Octavia Spencer initially appears as Madam C.J. Walker — the legendary turn-of-the-century hair entrepreneur and America's first self-made millionairess of any race — as a boxer in the ring. "No matter what, I refuse to give up the fight," she says, encased in a navy satin robe with even shinier red trim, holding up her boxing gloves to knock out whoever stands in her way.
Suffice to say, Netflix's Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker isn't a standard — or subtle — biopic. (Divided into four parts, it's also more miniseries than feature.) Later, Sarah Breedlove, as Madam Walker is known to her friends and family, imagines a chorus line of tap-dancing stylists as part of her charm offensive to woo investors.
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