Netflix’s chilling new thriller The Strays takes on themes of race, grief, class, motherhood and the politics of hair. Stylist talks to its star, Ashley Madekwe.
. And we’re told what hair is professional and what hair is is considered groomed and what hair is considered beautiful. And I think over the last five years, there’s definitely been an awakening and people embracing the natural texture of their hair. But I’m also seeing a shift now where it’s like, we felt like we had to embrace the natural texture, so everybody knew that we were celebrating ourselves. And now we’re like, you know what, maybe I want to blow my hair out.
This is what I know about my hair. I think early on in my career, there was a lot of defensiveness surrounding it. But I think that there’s been a shift in that people are more open to having the conversation and there are more people of colour working in those departments, which is really important. I was spoilt when I started because my first job was a film calledand we had a Black hair department and Black make-up department on that film. I thought that was the norm. And it wasn’t.
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