Bamboozled
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Writer and director Spike Lee casts his satiric gaze on racism in American television and how America's racist past still impacts the present in this biting comedy.
Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) is an astute, Harvard-educated African-American writer working for an independent television network who is assigned to brainstorm a new show for the African-American audience. Delacroix is the only black writer on the network's staff, and the longer he works under Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport), the loudmouthed executive in charge of programming, the more he's convinced he's made a mistake. Wanting to be fired, Delacroix writes a pilot he imagines is so offensive no network would ever dare to air it: "The ManTan Minstrel Show," in which dancer Man Ray (Savion Glover) and comedian Womack (Tommy Davidson) portray two shiftless dunderheads, ManTan and Sleep 'N Eat -- who are to be played in blackface. To Delacroix's surprise, Dunwitty gives the idea the go-ahead, and to his shock, the show is soon a massive hit. Delacroix is now stuck trying to explain his show to the African-American community, who are generally not amused, especially Sloan Hopkins (Jada Pinkett Smith), his assistant on the staff, who has become involved with Man Ray. In order to give Bamboozled a look that would suit its setting in the world of network television, Spike Lee and cinematographer Ellen Kuras shot the entire film using digital video equipment.
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Damon Wayans,
Savion Glover,
Jada Pinkett Smith,
Tommy Davidson,
Michael Rapaport,
Thomas Jefferson Byrd,
Paul Mooney,
Sarah Jones,
Gillian Iliana Waters,
Susan Batson,
Mos Def,
M.C. Serch,
Gano Grills,
Canibus,
DJ Scratch,
Charli Baltimore,
muMs da Schemer,
Dormeshia Sumbry,
Tyheesha Collins,
Cartier Williams,
Jason Bernard,
Baakari Wilder,
Sekou Torbet,
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson,
Tariq Trotter,
James Kamal Gray,
Leonard Hub Hubbard,
Kyle Scratch Jones,
Christopher Wynkoop,
Jani Blom,
Dina Pearlman,
Imhotep Gary Byrd,
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.,
Al Sharpton,
Matthew Modine,
Mira Sorvino,
Arthur J. Nascarella,
Liza Jessie Peterson,
Don Ezzard Peavy II,
Tony Arnaud,
Tuffy Questell,
David Wain,
Ron Lawrence,
Al Palagonia,
Mildred Clinton,
Ephraim Benton,
Tanesha Marie Gary,
Shannon Walker Williams,
Matthew Cole Weiss,
Coati Mundi,
Caridad La Bruja De La Luz,
Rodney Bear Jackson,
Rafael Osorio,
Anna Hsieh,
Kris Park,
Cheryl Lynn Bowers,
Julie Dretzin,
Steven McElroy,
Stephen Kunken,
Katie MacNichol,
Joshua Weinstein,
A.D. Miles,
Daniel Milder,
Jason Winther,
Ed Blunt,
Renton Kirk,
Kim Director,
Conni Freestone,
Rayietta Hill,
John Wallace,
Arthur Thomas,
Lisa Ferreira,
Kiki Haynes,
Judah Jacobs,
Light Eyes,
Chyna,
Luz Whitney,
Danny Hoch,
Charles J. Correll,
Stepin Fetchit,
Freeman F. Gosden,
Ross Haines,
Allen Farina Hoskins,
Mario Macaluso,
Mantan Moreland,
Tracy Morgan,
Matthew Stymie Beard,
Chris Rock,
Will Rogers,
James Shanklin,
George Siegmann,
O.J. Simpson,
Joseph Lyle Taylor,
Denzel Washington,
Bert Williams,
Bill Clinton,
Ruby Campbell,
Marcia Clark
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