you didnt like it...we all have our reasons.
DemEssence 2 years ago
I resent the message that not only Chris Rock sent but the women that were chosen to speak really embarrassed us as well. They themselves acted as though their own hair wasn't good enough. Weave, in my opinion is a choice and an option for black women...not a necessity. I love my natural hair whether I wear it twisted or flatironed. They will NOT make me feel ugly or less glamorous.
robinson62 2 years ago 4
WOW!!! I am so glad that you did this video about the movie! Thank you!
Spirituallyfree 2 years ago 2
I think the topics should've been narrowed and explored instead of being mentioned and left in the bag. For the sake of good t.v. there was no real investigation done; it just pointed out black woman's insecurities. It made our worries apparent to the world of races to laugh at, I hope he had good intent other than just a buck but he failed without a doubt .
ddwalter 2 years ago
i feel you.
supercuteism 2 years ago
not suprised chris coon ass rock sold us out alot of famous blk people do,just another movie to try and put us down just like that movie precious..we as a people need to weed out assholes who willingly sell us out
muffinman5323 2 years ago
What did you mean by the natural sistas were portrayed as "mentally touched?"
jaynice22 2 years ago
@maamesaf EXACTLY. People love long straight hair and they think it is better.
teeahtate 2 years ago
@maamesaf Exactly. I think that the movie was to expose how the obession for straight hair affects black women. Sisters can not rock an Angela Davis natural and expect to work in an office. The idea of the lighter and straighter the better exist in 2009 . I think it is sad, but changing that ideal is up to us. My black friends were happy and proud that our First Lady has a brown complexion. Kids in school stil get picked on for having a dark skin tone. Awful
teeahtate 2 years ago
I think the movie was to expose the pressures that some black women feel to have straight hair whether they relax it, hot comb it, or weave it. Let's face it, the pressure exist. A black women sued Chris Rock because she claimed that he stole her idea. It would be interesting what her movie looked like.
I left the movie feeling confident in my natural hair. My daughter decided to go natural after watching it. So, I guess what you get from it depends on you - like everything else.
teeahtate 2 years ago
Thank you for this review! Finally, I'm hearing from someone on youtube who actually sounds as if they HAVE SEEN the movie!
tracyata 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know when the movie Nappily Ever After starring Halle Berry comes out? Its based on the first novel in teh Nappily Ever after series by Trisha R. Thomas.
WonderfullyUntamed 2 years ago
Wow! I am extremely touched by this video. I agree that sisters need to learn their hair. Our hair is beautiful and it should not offend anyone. Thanks for the powerful remarks. God Bless and Merry Christmas!
mikers1242 2 years ago
WOW! and that's all im gonna say. lol
quietstormstorm 2 years ago
i've yet to see the movie and so far from what i've heard from you and many others, i don't know if i even want to...but thanks for sharing your opinion! :o)
ANTActress 2 years ago
Thank you so much for your review of this film! I have not yet seen it and I was pretty excited about seeing it. I'll wait until it's on DVD. Thanks also for the encouragement to the rest of us. We need it! Hugs beautiful Lady!!
yminstl 2 years ago
WOW your vid was perfect....I feel the same way about that movie.
TheAngelsRequest 2 years ago 5
@maamesaf What's your point? B was not the best girl. There is no best girl. There is dark and light. B represents what white ppl want to see and no man I know that is black thinks she was the best girl. I guess that's just my circle of friends.
Maybe B should have been in the movie and explained why she wears 10 feet of blond weave.
TheUntouchables6 2 years ago
I totally agree. Because of this movie ppl at work ask me about my hair and threaten to, "rip my weave out." Note: I am a natural sista working for a major television network. My job in white working America just got harder.
TheUntouchables6 2 years ago 13
@TheUntouchables6 so you blame the black man for white ppl hating you whether you had straight or kinky hair- they'll hate you anyway.
215workhard 1 year ago
@215workhard No one HATES me joker. Because of this ignorant movie that was made by a WHITE man (Chris Rock cannot make movies on his own, he's just the front man), it invited a lot of unwanted comments because they thought the topic was open for discussion and laughs at my expense.
note: I don't even wear weaves.
