Gina (Queen Latifah) first appeared in “Barbershop 2” as a spunky stylist working in a Southside Chicago salon. In “Beauty Shop,” Gina has moved to Atlanta so her daughter can study at an ...

Meanwhile, Gina’s new staff consists of head-rolling, finger-wagging, chicken-and-waffle-eating ghetto stereotypes, with a clientele of white women who want to be just like them.

Ultimately enraged by Jorge’s condescending ways, Gina quits to open her own beauty shop. Even with a hard-won bank loan, she can afford only a gone-to-seed salon in an inner-city neighborhood.

The 2005 movie, Beauty Shop, began streaming on January 1. Queen Latifah stars as Gina Norris who quits her high-end salon (owned by Kevin Bacon sporting a terrible wig and terrible accent) to ...