Bad Hair (2021) -

The Price of Professionalism: Satirizing Eurocentric Beauty Standards in Simien’s "Bad Hair"

Summarize how the film's ending serves as a warning about the cycle of assimilation. Recommended Sources Bad Hair (2021)

"Justin Simien’s Bad Hair utilizes the 'body horror' genre to critique how 1980s corporate America enforced Eurocentric beauty standards on Black women, illustrating that the assimilation required for professional success often comes at the cost of one's identity and physical safety." Bad Hair (2021)

Killer Weaves and Corporate Ladders: A Socio-Political Analysis of 1980s Black Horror Bad Hair (2021)

Apply Critical Race Theory or Feminist Film Theory to analyze Anna's transformation.