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Need a new hairdo? Queen Latifah’s got one for you in Beauty Shop, a movie that works off of and modifies its predecessors—Barbershop and Barbershop 2—adding a feminine twist to its talented ensemble cast and blunt, sometimes crude discussions of culture...
The plot follows the bold Gina Norris (Latifah), who had a brief role in Barbershop 2. In the Atlanta-based Beauty Shop, Norris becomes offended by the comments of boss Jorge Christophe (Kevin Bacon), and leaves his hair salon to open her own beauty shop, accompanied by hair-washer Lynn...
These plot developments in the beauty shop strengthen and help negate the story’s weak beginning, marked by hazy transitions, awkward close-ups, and forced character histories. When Norris comes into her own with her new workers at the shop, the film gains a heightened and refreshing energy...
Instead of simply enforcing or exploiting the African-American stereotypes present in other films (like Soul Plane), Woodruff plays with them and allows his Beauty Shop to become a place of simultaneous racial diversity and unity. Rather than have Norris’s hairdressers make stereotypical comments for the sake...
A host of talented actors frequent Beauty Shop. Although a hint of embarrassment taints Bacon’s performance, his Jorge provides a fitting antagonist (fey white man versus tough black woman) as he tries to close the doors on Norris’s venture. Little JJ’s...