Those comments have stopped now though because the movie is forgotten about. Things went back to normal at work, but for a while black hair was the butt of the joke.
TheUntouchables6 1 year ago
@TheUntouchables6 I miss the good ole days when white people didn't know anything about black women's hair. My mom use to get her hair done over the weekend and all the white people at work were amazed at how her hair grew in 2 days. Now white people know all our dirty laundry. And it really reinforces white superiority. White people seem to think that black women want to be white because they wear weaves. Maybe somebody should make a movie about white girls with tans and fake butts.
josbo51715 1 year ago
@TheUntouchables6 that happend to me when i was 11 before the movie even came out, and many other black women i'm sure. This movie didn't make anyone stupid, they were like that long before it came out. You just happend to get in the crossfire of their stupid comments.
grongrue 1 year ago
I totally agree with you! At the same time, I didn't expect too much from the film because it was produced by Chris Rock, comedian, and no offense to him. I was expecting a mediocre job and that's what was given.
lakitiamarie 2 years ago
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I was sad after I saw the movie. If Chris thought this was helping his daughters he failed them.
TheUntouchables6 2 years ago 2
could agree with you more. nicely said!!!
jbrake03 2 years ago
"You don't have to fight it, you just have to learn it!" Love this statement! Thank you!
nerocentric 2 years ago 3
Wow. well said. Fearfully wonderfully made.
I still haven't seen the movie, but i was picking up on these undertones even just from the clips on his youtube channel about the movie. Now i really have to see it to get my own perspective. thank you for sharing yours!!
-Rochelle.
RochelleHansonMusic 2 years ago
thank you sista
privythamc 2 years ago
Girl I just love you....you are truly an inspiration to women every....this is about empowerment!
TrayTrayBaby 2 years ago
ITOTALLY AGREE!!! Chris Rock definitely should not have done this movie, not him someone more intelligent and have more knowledge.
lilallnatural1 2 years ago
Well... the movie only made $2 mil @ the box office (which is a flop).... so not many ppl cared too much about it anyway...
babyapple930 2 years ago
Amen, I felt the same way.
brookes641 2 years ago
I AGREE! I am sooOOOO glad there is someone that agrees that it was WHACK! IT did degrade us in every aspect of the word. We take hair from other women to look good... we let bills go, we put down other sisters who's hair is different.. I hated the movie! THANK YOU!!!!
heavenzbest1 2 years ago 2
Two snaps and a clap.
sassymatazzy 2 years ago
AMEN
prfroggy69 2 years ago
wow.....I gotta see this to see what you talking about.
imsatindoll 2 years ago
so so true! I think i cried for a min on the scene when they were in the store and chris rock was trying to sell the afro and the young black woman along with the store owner went on and on about why the afro wouldn't sell....is that what we think about ourselves.....then in the last 10 min Nia Long and some of the other commentators tried to clean it up by saying love tha skin/ hair your in etc. when pretty much the whole movie pictured the opposite!
shonedra 2 years ago 4
"You don't have to fight it you jus hace to learn it" Yesss yess yess
PHILLYPRINCESS94 2 years ago 2
I feel the same on most of what you spoke, Chris NEVER went into the history of why blacks hate their hair. That would have made a HUGE difference!!! Go to the source! I did however enjoy when he spoke of the harsh chemicals and the expensive weaves. But, it could have been much better.
jazdj04 2 years ago 2
yeah, I agree. Some of my fav celebs whom I know know better disappointed me. He did leave a lot of questions unanswered. There were some good points, but he left it open at the end. He didn't mention his stance on the issue either.
kharyzma4u 2 years ago 3
Amen sister, amen. The part that cut me to my heart was when he went to India to see this Indian hair which I will never buy, He made this remark to this indian girl ' that if you see a black woman run....' wow, that hurts. Many East Indians are already nasty to black woman So, why make it worse.
