Comments on: Did Chris Rock Completely Rip Off “Good Hair”?

By: BadMovieNight

BadMovieNight — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:20:51 +0000

alright i just came back from the movies with my wife enjoying the interesting truths about nappy hair. whatever i dont give a shit about it but it makes my wife happy. ok there was a empty theatre and the only people watching were these 3 black girls with 2 kids, kids screamed all throughout the movie and at the end after many “shut ups” we thank them for ruining the movie. they got all ghetto and started getting defensive calling names. ok i wanted to stab these girls in front of their kids, i dont wanna be mad or racist or anything. i just hope these girls read this and get a normal education.

By: brotherman

brotherman — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:26:09 +0000

Howard Stern has always claimed Chris stole his idea about making a tv series about his boyhood ie Everybody Hates Chris

By: Zhania

Zhania — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:41:57 +0000

It would be nice to see a documentary about how the term ‘good hair’ really got its roots–it’s was not straigthened hair, it was so called good hair because it was naturally wavey and usually long. Complexion did not matter as there were women of various shades of blackness that had it–it was all in the natural ‘waveyness’ of the hair.

Check with your grandmothers, great aunts and older ladies–there you can get the true meaning of what having ‘good hair’ was all about; however, over time the meaning has changed and what was once very natural and adored for its natural beauty has now become a billion dollar+ business.

By: Slappy

Slappy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:09 +0000

great quote

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:24:37 +0000

There are many documentaries about Black hair however, in the case of “My Nappy Roots” the filmmaker, Regina Kimble has documented 12 specific creative choices that are identical in Chris Rock’s film “Good Hair” and her own film. There are thousands of love songs but using specific notes in a specific order to make a melody would be a thef of the song that is what she is saying is in this film. Clearly, Chris Rock had access to her film and may have been “inspired” to make certain choices. Her lawsuit is based on the film not the trailer. She became aware of it when she saw the trailer.

Ultimately, experts will be brought in to view the films and determine if there was copyright infringement.

By: Cell Thuropy

Cell Thuropy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:18:37 +0000

ROFL @ thematticus & 46and2

By: V

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:07:40 +0000

I think the case this director is trying to make (which seems a legitimate issue). Is that:

1. Despite Chris Rock having a deal to make a black hair film he had not started to make the movie and it had no form
2. Chris Rock specifically requested to SEE this film and viewed it
3. Chris Rock stole story arch’s, perspectives, motifs directly from the other documentary…

If they can map the “copied” sections between the films correctly then maybe they have a case. BUT There is no way she can have a case based on the trailer.

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:49:58 +0000

um actually i cant remember the name of it but it has been done before in the 90’s…i remember cause at the time a lot of female artists where just coming out like jill scott and a couple others….i have no clue about this case but i can tell u that she wasnt the first one with this idea….the hair of a african american is a important thing for them…..i remember when i was getting a fade and was having my lines done at a famous spot here in san jose and charley murphy walked in and got a cut too.

By: Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:05:07 +0000

There can be multiple documentaries on the same subject without it necessarily being the case that one copied the other. There have been tons of docs on women’s eating disorders. They are all very similar in their message (eating disorder, bad), and still they are all different documentaries.

I think the key to this whole thing is that Chris Rock already had a development deal for his documentary before he saw the other film. But even if he hadn’t, I would not have a problem with his making this documentary even if the first documentary had inspired his own.

Look. I made a band tour documentary in 2003. Leading up to my going on the road with the band, I probably watched 100 similar documentaries. I considered it research.

Furthermore, I would be really surprised if these two documentaries were really all that similar. Yes, they have the same essential subject, but I doubt the other documentary has either Chris Rock’s wicked sense of humor or the apparent infusion of high-level celebrity reflection that Chris Rock’s seems to have.

In the end, Regina Kimbell’s documentary was made in 2005 and has five votes on IMDB. A quick Google search dug up another film from a couple years ago called “My Joy, My Tears, My Hair” on the same subject. I’m sure there have been others.

And while Chris Rock’s documentary might not be the first on the subject, I’ll bet my rather sizable ass that it’s the best.

By: thematticus

thematticus — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:30:36 +0000

Nope. Not a clue.