Be true to yourself not what someone wants you to be. In the movie Bad Hair Day, the main character, Monica, develops the theme that you should not seek approval from others and be who you want to be. She does this by going to the college she likes and not the college everyone is going to.
In the beginning, Monica has a website that she has people vote on what she wears or does. Before the police detective Liz comes to her house, it shows a necklace she got from a pawn shop that she did not put up for votes. When Liz came to her house, she shows the picture of the necklace and asks if she knows where it is or if she has seen. The necklace was actually a diamond necklace that was stolen. Liz told Monica there was a reward, but instead of money…
Any decision that Monica made she was nervous about and needed other people’s thoughts on it. She doesn’t feel comfortable being herself because she believes people will not like her and leave her. Monica tells her friend, “I was up till 2:30 doing my hair poll”. This is showing she would rather exhaust herself with what other people will like on her instead of picking a hairstyle she liked for herself. “You are debating that or state?” Liz asked. She feels once she goes to the college no one knows her at and her friends will leave her and never talk to her. Also, she feels like she will make a mistake and people will think she is not perfect. Before going to prom Liz and Monica look for a dress and Monica states, “I really like it”. She understands that she can like things on her own and it doesn’t matter what other people think about it.
In conclusion, Monica learned an important lesson. Even though the journey was tough she now knows she should believe in herself. It effects the audience by showing them opinions are not a huge deal and you don’t need to spend so much time thinking about what people think about you. Also, you don’t need to follow what everyone does and you can go a different way than everyone else. It implies in real by telling people it is okay to be yourself. Not everyone likes to do the same things. Love yourself or you can’t be happy with what you do in life. Without individuality everyone…