Really portray a black barbershop?

Well of course it's a movie and more specifically a comedy, so there's a lot of exaggeration. And they're a dying breed. But the barbershop as some kind of cornerstone of society where some people would hang out all day and discuss no matter what? That part is certainly realistic. It's not even a black thing really, I'm white and from Europe and my dad went to a barbershop like this when he was young. I still saw it myself as a kid but at that moment they were already at the end of their era. It was men only though, and I don't know if a lot of black American barbershops would be taking female clients too (because, you know, it's a BARBERshop).

I've seen quite a few movies now about black barber or hair salons (or movies that featured them in some scenes), they may be more important in the black community because it wasn't that long ago that they simply couldn't go and hang out in a lot of other places.

In its basic form, yes.


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I'm a Serb and went to a Polish barbershop when I was younger with my Dad. All those old Slavs would talk the most ridiculous *beep* all day long.

It was basically a "Safe Space" for pretty much any Ethnic group that wasn't apart of the mainstream majority WASP society.

Like someone said above though they are a dying bread. While Black owned and run barber shops are always going to be a thing (more so specifically because of the texture difference with Black people's hair) the overall vibe is different and you commonly see non-Black people working and getting haircuts there frequently. Especially with the new *beep*-boi Hitler youth haircut phase Black people are experts at precision line-ups and fades.