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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Manray's death at the hands of the Mau Mau's]]. What's worse is that before that, he had a falling out with his best friend Womack and they the two never got a chance to reconcile.
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Manray's death at the hands of the Mau Mau's]]. Making it What's worse is that before that, he had a falling out with his best friend and they never got a chance to reconcile.
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* ValuesResonance: While shows have not gone to the outlandish example shown in the movie, shows like ''Housewives of Atlanta'' and even the entire network ''Creator/{{BET}}'' have been accused of everything Lee was making a commentary on. Creator/DaveChappelle even infamously [[Series/ChappellesShow abandoned his show]] after having a [[CreatorBreakdown crisis of conscience]] over this.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Creator/RalphBakshi's animated film ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'', a similar satire of old-time racial and ethnic stereotypes in the entertainment industry, particularly {{Minstrel Show}}s, and how they're deployed against Black people while connecting them to more modern examples of the same. Lee himself is a fan of ''Coonskin'', so it's likely that he was influenced by it.
* ValuesResonance: While shows have not gone to the outlandish example shown in the movie, shows like ''Housewives of Atlanta'' and even the entire network''Creator/{{BET}}'' Creator/{{BET}} have been accused of everything Lee was making a commentary on. Creator/DaveChappelle even infamously [[Series/ChappellesShow abandoned his show]] after having a [[CreatorBreakdown crisis of conscience]] over this.
* ValuesResonance: While shows have not gone to the outlandish example shown in the movie, shows like ''Housewives of Atlanta'' and even the entire network
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Creator/SpikeLee isn't exactly known for subtlety, ''Bamboozled'' may be his biggest assault on discretion yet. The literal first words of the movie are the main character giving the dictionary definition of satire (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there. Meanwhile, many critics at the time felt the SpringtimeForHitler plot was played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in [[Film/TheProducers 'Springtime for Hitler']] about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, [[EveryoneHasStandards he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed]].[[/note]]
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Creator/SpikeLee isn't exactly known for subtlety, but ''Bamboozled'' may be his biggest assault on discretion yet. The literal first words of the movie are the main character giving the dictionary definition of satire (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there. Meanwhile, many critics at the time felt the SpringtimeForHitler plot was played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in [[Film/TheProducers 'Springtime for Hitler']] about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, [[EveryoneHasStandards he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed]].[[/note]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** The whole premise mirrors ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow'', which ran to high ratings from 1958 to 1978 on BBC television and continued doing live performances until ''1989''. It had high production values, excellent writing and performances, and was hugely popular among British audiences at the time.
** Black people in blackface was also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#Black_minstrel_shows a real thing]].
** The blackface baby on the film poster was an actual element of racist iconography in the United States, being sourced from [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Picaninny_Freeze.jpg a 1922 ad]] for Picaninny Freeze.
* {{Anvilicious}}: Creator/SpikeLee isn't exactly known for subtlety, ''Bamboozled'' may be his biggest assault on discretion yet. The literal first words of the movie are the main character giving the dictionary definition of satire (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there. Meanwhile, many critics at the time felt the SpringtimeForHitler plot was played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in [[Film/TheProducers 'Springtime for Hitler']] about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, [[EveryoneHasStandards he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitlercommitted.committed]].[[/note]]
** The whole premise mirrors ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow'', which ran to high ratings from 1958 to 1978 on BBC television and continued doing live performances until ''1989''. It had high production values, excellent writing and performances, and was hugely popular among British audiences at the time.
** Black people in blackface was also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#Black_minstrel_shows a real thing]].
** The blackface baby on the film poster was an actual element of racist iconography in the United States, being sourced from [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Picaninny_Freeze.jpg a 1922 ad]] for Picaninny Freeze.
* {{Anvilicious}}: Creator/SpikeLee isn't exactly known for subtlety, ''Bamboozled'' may be his biggest assault on discretion yet. The literal first words of the movie are the main character giving the dictionary definition of satire (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there. Meanwhile, many critics at the time felt the SpringtimeForHitler plot was played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in [[Film/TheProducers 'Springtime for Hitler']] about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, [[EveryoneHasStandards he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler
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None of this is correctly used Hindsight. This movie did not invent blackface.
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** The film depicts what happens when {{blackface}} is brought into the modern age. Eight years later, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' managed to cast the not-at-all-black (but still mixed-race) Fred Arimsen as UsefulNotes/BarackObama (until season 38, when they hired Jay Pharoah [a skinny, black guy] to play Obama, as Armisen was about to leave the show and they needed a replacement).
** Creator/DaveChappelle famously ended ''Series/ChappellesShow'' in part because he thought the show was descending into unironic minstrel humor, most infamously (and overtly) with the [[http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/29/skit-that-killed-chappelles-show "black pixie" sketch]].
