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Actors: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bamboozled |
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Written and directed by Spike Lee in 1999. As the ratings of his employer CBN are extremely low, TV show producer Pierre Delacroix is asked to think about a new show by Thomas Dunwitty, vice-director at CBN. Pierre, who would like to be fired after years of frustration at CBN, imagines "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show", a concept that should, at least under Pierre's opinion, never be accepted by CBN's hierarchy. The show, which features every possible stereotypes about Afro-Americans, takes place in a watermelon field in Alabama and the black actors of the show are wearing blackface as in the thirties.
The show is nevertheless an instant success and is appreciated by the audience, black and white, as well as by the critics. But soon, one of the main characters, Sleep 'nd Eat, leaves the show because he doesn't want to take part anymore in this racist broadcasting. A few weeks later, the other star, Manta, is kidnapped by Black activists who murder him in front of the cameras and Pierre Delacroix is shot by his assistant Sloan Hopkins who was in love with Manta.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bamboozled |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Black
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Dumb
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
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