Bamboozled

We watched the movie,” Bamboozled” which is an angry satire.  It pretty much asks that the audience forget the offensive and disturbing context that is being displayed.  Pierre Delacroix, the one black man working for CNS television show, has come up with dozens of ideas for television shows that involve black characters.  His ideas were always turned down so he figured if he couldn’t join the television industry he might as well beat them at their own game.  Pierre came up with the idea for an extremely offensive show. It uses story lines such as two black men hiding in the chicken coop looking for food with a white farmer outside with his gun, plus to the way they talked about themselves and their kin. The show took off and the audiences enjoyed being able to relate to the inside humor.  As you keep watching you never suspect that the ending will take a turn for the worst.  It ends with kidnapping, violence, and bloodshed all because some people didn’t enjoy the humor.  They took offense to the fact that their race was being made fun of. Since race is still such a sensitive topic in certain parts of our society, no one is trying to touch the topic and create a new, angry, satire episode.  After watching this movie, I’m really glad that they aren’t!