Bamboozled - audience reacts to show

fm wiki - Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the violent fall-out from the show's success. The word bamboozled means "taken in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwinked." The film was given a limited release by New Line Cinema during the fall of 2000, and was released on DVD the following year.

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[Igloboo]

Slavery is not a black thing, or an American thing, it is a human thing. That is why black people should and will continue to talk about it.

[fortruth3]

guanjon ouch!

to add to Igloboos point.. if u consider blacks r denied the dignity of their claim that slavery in the US was unlike any other slavery in existence then u have a group of disenfranchised people left without a tru voice and not truly heard..

thas y i posted this series.. to help illuminate the DISCUSSION of what the races r doing with each other.. ur comments guan help show this tremendously.. u actually state that blacks living today r not affected yet i humbly suggest..

[fortruth3]

.. that similar to the vietnam phenom of post-traumatic-war-syndrome.. blacks have and still suffer from something labeled post-traumatic-slave-syndrome.­.

there is no equivalent in the planets history to the defamatory treatment endured by the black slave in the US.. entire cultures were ripped apart.. societies dissolved and associations between kin demolished. instead of just decimating the population, a systematic HATRED of black culture has permeated society.. this must be understood..

[fortruth3]

.. if ever real understanding and tru healing can take place..

slavery or indentured servitude throughout the world never had the de-humanizing effect of what happened here in the US..

the willie lynch papers provides a glimpse into what the mindset was then and i suggest lingers on in some parts of the country..

check also what tim wise describes of y white racism in the US changed the face of racism

inform.. educate.. elevate

[fortruth3]

.. dam this brought a tear.. watch?v=JvGvxhhBgH0

[liberate29]

What's the exact deffinition of Bamboozled?

[fortruth3]

bam⋅boo⋅zle /bæmˈbuzəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bam-boo-zuhl] Show IPA verb, -zled, -zling.

verb (used with object)

1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club.

2. to perplex; mystify.

verb (used without object)

[keyboardplaya]

REALLY?

As an actual Jew, I hear about the Holocaust all the time! The Holocaust has an effect on who most American Jews vote for. How do you think the ADL became so powerful?

The only difference, is that before the Holocaust, many European Jews had respectable jobs and skills. They knew how to read and write, many were doctors or lawyers, and many were college-educated.

Considering the fact that black slaves had over 400 years without any progress, I think they have reason to complain.

[mizkaja]

you all need to watch racism: a history especially the third clip and then talk about slavery and race!!!!

[Mixedracepride]

I cannot believe this! This nigger is making an excuse for everybody to do black face. Which means everyone thinks it ok to make fun of black people!

He should be taken out....quick!

[erika2012vsu]

Left Eye! Hate to ruin this discussion! 

[vinavel]

we must adapt to the times otherwise we will left behind

[WizzoPro9476]

Fuck Al Shaprton, that BIGOTED-ASS white boy!

[WizzoPro9476]

Real Talk! Obama is proof that we have some form of progress, people!

[theweepingwall]

this film sucked. really.

[Orbot]

This film is what Spike Lee meant when he says what he says about Tyler Perry's shows. Specifically that tv show, the I don't really car efor anyway! I do like Why did I get married 1&2, but that's pretty much all I like from Perry. Haven't seen For Colored girls yet!

[Zeanu]

WHAT ABOUT MIMES.

YOU DUMB FUCK BLACK SUPREMACIST MOTHERFUCKERS. You PISS me off as much as fucking stupid skinheads.

[UndergroundAngels]

LooK.... If YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, no1 can take that away from YOU. but IF YOU wanna act like YOU don't know WHAT TIME IT IS, then your gonna b left on the side line with the rest of the complacent and ignorant ...is that really where YOU want 2 be? If not then ....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUP......." Please WAKE UP"