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It appears 'Good Hair' isn't all good after all -- at least for comedian Chris Rock that is.
The narrator and director of the film has been slapped with a lawsuit by documentary filmmaker Regina Kimbell for allegedly lifting the concept from her 2005 documentary 'My Nappy Roots.'
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TMZ reports that in 2007, while on the set of the hit television series 'Everybody Hates Chris,' Kimbell showed Rock her original docu-flick, which also featured notable celebrities discussing various hairstyles.
To the filmmakers claim, 'My Nappy Roots' won best documentary at the 2007 Hollywood Black Film Festival.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles, seeks "no less than $5 million" in damages and attorney fees.
In the meantime, Rock will maintain his natural roots this Friday when he releases 'Good Hair,' which stars Nia Long, Meagan Good, Al Sharpton, Marvet Britto, Andre Harrell and Raven-Symone.
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By: kg on 10/08/2009 10:29AM
He may have gotten the idea of the writter's story, "My Nappy Roots," but Chris Rock's concept is showing the styles, the lengths women with tightened curly hair go to straightening it, covering it, and relaxers used, which, if nothing else, as a former student in the 1960's in high school taking cosmetology and beauty culture, we were taught about "Pormade" and a flattening iron to straighten the hair of a black woman, so it would be both the author of the book and movie, that plagerized what beauticians and grandmothers have used for years. It's just like the Wayan Bros. whom I believe used the concept of "White Women," depicting Tom Hanks and his partner in the dorm sitcom, two men wanting to fit in at a woman's dorm, but no one went after the Wayans'.
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By: VSeaTy on 10/08/2009 10:26AM
Whether he copied it or not, Chris Rock is an arrogant a--hole that has made his millions exploiting and making fun of the shortcomings of blacks for years. Yes, I know all comedians have done this, but it is the manner in which Mr. Rock does it and the pleasure he takes in the pain.
A far as the hair issue, first of all every black female doesn't have weave or get perms. Every black woman doesn't have broke off, perm damaged hair and evry black woman doesn't stop all functions to keep a man or anyone else out of her hair. If his daughters have hair issues it's because they weren't given the images from their home to make them feel secure about their own hair.Perhaps if their father weren't so quick to judge,belittle, and berate black folks every move then the little one would have a better understanding.
Hair is no mystery and no big deal. It does not make a person. And for the record Chris some folks hair is natural and beautiful and natural isn't always a fro. Some sisters hair is naturally straight or wavy and long believe it or not. It's idiots like you that think all straight hair is perm. The term Good Hair is offensive!
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By: JP on 10/30/2009 11:34AM
the clips i've seen MOCK black people
'Nappy Roots" CELEBRATED black hair and black beauty
Chris sold out awhile ago - his last concert had him telling audiences full of white people that the black man needed a white woman and Obama needed one because you can't have a black woman in the whitehouse
it wasn't a joke with a punchline - no, he just said it and moved on to something else - we cut it off after that
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By: KG on 10/08/2009 11:26AM
I beleive Chris Rock, not only targeted black person's hair, but all hair types and races. Whereas the author is strickly speaking of her experience as a black woman and her hair.
Both then can be construed as discriminatory, as there are women of all races that suffer the effects of frizzy, curly and unruly hair, and go to lenghts to straighten it.
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By: laughitoff on 10/08/2009 10:32AM
I told you that racist comedian was no good. Chris Rock aka Let Me Tell You A Joke I Heard. Ha
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By: Francine on 10/12/2009 11:34PM
She can't believe she is the only Black that had the good hair topic, Lady please. Now that is an on going topic in the Black community I can't believe this and I bet you she is educated. See school does not always help
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By: burnie on 10/30/2009 2:38AM
Francine, you're very naive.
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By: algonquin j. calhoun on 10/08/2009 10:54AM
chris rock has never had an original idea. his standup routine is pure wanda sykes.
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By: Aaron on 10/12/2009 6:25PM
Regina Kimbell's trivial law suit will be tossed out like fish entrails wrapped in yesterday's newspaper. "No less than $5 million" in damages and attorney fees". She has to think the judicial system is blind, crippled and crazy! This is not your payday "sister", go play in traffic, just maybe?????? Or maybe "clear heels", nah, not good enough to fit the bill!
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By: burnie on 10/29/2009 4:51PM
Yo aaron read the facts. Don't just hate because you like Chris. I bet you don't even know him personally
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