FILM : BAMBOOZLED
Spike, Lee. (2000) Bamboozled (Feature Film, DVD). New York, USA. New Line Cinema.
PLOT SUMMARY:
Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a "Cosby Show"-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, he devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also comes repercussions for all involved. N. Cognito. (date unknown). Plot Summary for Bamboozled. Published by Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215545/plotsummary.)
QUOTES:
'Do you know what CP time is?' DUNWITTY (played by Michael Rapaport)
'CP time is coloured peoples time. The stereotypical belief that negroes are always late, that negroes have no sense of time, except when it comes to music or dance.' PIERRE DELACROIX (played by Damon Wayans)
'Black people set the trends, set the styles.' DUNWITTY
'I will prove my point…the network only wants black people portrayed by buffoons.' PIERRE DELACROIX
'I know your people better than you. Look at all the brothers on the wall.' DUNWITTY
'…and have you noticed everybody white wanna be black… I went to school with white folk, their lips weren't that big! Their stuffing their lips, taking bits from their behind, do anything to get bigger nigger lips.' DAD (played by UNKNOWN)
'They all act black, sound black, I hope they start hanging niggers again, I'm gonna find out who's black!' DAD (played by UNKNOWN)
'These are negroes we are talking about, not some lab mice in a cage. We are not one group of people, we do not all think, look and act alike.' PIERRE DELACROIX
AND THIS AMAZING CLIP:
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