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Bamboozled is a 2000 American satirical black comedy - drama film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the resulting violent fallout from the show's success.
Oct 20, 2000 · Bamboozled: Directed by Spike Lee. With Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson. A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.
Oct 6, 2000 · “Bamboozled” shows black actors in boldly exaggerated blackface for a cable production named “Mantan–The New Millennium Minstrel Show.” Can we see beyond the blackface to its purpose? I had a struggle.
A blistering satire of network television's pitfalls and prejudices, a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a television writer's stunning...
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Summaries. A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit. Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy League educated black writer at a major network.
Bamboozled. With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike.
Feb 10, 2023 · Check out the official Bamboozled (2000) trailer starring Jada Pinkett Smith! Watch on Vudu: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Bamboozled/1793466...
Mar 23, 2020 · Spike Lee’s Bamboozled Is Still Sharp, Stinging, and Utterly Vital. The experimental box office bomb didn’t have many defenders when it hit theaters in 2000—but a new Criterion release...
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Oct 6, 2000 · Overview. TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit. Spike Lee.