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Chris Rock’s Good Hair Falls Flat

Check out Alex Jung’s take on the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair at ColorLines.com. Find out why the film delivers a blow-dried, glossy version of Black women’s hair stories.

Here’s a taste:

Rock treats the topics with a chuckle, but it leaves us with a feeling that we’re getting a blow-dried, glossy version of the actual stories. Instead of just asking Black models and actresses (most of whom wear weaves) for their thoughts on hair, what about Black public intellectuals like Angela Davis and Toni Morrison?

While treating such a complicated topic with levity can be refreshing, it is also deceiving. For as funny as it is to discuss the dos and don’ts of weave sex (“Stay on top,” advises Nia Long), there is a deeper psychology underneath those tresses of wavy hair.

Read the full story here.

Posted at 5:33 PM, Nov 11, 2009 in ColorLines Features | Permalink | View Comments