The protagonist, Anna, gets a weave to "fit in" at a music television station. The film suggests that survival in a capitalist system often requires Black women to mutilate or alter their natural selves to appease a white-dominated hierarchy .
Like films such as the South Korean horror The Wig , the hair in Bad Hair is a sentient, parasitic entity. Use this to discuss the "loss of agency"—when the tools used for empowerment (the weave) begin to control the wearer. 3. Historical & Cultural Context Bad Hair (2021)
Check Variety or The Hollywood Reporter for contemporary critical reception. The protagonist, Anna, gets a weave to "fit