Episode 154 · Film year 2000
Bamboozled (2000)
- Special Guest
- John Strausbaugh
- Guest Co-Host
- Jay Scott Smith
Show notes
Burn some cork, put on your tap shoes and get ready to put on the "coon show" to end all "coon shows" as we talk about Spike Lee’s 2000 satire of African-American representation in culture, Bamboozled. The film stars Damon Wayans as a TV writer who wants to get fired, so he creates the most racist show in history. Only to discover, it’s a massive hit!
Joining us this week as special guest co-host is writer/radio personality Jay Scott Smith.
Joining us this week as special guest co-host is writer/radio personality Jay Scott Smith.
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Links & resources
- Buy the Bamboozled DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy the Bamboozled soundtrack (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the official Spike Lee website (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture by John Strausbaugh (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Chris Rock's Bring the Pain (opens in a new tab)
- Learn about the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia (opens in a new tab)
- Read Jay Scott Smith's Knowing Your Place: A Commentary on Jordan Davis and My "Black" Life (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the official John Strausbaugh website (opens in a new tab)
- Follow guest co-host Jay Scott Smith on twitter (opens in a new tab)
- Follow Spike Lee on Twitter (opens in a new tab)
- For a similar satire of media and African-Americans, check out our Putney Swope episode (opens in a new tab)
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