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Article: Bamboozled: political parodic postmodernism.(Critical Essay)
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- West Virginia University Philological Papers
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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A postmodernism of resistance.... seeks to question rather than exploit cultural codes, to explore rather than conceal social and political affiliations.
Hal Foster
"You must never be a misrepresented people." Stevie Wonder
Although Spike Lee's film Bamboozled, released in 2000, (1) surprised and shocked many viewers while thrilling others, it may well be considered, eventually, one of his most significant contributions to film and to the study of race in the late twentieth century. Its controversy stems from acknowledgment that Lee's films tend to be political criticisms of racism, yet with confusion over whether or not Bamboozled articulates ...