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Oct 6, 2000 · The movie stars Damon Wayans as Pierre Delacroix, a Harvard graduate who is a program executive at a cable TV network. He works under a boss who is, in his own eyes, admirably unprejudiced: Dunwitty ( Michael Rapaport) says Delacroix's black shows are "too white," and adds: "I have a black wife and two biracial kids.
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.
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.
- Spike Lee
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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Spike Lee
- 2000-10-20
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.
May 15, 2020 · Back in 2000, Spike Lee’s Bamboozled was a flop in cinemas. Yet this explosive satire has come to be seen as a masterpiece, skewering racial prejudice, writes Kaleem Aftab.
