Hair Cutting Scene
I was wondering what this hair cutting scene was all about ? However, Harry Bellafonte is absolutely gorgeous !
shareIt had been months with just the two of them alone and by now their hormones were raging. I got the impression that he was attempting to make her as unattractive as possible. He was fighting his attraction to her. Considering the time, and their later conversation when he uttered the "N-word", he was conditioned to not even consider interracial dating as something acceptable. He turned into Edward Scissorhand because of his frustrations.
I'm not sure I totally agree with you lynnelewis. I also think there is a strong physical attraction between the two of them that is revealed there, but I rather understood it as a strong racial scene. He is still very ashamed of his race and does not want to touch her, does not feel "cut out" to be a hairdresser, and certainly not a black hairdresser for a white woman. I may be wrong but I felt it that way...
shareTwo words; Sexual Tension.
shareTwo words; Sexual Tension.
That's it exactly. The point of the scene, in my opinion, is to show their mutual attraction to one another, and their polar reactions to it; that Sarah has feelings for Ralph and wants to act on them, and that Ralph has feelings for Sarah and is fighting them.
"He's already attracted to her. Time and monotony will do the rest."
You put it so well I can't say what I would add. It was sexual tension and he was the one uncomfortable not her. It's a brilliant scene. At the time the dialogue was revolutionary and breathtaking. She wants to ignore race and he can't let it go. It dealt with the fact there are two sides to racism brilliantly.
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