erhaps one of the most humorous displays of stereotypical black America is the television commercials pitched during Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show. The advertisements are for Da Bomb and Timmi Hillnigger. Da Bomb is a malt liquor that comes in a two-liter jug shaped like a bomb. The drunken actors in the commercial swear by the potency of Da Bomb claming its 120 proof and always help their "nature rise." This feeds the stereotype that black men sit on the corner drinking forties trying to get a "bitch" to have sexual relations with. The commercial is appealing to the stereotypical sexually active and intoxicated blacks in the ghetto community. Timmi Hillnigger is direct reference to Tommy Hillfigure who made the comment that his cloths are not made for the urban community yet it is they who purchase most of his clothes. Timmi Hillnigger in the film says, "If you want to keep it really real, never get out of the ghetto, stay broke, and continue to add to my !
             multibillion dollar corporation, keep buying all my gear." This is a function of the stereotype of the black man who lives in the ghetto but wears cloths that cost more than their rent; and also the fact that Tommy now has a new line geared toward the urban community.
             On the more dramatic side Lee portrays other common stereotypes of blacks. The most extreme is the minstrel show created by Pierre Delacroix. He takes every single stereotype about African Americans and combines t
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