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Written and Directed by. Spike Lee. You've been hoodwinked. You've been had. You've been took. You've been led astray, run amuck. You've been bamboozled. So said Malcolm X, as quoted by Spike Lee in the production notes to "Bamboozled," his perplexing new film. To Malcolm, the bamboozlers were white people in general, but in Lee's films they're ...
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. Frustrated that his ideas for a "Cosby Show"-esque take on the black family have been rejected by network ...
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. It features an ensemble cast including Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy ...
Written by jelo singson. The satirical film Bamboozled revolves around the unexpected, meteoric success and tragic demise of a highly controversial modern day minstrel show conceptualized by network executive Pierre Delacroix/Peerless Dothan and his PA, Sloane Hopkins. Pierre is a neurotic, highly educated African-American man in his late 30’s.
- Spike Lee
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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Spike Lee
- 2000-10-20
The Making of “Bamboozled” (2001), a documentary featuring Lee; Glover; Davidson; actors Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport, and Damon Wayans; and other members of the cast and crew. Deleted scenes, music videos for the Mau Maus’ “Blak Iz Blak” and Gerald Levert’s “Dream with No Love,” and alternate parody commercials created ...
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Oct 6, 2000 · 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. TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea.
