Word: beautyful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
“The Beauty Academy of Kabul” portraits beauty both in form and content. Under the Taliban, the Afghan women were willing to risk their lives to secretly run beauty salons because they valued beauty whether the public could see their face or not. In the post...
This is why the American teachers emphasize the power of beauty to “heal”—they really believe Afghan women will one day earn freedom and equality through earning an income to support themselves and their family.
The film also raises questions about globalization, specifically about how American culture is received abroad. The many cultural and value exchanges between the American females and their Afghan students are humorous and telling. Each hairdresser brings her own ideas of beauty and freedom to the classroom and tells her students...
Bottom Line: A surprising and entertaining film, “The Beauty Academy of Kabul” will make you smile with the same satisfaction of a good hair cut, but you won’t leave the theater without a bit of a heartache.
Under Cedric’s devoted guidance, Lady Montdore finds a new meaning in life—the pursuit of her own beauty. She spends hours each day in steam baths and facial masks, and for the first time, she is happy. By the time Polly returns to England, unhappy...