StarSpell5 2 years ago 5
yeahi agree with you. the student girl with the natural hair, in the film didn't even get a chance to speak or she didnt speak, she should have spoken up.
metrolady72 2 years ago 3
VERY well spoken! i completely agree...i didnt even waste my money to go see it.
onlyHEknowsme 2 years ago 2
OK, I kept hearing positive opinions on this film..I was on again /off again about wanting to see this movie, but after your(passionate) review, I want to see it just to see the hoopla is all about. From the reviews I've watched, I can't say I remember any women mentioning natural hair in this movie! I don't like it when we're singled out for comedic value, and I don't think it's funny either..
letish 2 years ago
I actually enjoyed the film. But I certainly agree that chris could have gotten deeper especially in regards to natural hair.I felt that the subject of natural hair was either dismissed quickly or avoided all together. This was surprising seeing as how both his daughters are natural and the movie was made for their benefit. I feel that ,if nothing else, the film made black women question their dangerous/expensive hair practices.
lumalandy 2 years ago
I was disappointed that there were almost no natural hair sisters in the film. And I was very disappointed that Nia Long said that we are "high maintenence" That really bothered me.
4ULordSDG 2 years ago
THANK YOU I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mwanzasb 2 years ago
Thank you for the review. You are an intelligent and uniquely beautiful young woman. You've got your head on straight and priorities in the right place. It is important to most women to be and feel beautiful and admired.....I think women with God given kinky kurly hair are missing the boat, because we're not aware of and do not know how to leverage our own beauty. As for being a lawyer, when has anyoneseen a hairstyle win a case, or for that matter, operate on a patient, teach a child?....
dianesehoward 2 years ago
Sorry to hear that the movie was so upsetting. I did like what he said on Oprah, that the kiddie perms should be banned everywhere. It's sad to see 3-5 year old children getting relaxers. I think they should have a legal age limit for those relaxers.
Yonnea 2 years ago
Hmmm, I cant say that I was highly disappointed with the movie. It's all about ones perspective to me...(cause we all have our own opinions) To a person who is ignorant to black womens hair they may look at this movie and think "All black women think like this" But to a open minded smart woman she may look at it and think "I am really a damn fool for going through all of this just to support an image". He poked fun at us in a jokingly way to possibly open some people eyes... I liked the movie
MISSRN12 2 years ago 2
I'm with you on your statement. I completely agree.
Tmochava 2 years ago 3
CHRIS ROCK'S own wife wears weave so was he coming from an afro centric place or was he indifferent?
aran08504 2 years ago
I do understand what you are saying and no, it is not as imformative as "naturals" would want it to be. Chris is a comedian and that is what he stressed when he was on Oprah. It seems like it came off wrong to a lot of women. It did not bother me in that way because I don't purchase or lay-a-way thousand dollar weaves. NOW, it should most definitely bother the women who feel that they have to do that. They should be getting the wake up call after this film and embrace the curls!
tanya23181 2 years ago
I have not seen the film yet but you make me want to watch it. I asked myself a few questions when I saw the trailer. (1) Who elected Chris Rock as a spokesman on our hair? (2)Is this moving going to encourage the sisters to invest and take more ownership in the industry we millions in? (3) When are the natural sisters going to do a documentary?
TheGlamjade 2 years ago
Wow! Thanks for the review. I havnt seen it.
chocara1 2 years ago
Wow! Thanks for the review. I havnt seen it.
chocara1 2 years ago
I haven't seen the movie yet as surprising a lot of the women commenting on your review. However, I can appreciate your convictions and perspective on how the movie was angled. I will still watch it once its on DVD...I used to spend GOOD money on weave...I'm interested in where it came from, etc.
GrowingThere 2 years ago
Agreed!!!!
falalah81 2 years ago
I haven't seen that movie but I did have a feeling that it would pull on the stereotypes and show the women looking stupid. Chriss Rock is the main character so I knew the movie was going to be a joke of some kind. I love Chriss rock as a comedian but I knew for sure that it was going to be another crap black movie.. They did it again,, They made some more money off of our or many black woman s insecurities.
