Daily Dialogue — March 3, 2019

“See, in my day, a barber was more than just somebody who sit around in a FUBU shirt with his drawers hanging all out. In my day, a barber was a counselor. He was a fashion expert. A style coach. Pimp. Just general all-around hustler. But the problem with y’all cats today, is that you got no skill. No sense of history. And then, with a straight face, got the nerve to want to be somebody. Want somebody to respect you. But it takes respect to get respect. Understand? See, I’m old. But, Lord willing, I’d be spared the sight of seeing everything that we worked for flushed down the drain by someone who don’t know no better or care.”

— Barbershop (2002), screenplay by Mark Brown and Don D. Scott and Marshall Todd, story by Mark Brown

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Barber Shop.

Trivia: The cast spent a month training at a barber college to prepare for their roles. Only Troy Garity had had previous hair-cutting experience.

Dialogue On Dialogue: A good way to wrap up a week of barber shop Daily Dialogue posts as Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) provides a nice take on the legacy of being a barber.