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'''Nappily Ever After''' (2018) is an American romantic comedy movies directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and written by Adam Brooks and Cee Marcellus. It is based on the novel of the same name by Trisha R. Thomas.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappily_Ever_After</ref>[[File:Nappily Ever After.png|thumb|Nappily Ever After]]
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'''Nappily Ever After''' (2018) is an American romantic comedy movies directed by Haifaa al-Mansour. The movie is inspired by a novel of the same name by Trisha R. Thomas.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappily_Ever_After</ref>[[File:Nappily Ever After.png|thumb|Nappily Ever After]]
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Violet Jones doesn't realize it at first but she's dismayed by her superficial, "perfect" life. She has everything she thought she'd need - a successful career, friends and a boyfriend who is a handsome doctor (Whittle). When her fairy tale begins to unravel, so does she. This movie shows what a beautiful, smart, successful woman can do when she starts to look inward instead of outward!<ref name=":0">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365545/</ref>
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Violet Jones doesn't understand it from the start however she's overwhelmed by her shallow, "awesome" life. She has all she thought she'd require - an effective vocation, companions and a sweetheart who is a doctor (Whittle). At the point when her fantasy starts to unwind, so does she. This film shows what a wonderful, shrewd, fruitful lady can do when she begins to search internally rather than outward.<ref name=":0">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365545/</ref>
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
A black women's hair, is this movies all about, and what it's like for black women to live in a world where they're stigmatized because of their hair. Where they're considered unprofessional and uncivilized if they don't straighten it.<ref name=":0" />
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This movie is all about a black woman's hair and how their life is in a world full of stigma out of their hair. Black women are seen wild, uncultured, messy, and unprofessional if they do not straighten their hair.<ref name=":0" />
  
Netflix enters into a much larger conversation in world history through this film, holding up a mirror to repressive Eurocentric beauty ideals as they relate to black women and their hair.<ref>https://sojo.net/articles/nappily-ever-after-about-more-hair</ref>  
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Netflix goes into a lot bigger discussion in world history through this film, holding up a mirror to oppressive Eurocentric magnificence standards as they identify with individuals of color and their hair.<ref>https://sojo.net/articles/nappily-ever-after-about-more-hair</ref>  
  
The situations major theme in the film, that what Black women do with their hair is somehow only valid if men deem it so. It has nothing to do with the Black women themselves and all to do with their desirability. The movies also spends a good majority of its time preaching the good gospel of going/returning to natural, but it does this by undermining Black women who are not natural, conceiving of them as inferior in some way.<ref>https://wearyourvoicemag.com/way-nappily-ever-attempts-celebrate-black-hair-actually-harmful/</ref>
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The situations major theme in the film, that what Black women do with their hair is somehow only valid if men deem it so. It has nothing to do with the Black ladies themselves and all to do with their allure. The movies also spends a larger part of its time lecturing the goodness of going natural, however it does this by subverting Black ladies who are not normal, imagining them as substandard somehow or another.<ref>https://wearyourvoicemag.com/way-nappily-ever-attempts-celebrate-black-hair-actually-harmful/</ref>
  
 
==Reference==
 
==Reference==

Revision as of 14:56, 1 March 2021

Nappily Ever After (2018) is an American romantic comedy movies directed by Haifaa al-Mansour. The movie is inspired by a novel of the same name by Trisha R. Thomas.[1]

Nappily Ever After

Plot

Violet Jones doesn't understand it from the start however she's overwhelmed by her shallow, "awesome" life. She has all she thought she'd require - an effective vocation, companions and a sweetheart who is a doctor (Whittle). At the point when her fantasy starts to unwind, so does she. This film shows what a wonderful, shrewd, fruitful lady can do when she begins to search internally rather than outward.[2]

Controversy

This movie is all about a black woman's hair and how their life is in a world full of stigma out of their hair. Black women are seen wild, uncultured, messy, and unprofessional if they do not straighten their hair.[2]

Netflix goes into a lot bigger discussion in world history through this film, holding up a mirror to oppressive Eurocentric magnificence standards as they identify with individuals of color and their hair.[3]

The situations major theme in the film, that what Black women do with their hair is somehow only valid if men deem it so. It has nothing to do with the Black ladies themselves and all to do with their allure. The movies also spends a larger part of its time lecturing the goodness of going natural, however it does this by subverting Black ladies who are not normal, imagining them as substandard somehow or another.[4]

Reference