You Need to Make Like My Hair, and Relax

3 Comments / Aug 06.09 / TV & Film / by Casanova Ruffin

“If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair nappy, they’re not happy.” – Paul Mooney

The “Good Hair” Trailer, Chris Rock’s new movie about the Black Women’s Hair Products industry, has been making the rounds. The line by Paul Mooney sells it for me.

I’m actually interested in watching this. You see, I’ve had quite the adventure with my hair. From the day I was born, it has gone from combed-to-the-side, to spiked, to afro, to long, to cornrowed (yeah I’m Asian, what?!), to curled up in rollers, and then finally to normal boring young adult style. Yeah we’ve definitely been through some times, but there are and were a couple of things that I refused to put my hair through. You could call them “coif rules.” I never blowdry my hair or use a straight iron, and I was most certainly scared to death of “relaxer.” After watching the Temptations movie like 30 times, and seeing what those dudes went through to get their hair like that, I was certain that it couldn’t be healthy for your hair.

But in any case, a movie about a billion-dollar industry and how it dictates standards of beauty sounds interesting enough to watch…or at least DL.

Plus, I’ll get to learn about weave sex, a concept that eludes me.

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Please take a moment to check out my documentary film BLACK HAIR

It is free at youtube. 6 parts including an update from London, England.

It explores the Korean Take-over of the Black Beauty Supply and Hair biz..

Kinda like Madame C.J. Walker in Reverse….a tragic comedy.

I am not a hater, I am a motivator.

Plus I am a White guy who stumbled upon this, and felt it was so wrong I had to make a film about it.

Can it be taken back?

Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96aaTSdrAE

aron ranen added these pithy words on Aug 06 09 at 12:40 pm

Dude, I totally remember that movie when it first came out! Did I watch it on BET or something?!

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Aug 06 09 at 12:43 pm

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