Bamboozled
Comedy, Drama
Release Date: October 6, 2000
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Spike Lee
Screenwriter: Spike Lee
Starring: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Michael Rapaport, Tommy Davidson, Jada Pinkett Smith
Rating: R (for strong language and some violence)
Official Website: Bamboozledmovie.com
Harvard-educated writer Pierre Delacroix (Wayans),
the only black employee on the staff of a struggling television network, suggests the most absurd idea for a pilot that he can possibly imagine, hoping it will convince his tyrannical boss,
Dunwitty (Rapaport), to terminate his contract and fire him. However, his plan backfires and his idea--Mantan the New Millennium Minstrel Show--finds great success. The show is a stereotypical
and racially charged depiction of the tap-dancing Mantan (Glover) and Sleep 'n' Eat (Davidson), two lazy, homeless black men who spend their days in a watermelon patch. As the show becomes a
national sensation, Delacroix, his assistant Sloan Hopkins (Pinkett Smith), as well as her older brother, aspiring rapper Big Black Af' (Mos Def), begin to see the harm the show is causing the
community, triggering outbursts with deadly consequences.
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