Slylady81 2 years ago
I totally agree, I was SOOOOOO disappointed as a napptural beauty. He did not go into depth about ANYTHING about natural hair. I felt that there was no real research, no real facts...nothing. I sat and watched...and watched...and watched...and waited for him to show and prove other napptural beauties and really dig deep and go in depth but I got NOTHING.
missjhia 2 years ago
The overall message of the film is THINK FOR YOURSELF. He can only do what he is allowed to do, you said so yourself. He didn't make a choice for you on whether your hair should be straight or nappy, he just exposed the self-imposed slavery that a lot of minorities succumb to. You're a Christian, you know who has the majority influence on earth at this time. You are also educated, so you should know the only way to tell an empowering truth in media, especially for minorities, is with jokes
EbonyAbraxas 2 years ago
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that thought this film was detrimental to black women.
TekoaG 2 years ago
I agree I think he did that because he wanted white people to see his movie he said it on oprah that the movie was a joke
spareld 2 years ago
Also, I'm surprised by this review because I thought the whole point of the movie was because his daughter said something inferior about her own hair. Did he really think she would feel better about herself with this film?
anikadiamond007 2 years ago
YES SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT!!
apatte4975 2 years ago
"Touched mentally"lol. I'm glad I didn't see it.
"Fearfully and wonderfully made". Amen!
anikadiamond007 2 years ago
On the point! 5 stars!
simpletimes12 2 years ago
Oh gosh, I said the same thing on my blog about the ONE lone natural young girl in the movie!!!! Yes, it sold out! I agree with you totally!
BrownFaceTV 2 years ago
WORD!!!!!!
BrownFaceTV 2 years ago
i dont even want to watch it
rsjreel 2 years ago
lol
rsjreel 2 years ago
I agree totally! I was dissapointed with the lack of intelligent perspective on the natural hair experience. The movie focused on how desperately black women want straight hair....so desperately, that we are willing to put a chemical in our hair to alter the texture and the chemist can't believe that anyone would do such a thing! It's kind of sad when you really think about it, kinda like self hatred.
IMINTOMAKEUPNOW 2 years ago
@IMINTOMAKEUPNOW yeah when I seen him on oprah and he was talking about it was a joke I was like wtf!!!!
spareld 2 years ago
yes! it IS self hatred!
Crystalmuhammad 2 years ago
I am completely disappointed by Chris Rock, but this isn't the first time, when he came to London and did his stand up,his jokes about strong black women being over bearing and black men love white women was truly disappointing statements to make. Watch him on Oprah it gets worst.
star83 2 years ago 3
@star83 just thank god that movie wasn't number one in the box office and prince and the frog was
spareld 2 years ago
We shouldn't be surprised. WHEN has Chris Rock ever said anything intelligent? He's capitalized out of being a complete JOKE.
merriem24 2 years ago
Wonderfully said. You are a true inspiration.
merriem24 2 years ago
Thats why I didn't see it...Chris Rock is dumb!
omgiheartvideos 2 years ago
you were on point
quietgirl0590 2 years ago
You are soooo right, the movie had the potential to be so much more than it was. It wasn't educational. It pissed me off that they didn't give the young girl with the natural hair a chance to say anything, well i'm sure she said something they just didn't show it...Great video!
ketket1 2 years ago
I totally agree. I was really disappointed with the actresses interviewed especially Raven and Nia Long who just glorified and perpetuated the myth that white hair is better than black hair. My God we are lost! It was such a superficial, one sided waste of celluloid!!
iamsillywarm 2 years ago 5
Gurl ... U can say that again... I hated it as well... what in the world was he thinkin' in makin that "TRASH".... ur right we are Beautiful and Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God himself and we don't need that .... Not at all!!!!
lovennappiness 2 years ago
I wanted to see this movie, but after some reviews I changed my mind. I am glad I didn't. The movie did seem like a sell out.
cosmeticcutie 2 years ago
those were strong words. i still havent seen it but im headed off to my laptop theatre to review the show!
akerr87 2 years ago
When I saw how he acted a straight fool on Oprah when he found out her hair was real, that turned me off from running out to see it.
mcelweewife 2 years ago 6
Me too. It was embarASSing. Chris Rock out to be ashame.
NvrSettle 2 years ago 3
Dang, I got that vibe and I didn't even see it ...yet.
mcelweewife 2 years ago
I have not seen the movie yet, quite frankly, I kidna dont want to. So many misconceptions. This was a fluke!
Pinkperpetual 2 years ago 2