Bamboozled (2000)

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Bamboozled was released on October 20, 2000, in the USA. The American Drama film was produced by New Line Cinema. The movie storyline was written and directed by Spike Lee. The movie was made by Spike Lee in celebrating 100 year anniversary of cinema. However, he tries to bring the celebration from a different point of view, which is how the cinema has portrayed black people for the last 100 years[1].

Plot

Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) is stressed due to the dropping popularity of television. Delacroix works as a television writer for a television media company. His boss, Thomas Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport) wants his employees to create an intriguing show that can boost the television ratings. After that day, Delacroix and Sloan (Jada Pinkett Smith), his assistant, propose an offensive and racist show as the solution. They believe that people would only want to watch African American fools. Though, their real intention was hoping to be fired by the company as the show is so disastrous. However, reality does not go what they want. Instead, the show which is named "Mantan: The Millenium Minstrel Show" goes successfully. The show portrays African American people use black faces made out of roasted cork and use red glossy lipsticks on the lips. The show also displays an actor fumbles artists quotes and self-deprecating racial cokes while the other actor does tap dances. Audiences who are mostly white people laugh loudly and enjoy the show. For that reason, the company executives state to create other Mantan shows to replace the mid-season television shows. But, after a period time of success, the African American people rage and cause turmoil to all people who take part in the show([2].

Sloan (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Delacroix (Damon Wayans) in Bamboozled[3]

Controversy

The movie shows how the boss, Thomas Dunwitty, rejects all idea movies about African Americans bring positive messages and impacts. He also impersonates how African Americans speak and use the n-word all the time as he believes that marrying an African American woman allows him to say it. In addition, the movie portrays that the huge success in the movie industry is the explicitly-racist show[4].

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