A Visual Analysis of Pelo Malo

A VISUAL ANALYSIS OF PELO MALO
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Introduction
Pelo Malo is translated to mean ‘bad har’. It is a term that is immersed in black and Latino customs. Which their hairs, the Latins are curly, kinky, and soft. (Farrell, M.L., 2017). The plot of this movie explains how a Venezuelan nine-year-old boy wants to uncurl his afro hair to look like an American or we can his favorite pop singer Justin Beiber, for his school picture. His single unemployed mother wants nothing to do with this and refuses him, thinking he is gay.
A Visual Analysis of Pelo Malo
Comment on the screenshot
The picture on the screenshot the nine-year-old with his Pelo Malo ‘bad hair’. The term Pelo Malo is a word used in Venezuela and the Caribbean to refer to the hair of the Latinos. ( Rabassó, C. and Rabassó, F., 2017). Their hair is always, soft, curly, and afro-kinky. The negative view of the Latino's natural hair led many of them to want to straighten their hair to look like Americans.
A visual analysis of the film
The beauty industry in Venezuela plays a vital role in boosting the economy. It gains income by uplifting people’s timidity and the restlessness of wanting to transform into other desired beauty. Junior, that is his name, thick dark curls that shows his mi...