Bamboozled

Delacroix is tired of the pressure and the repeated rejection of both his numerous ideas for new shows centering on ethnic minorities and his request to hire at least one more writer of color. He won't simply quit; he wants to get fired instead. In order to achieve this, he pitches his idea for "The New Millennium Minstrel Show" to the station. However his Caucasian boss Dunwitty considers himself black because he has a black wife and was raised with black people. However, he still exhibits the same ignorant racism as in the first film. European characters anger us and intimidate us with their strange accents and plans of world domination. In order to achieve unity Afrcan- Americans must be more me more willing to help each other out, instead of being so quick to shoot each other down. However, black people aren’t the only people that get stereotyped. Delacroix attempts to put together the most outrageous variety show that he can. Not only was Man Tan thrown out by the white execs, but also killed by his own people. Delacroix is the only person of color in the creative team of the TV station. Now he is the boss, an entire company is at his disposal. I think that Spike Lee did this purposely to show that racism rears its ugly head in many forms. Pierre hires the homeless tap dancers Manray and Womack, renames them Mantan and Sleep 'N Eat, and makes their act the center of the show.