Bamboozled
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 Davidson, and Michael Rapaport.
Plot
Pierre Delacroix (real name Peerless Dothan) is an uptight, Harvard-educated African-American man in the employment of television network CNS. At work, he endures torment from his boss Thomas Dunwitty, a tactless, boorish white man. Not only does Dunwitty use African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and the word "nigger" repeatedly in conversations, he also proudly proclaims that since he is married to a black woman and has two mixed-race children with her, he is more black than Delacroix and thus can say "nigger". Dunwitty frequently rejects Delacroix's scripts for series that portray black people in positive, intelligent scenarios, dismissing them as "Cosby clones."
Cast
- Arthur J. Nascarella
- Bill Clinton
- Canibus
- Charli Baltimore
- Damon Wayans
- Danny Hoch
- David Wain
- DJ Scratch
- Gano Grills
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Johnnie Cochran
- Kim Director
- Matthew Modine
- Michael Rapaport
- Mira Sorvino
- muMs da Schemer
- Savion Glover
- Susan Batson
- The Roots
- Tommy Davidson
- Tracy Morgan
- Yasiin Bey
More details
| author | Spike Lee |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Spike Lee |
| editor | Sam Pollard |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | 20th century african-american vernacular english animated cartoon black people blackface clothe cosby clones dance number harvard harvard university hollywood horrify impoverish married mau mau mau mau uprising mau maus minstrel show montage mourn nigger older brother personal assistant rap rap music street performers studio audience tap dancing television network the cosby show track down webcast |
| musicBy | Terence Blanchard |
| producer | Jon Kilik |
| productionCompany | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | black comedy camcorder dance hip hop independent musical race and ethnicity satire satirical |