Date watched: 1/13/20
Starring: Zaria Kelley, Corinne Massiah, Elle Lorraine
Plot: In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.. (From IMDB)
Quotes:
- Y’all, this surfer from Venice got me so twisted. Mm. I don’t know. — You got a surfer colonizing your lands?
- Anna. Something bad has happened. -‐ Oh, I’m aware.
- Sheryl came in. All kind of job demands. Spelling out all of her strengths. If only timing was one of them.
- Let me check with my killer weave support group
- What were you doing upstairs? -‐ I thought motherfuckers was going up there to celebrate, so shit, I went, too. Shit, I was trying to blend in with these zombie bitches to keep ’em at bay.
- Virgie’s? Bitch, I ain’t got $500 to give her! Especially when La’Neka hook a sister up for $250!
- Look, I cannot die today, okay? I haven’t been to church in like, 15 years.
- [whispers]: Bitch, what is you doin’? I done seen all the Jason movies. You ain’t gotta check to see if she’s dead! Come on!
Viewer Quotes:
- The initial interview for the film happened in the PlayStation building…
- Ahh the carpets do match the drapes
- I feel like their hairs will kill each other and then Virgie will walk and in and say “I’ll find you some new bodies”
- It’s a hair-lander, there can only be one
- “[dry slithering]” — Well maybe she should have used conditioner
- Look, there is the killer weave support group right there!
- I have a prediction, he uses the lighter gun to set off the sprinklers
- It’s difficult to weave this story together — It’s a story about a girl finding her roots — Hey! Don’t split ends
- I don’t think that was the type of “black girl magic” she wanted tho.
Things we learned:
- Love yourself as you are
- Learn about your culture
- Appreciate your ancestors
- Don’t fuck with cursed hair
- But cursed hair might save you from a rapist or result in really rewarding revenge-sex
Final Take:
A hair-raising tale.