It turned out that her reputation had preceded her.
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Still underground, hadn’t gone to school, had never had any formal training.”Ī neighbor noticed Morris’s house was full of activity and asked her what went on there.
I realized I can pay my bills with this money,” Morris remembered.
“Whatever somebody wanted to give me or tip me. After losing a job at age 20, she began cutting friends’ hair for nominal fees, usually under five dollars. Independent at an early age, she once had dreams of becoming a veterinarian. Looking back on an explosive career, it’s difficult to imagine that Morris spent years cutting hair as a hobby. I was breaking down that barrier and spoiling sexism with that.” Co-hair department Vera Steimberg, Wesley Snipes, and co-hair department head Stacey Morris. “Because doing men’s hair, especially back then, it was a man’s world. “Some of them would be like, ‘Really, this 14-year-old girl?’ You know what I’m saying?” Morris recalled. She was accustomed to having entertainers in their home as a child and her father would convince them to let Morris cut their hair. Morris’s father and stepfather both worked in the music industry and her mother was a successful model. She picked up the scissors to style her brothers’ hair at age 12 and her talent was instantly apparent. She even professes her dream of opening her own barbershop and scoffs when Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler) asserts that women own “beauty shops.” Celebrity barber and Co-head of the Hair Department for Coming 2 America Stacey Morris has faced similar biases in her career. Mirembe (Nomzamo Mbatha) emerges as the royal stylist in a more heartfelt and substantial role in the sequel Coming 2 America. The cameos were crowd-pleasers and captured the culture of men socializing endlessly at their local haircutter, but the scenes emphasized the “boys club” nature of barbershops. Stars Murphy and Arsenio Hall arguing with themselves in transformative prosthetics at a New York City barbershop was a surprise to theater audiences. Prince Akeem is one of Eddie Murphy’s most famous roles, but the opinionated barber Clarence is one of the funniest jokes in Coming to America.
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