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...drugs. CON: Will not get elected. Republicans Mitt Romney (Governor of Massachusetts) PRO: If all Mormons are like Napolean Dynamite, we’re on board. CON: Least fun Mormon ever: upholds anti-alcohol position, renounces kinky potential of polygamy. Mike Huckabee (Governor of Arkansas) PRO: Endorsed by Chuck Norris??s Right Leg. CON: Chuck Norris would never write a book called “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork.” John McCain (Senator from Arizona) PRO: Survived 5.5 years as a POW, making him officially more badass than 50 Cent...
...film follows Norris??s struggles to start her business and to keep it running, despite maintenance problems and a pesky inspector who may be up to no good. At the same time, Norris becomes romantically entangled with electrician/pianist Joe (Djimon Hounstou...
...source of this energy and the true strength of the movie is a well-established core of female interaction. Norris??s employees, including Silverstone’s Lynn and Alfre Woodard’s hilarious Ms. Josephine, engage in sexually and racially comic antics. For example, the ladies have a lot of fun commenting on the sexuality of male hairdresser James (Bryce Wilson), who gives them plenty to question with his comments on details of his personal hygiene and is caught seriously grooving to a disco tune...
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 of a good laugh from his audience, he allows them to intelligently display diversity and racial identity...
...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 portrayal of the sly teenage Willie adds some youthful and exaggerated comedy to the dialogue-driven humor of those in Beauty, as he videotapes the ladies’ bottoms and develops a particular affinity for Latifah?...
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