Bamboozled

Showings

The Roxy Theater Screen 3 Mon, Feb 28, 2022 7:00 PM
Film Info
Series:Just Dance
Rating:R
Run Time:136 min
Release Year:2000
Country:US
Genre:Comedy
Hosted By:Bare Bait Dance
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Spike Lee
Cast Members:Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Mos Def
Writers:Spike Lee

Description

The Roxy Theater and Bare Bait Dance are proud to present Just Dance, a brand-new screendance offering, preseented on the last Monday of every month.

With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike. Under pressure to help revive his network’s low ratings, television writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) hits on an explosively offensive idea: bringing back blackface with The New Millennium Minstrel Show. The white network executives love it, and so do audiences, forcing Pierre and his collaborators to confront their public’s insatiable appetite for dehumanizing stereotypes. Shot primarily on unvarnished digital video and boasting spot-on performances from Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, and Paul Mooney, Bamboozled is a stinging indictment of mass entertainment at the turn of the twenty-first century that looks more damning with each passing year.