Bamboozled (2000)

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Bamboozled
by chrismorrell in chrismorrell Blog

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"My faith in Spike Lee was restored by this.. The "joke" is pretty heavy-handed of course,but played out very plausibly...The digital look of the film ,we have become well accustomed to by now. At the time this only served to further add an immediacy that probably kept some audiences guessing as to how seriously they should take things. Mos Def ,(first time i remember seeing him) with his hyper-radical crew,and his insistence on a name change to "Big Black African" should leave noone in doubt that this IS a black(sic)comedy. Your funny bone will surely stop vibrating though, as the credits roll; showing, a catalogue of appallingly racist toys and "knick knacks" ,like the "money box" that Damon Wayans has in the film... " [More]

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"Sighhhhhh. What to make of Spike Lee's film, She Hate Me ? I confess I rolled my eyes before I even left for the theatre because when a straight man purports to teach me (or anyone else) something about the lives and attitudes of lesbians, I have to wonder what he knows, or thinks he knows. Lee approached Tristan Taormino, a lesbian author and sex columnist for the Village Voice, to be a "technical consultant." Ms. Taormino tutored him in an accelerated "Lesbian Boot Camp" where Lee was required to read books, visit bars and participate in panel discussions. By the time you finish watching the film, though, you may wonder if Ms. Taormino was used as an unwitting shill. There are many things I admire about Lee. You only have to hear the lush musical cues that hark back to pre-60s to understand that the man is all heart, and though you could take exception to many of the ideas bouncing and careening off the screen in such bombastic films as: She's Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing, B ... " [More]

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