Bamboozled[13/12/10]

Directed by Spike Lee.

About a black Tv producer/Writer De la Pier[Damon Wayans]. Him and his assistant are only black people working within the company. They seem to be looked down on by the others there. Nobody ever says hello to him as he does to them.

Has a white boss. Boss claims to be 'blacker' than the producer. Grew up in brooklyn and has a black wife and two mixed race children. Believes he has the right to say 'Nigger' because of this. His office is filled with black sports men, most of which may be seen as his role models. Challenges producer to name one of the stars on the wall, No.24 but he can't. - This whole role may have been made in order to put across the point that there is more to being black than just having the skin colour. In contrast to this Spike Lee may have been trying to say that black is nothing but a colour and it does not define us, but the things about us that does.

ManTan and Sleep'n'Eat - Appear to represent those black people in the lower side of the economic demographic. They have no permanent home and have to sing and dance for their money outside of the office in which Pier works. ManTan tap dances, a trait that links to a previous stereotype of black people being dancers, often to entertain their white masters back in slavery. Within ManTan's first dance routine we see on the street, an aspect of shoe shining is included into it by Sleep'n'Eat, which relates to another previous stereotype of black people, due to a majority of shoe shiners being black, again mostly done for the white man.

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Bamboozled

black baby, darker than any baby would truly be

animated

significant features e.g. eyes and lips. contrast to skin tone

large watermelon - stereotype that black people love watermelon

nappy hair "Nappy Head Hoe"

'starring the great negroe actors' use of "negroe" takes you back to the time that the film tackles issues of

black director makes the poster moreacceptable than if it was done by a white director

cotton field may represent the children of slavery. again the film tackles issues to do with this time

Bamboozled[secondposter]

very few differences to first poster

also has black character but looks realistic

both are in blackface - exaggerate darkness of skin tone

li[s are exaggerated - makes them stand out

whiteness of gloves contrasts with skin tone

man in background has suit worn by train guards - respectable black job. Cotton field still apparent on base of poster. Shows although black people may be gaining respectable jobs, they are still slaves to the white society and white man.

I believe this poster would have been produced after the baby one. It may be considered to be less offensive towards black people. Not as many stereotypes are played on. Innocence of the baby is no longer apparent. Also may be driven on the success and commonness of ministrel shows from the previous years. Maybe one of the issues tackled within the film itself.

Blacula

Dracula parody? black version of him.

white victims of blacula - maybe a positive image for the revenge on white man for black suffering

purity of white women represented through white dress. purity is taken with the bite of a black man - conveyed through the blood seen on her dress.

may play on the previous stereotype of black men - Brutal black buck