Bamboozled Page #3

Synopsis: Dark, biting satire of the television industry, focusing on an Ivy-League educated black writer at a major network. Frustrated that his ideas for a "Cosby Show"-esque take on the black family has been rejected by network brass, he devises an outlandish scheme: reviving the minstrel show. The hook: instead of white actors in black face, the show stars black actors in even blacker face. The show becomes an instant smash, but with the success also come repercussions for all involved.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Spike Lee
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 win & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2000
135 min
$1,883,628
Website
1,058 Views


They both laugh.

DUNWITTY:

Let's sit down over there.

9.

Dunwitty and Delacroix sit on the sofa.

DUNWITTY (CONT'D)

I'm sorry about my blowup but I

have to have a whipping boy every

meeting.

DELACROIX:

I understand. But again, in all

honesty I was not informed.

DUNWITTY:

Forget it. I believe you're my

most creative person I've got on

staff. You're hip. You know

what's happening. I got some corny

white boys and girls writing for me.

Delacroix doesn't join him in his laughter because he

doesn't know how to take that comment or where Dunwitty is

headed with it.

DUNWITTY (CONT'D)

I understand Black culture. I grew

up around black people all my life.

If the truth be told I probably

know "n*ggers" better than you,

Monsieur Delacroix. Please don't

get offended by my use of the

quote-unquote N word. I got a

black wife and three bi-racial

children, so I feel I have a right

to use that word. I don't give a

damn what Spike says, Tarantino is

right. N*gger is just a word. If

Dirty Ole Bastard can use it every

other word so can I.

DELACROIX:

I would prefer you not use that

word in my presence.

DUNWITTY:

N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER. N*GGER.

Delacroix pounces on top of Dunwitty like a cat on a mouse

and gives him a quick BROOKLYN BEAT DOWN.

DELACROIX:

Say it again. C'mon, say it again.

CLOSE ON:

Dunwitty. He's a bloody pulp.

10.

CLOSE ON:

Delacroix.

He straightens his tie.

DELACROIX (CONT'D)

Who's a n*gger now?

POW. This is a fantasy in Delacroix's mind. We go BACK TO

REALITY. Everything's how we left it.

DUNWITTY:

The material you've been creating

is too white bread. White people

with black faces. The Huxtable's,

Cosby, revolutionary. But that's

dead. We can't go down that road

again.

DELACROIX:

I don't agree. The Negro middle

class does exist, and it's rich

material for a dramatic series or

sitcom.

DUNWITTY:

I'm telling you it's not.

He goes to his desk, picks up Delacroix's scripts and starts

throwing them one by one against the window.

DUNWITTY (CONT'D)

The middle class black family moves

into a white suburban enclave. The

middle class black family moves

into a small Southern town that is

run by the KKK. The middle class

single black father raises his

teenage daughter. The middle class

single black father raises his

teenage daughter. The middle class

single black mother raises her

teenage son. And so on and so

forth. It's too clean, too

antiseptic...

DELACROIX:

...to white? I still feel all of

my scripts would make good shows.

11.

DUNWITTY:

Delacroix, wake up, brother man.

The reason why they didn't get

picked up was because nobody - and

I mean NOBODY - n*ggers and crackers

alike wants to see that junk.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. more…

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