Spike Lee turns up the controversy notch once again with BAMBOOZLED, a sizzling satire on race and racism within the modern media world. Harvard-educated writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans), the only black employee on the staff of a struggling television network, suggests the most absurd idea for a pilot that he can possibly imagine, hoping it will convince his tyrannical boss, Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport), to terminate his contract and fire him. However, his plan backfires and his idea--MANTAN THE NEW MILLENNIUM MINSTREL SHOW--finds great success. The show is a stereotypical and racially charged depiction of the tap-dancing Mantan (Savion Glover) and Sleep 'n' Eat (Tommy Davidson), two lazy, homeless black men who spend their days in a watermelon patch. As the show becomes a national sensation, Delacroix, his assistant Sloan Hopkins (Jada Pinkett), as well as her older brother, aspiring rapper Big Black Af' (Mos Def), begin to see the harm the show is causing the community, triggering outbursts with deadly consequences. Shot on digital video, Lee uses his basic premise to mock and accuse today's entertainers (including Chris Rock, Ving Rhames, gangsta rappers, and Lee himself) for being modern reincarnations of the stereotypical caricatures that were so offensive in the past. The result is a biting commentary that is at turns hysterical, absurd, and poignant.
1. Blak Iz Blak - Mau Maus
2. Misrepresented People - Stevie Wonder
3. Hollywood - Erykah Badu
4. Just A Song - Goodie Mob
5. Slippery Shoes - Angie Stone
6. In My Head - India.Arie
7. Dream With No Love - Gerald Levert
8. Light, The - Common/Erykah Badu (For U remix)
9. Some Years Ago - Stevie Wonder
10. Charli - Charli Baltimore
11. Burned Hollywood Burned - Chuck D/The Roots/Zack De La Rocha
12. One Night - Profyle
13. Ploylessness - Mums
14. Shadowlands - Bruce Hornsby
15. 2045 Radical Man - Prince
16. God In You
17. Back To The Middle
18. Strength, Courage & Wisdom
19. Can I Walk With You
20. Promises
Bamboozled
