Compare the film to other "Social Horrors" like Get Out or Us . Unlike those films, Bad Hair focuses specifically on misogynoir (prejudice against Black women) within the workplace. 4. Structural Outline
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The protagonist, Anna, gets a weave to "fit in" at a music television station. The film suggests that survival in a capitalist system often requires Black women to mutilate or alter their natural selves to appease a white-dominated hierarchy . Compare the film to other "Social Horrors" like
Introduce the film, the 1980s setting, and your thesis regarding beauty standards and capitalism. the 1980s setting