Bamboozled DVD VIDEO MOVIE Spectacular New Film Spike Lee race Platinum SNAP BOX Type: Movie Platform: DVD Released: 2001 Media: DVD Product InformationSpike Lee turns up the controversy notch once again with BAMBOOZLED, a sizzling satire on race and racism within the modern media world. Harvard-educated writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon 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 (Michael 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 (Savion Glover) and Sleep 'n' Eat (Tommy 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 (Jada Pinkett), 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. Shot on digital video, Lee uses his basic premise to mock and accuse today's entertainers (including Chris Rock, Ving Rhames, gangsta rappers, and Lee himself) for being modern reincarnations of the stereotypical caricatures that were so offensive in the past. The result is a biting commentary that is at turns hysterical, absurd, and poignant.Product IdentifiersUPC0794043519727eBay Product ID (ePID)3321644Product Key FeaturesFormatDVDGenreComedyDirectorShelton Jackson Lee, Spike LeeRatingRAdditional Product FeaturesLeading RoleSavion Glover, Damon WayansFilm CountryUSARelease Date20010417Region CodeRegion 1Number of Discs1For DVD Player (North American NTSC)
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