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... In Bamboozled, a desperate TV network decides to produce the most controversial programming it can imagine, Mantan New Millennium Show, featuring lazy and shiftless African-Americans in blackface make-up, singing and dancing with exaggerated accents, joking with low brow humour, living in a watermelon patch and stealing chickens. Bamboozled is a sharp-edged, heavy-handed satire about TV culture and the portrayals of blacks in the mass media. ... Within two minutes of the film’s opening, Lee has the central character recite in voice-over narration the dictionary definition of satire; ‘a literary work in which human vice or folly is ridiculed or attacked scornfully. ... Lee is particularly clear with his aims towards satire through the character of Dunwitty, who as a white man, claims to know more about black people than Delacroix does. ... Of course, not everybody would agree with this, which is the point of satire at its shocking best. ...
Lee’s critics accuse Bamboozled of satirical overkill as he also takes aim at gangsta rap groups in black society, represented by the Mau Maus. At the conclusion, militant rappers put an end to the characters in violent fashion, claiming that the show went over the top. ...
Bamboozled is a paradoxical satire which was meant to mock and shock American social values. The film caused a stir by Lee’s over the top shotgun approach where both blacks and whites are targeted in contemporary society. ... Lee’s use of satire is a strong choice because it allows him to push the envelope as far as possible.
Approximate Word count = 1223
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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