** In 2012, Creator/BillyCrystal appeared in blackface at the Academy Awards.
** The film can also be seen as a precursor to a spat between Spike Lee and Creator/TylerPerry in which the former accused the latter of producing ModernMinstrelsy.
** Some Website/YouTube/Website/{{Twitter}}/Instagram/WebOriginal/{{Vine}} comedians use {{blackface}} or [[ModernMinstrelsy act stereotypically "black"]] for humor.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Roots appear as Mantan's house band. The producer must have recommended them to Creator/JimmyFallon.
** The film depicts what happens when {{blackface}} is brought into the modern age. Eight years later, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' managed to cast the not-at-all-black (but still mixed-race) Fred Arimsen as UsefulNotes/BarackObama (until season 38, when they hired Jay Pharoah [a skinny, black guy] to play Obama, as Armisen was about to leave the show and they needed a replacement).
** Creator/DaveChappelle famously ended ''Series/ChappellesShow'' in part because he thought the show was descending into unironic minstrel humor, most infamously (and overtly) with the [[http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/29/skit-that-killed-chappelles-show "black pixie" sketch]].
** In 2012, Creator/BillyCrystal appeared in blackface at the Academy Awards.
** The film can also be seen as a precursor to a spat between Spike Lee and Creator/TylerPerry in which the former accused the latter of producing ModernMinstrelsy.
** Some Website/YouTube/Website/{{Twitter}}/Instagram/WebOriginal/{{Vine}} comedians use {{blackface}} or [[ModernMinstrelsy act stereotypically "black"]] for humor.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Roots appear as Mantan's house band. The producer must have recommended them to Creator/JimmyFallon.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A film that tries to examine how the media portrays black people, comparing it to blackface... with long scenes of actors in ''actual blackface''. A ''very'' hard sell, to say the least.
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* VindicatedByHistory: On initial release, the film was dismissed as an overly-{{anvilicious}} piece that made its satire too on-the-noise and its subject too obvious to be genuinely compelling. By the mid-2010's, however, it would be frequently held up as one of Spike Lee's most underrated works and a prescient look into modern race relations and the persistence of anti-black tropes in popular media and culture.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ValuesResonance: While shows have not gone to the outlandish example shown in the movie, shows like ''Housewives of Atlanta'' and even the entire network ''Creator/{{BET}}'' have been accused of everything Lee was making a commentary on. Creator/DaveChappelle even infamously [[Series/ChappellesShow abandoned his show]] after having a [[CreatorBreakdown crisis of conscience]] over this.
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* CultClassic: While it got pretty polarizing reviews and pulled some poor numbers at the box office during its initial release, it would later be appreciated for its satirical look at stereotypical depictions of black people in both historical and contemporary American popular culture.
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** In the opening scene the film explains what satire is (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there.
** A common criticism is that the SpringtimeForHitler plot is played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in 'Springtime for Hitler' about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed.[[/note]]
** In the opening scene the film explains what satire is (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from there.
** A common criticism is that the SpringtimeForHitler plot is played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in 'Springtime for Hitler' about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed.[[/note]]
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** A common criticism is that the SpringtimeForHitler plot is played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in 'Springtime for Hitler' about being sent to gas chambers."[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Mel Brooks Creator/MelBrooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed.[[/note]]
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* HeReallyCanAct: Savion Glover not only gets to show off his legendary tapping abilities, but gives a thoroughly convincing performance as the angry, self-absorbed Manray.
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** Creator/DaveChappelle famously ended ''Series/ChappellesShow'' in part because he thought the show was descending into unironic minstrel humor, most infamously (and overtly) with the [http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/29/skit-that-killed-chappelles-show "black pixie" sketch].
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** Creator/DaveChappelle famously ended ''Series/ChappellesShow'' in part because he thought the show was descending into unironic minstrel humor, most infamously (and overtly) with the [http://www.[[http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/29/skit-that-killed-chappelles-show "black pixie" sketch].sketch]].
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** A common criticism is that the SpringtimeForHitler plot is played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in 'Springtime for Hitler' about being sent to gas chambers.""[[note]]This is actually a fair criticism. Mel Brooks is on record having said that, while he loves making fun of Hitler and fascism, he could never derive humor from the actual atrocities Hitler committed.[[/note]]
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* {{Anvilicious}}: SpikeLee isn't exactly known for subtlety, ''Bamboozled'' may be his biggest assault on discretion yet. yet.
** In the opening scene the film explains what satire is (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill fromthere.there.
** A common criticism is that the SpringtimeForHitler plot is played either too dark or too unambiguously awful to be believable, with one critic arguing "Imagine a verse in 'Springtime for Hitler' about being sent to gas chambers."
** In the opening scene the film explains what satire is (because it ''is'' a satire, get it??) and doesn't go uphill from
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