i only have a trifling little point to make...(which is kinda related to a big chunk of why i think Bamboozled isn't the movie it could've been...which isn't to say that i agree with FreeHuey that it failed on all levels...but i think he's on point for the most part)

>>I disagree. I thought there was
>>very subtle satire of things
>>like Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance
>>speech (for "Jerry Maguire") and

in my opinion, there was nothing subtle about that piece (or the "Ving Rhames" clip)...it's pretty damn clear that Spike is pointing (and wagging) a finger at Gooding and Rhames. the only folks that wouldn't get that are people that that weren't aware of those incidents in the first place, in which case those references are pretty damn meaningless. that lack of subtlety is the hallmark of why BAMBOOZLED could've been better...Spike, instead of having some faith in the audience, goes beneath and beside the call of duty and beats the audience over the head with his messages.

>>I found it clever how
>>the malt liquor commercial satirized
>>that type of advertising and
>>rap "booty" videos at the
>>same time.

i guess an argument can be made that Lee was clever in killing 2 birds with one stone, but he didn't even really do that...it was more of a doubly brutal beating of a dead horse. Even SNL (virtually a black hole in regards to African American related humor) spoofed malt liquor ads with their "ColdCock" ads, while "In Living Color" covered 'booty' videos with many a parody of rap videos including Mixalot's "Baby Got Back" and did so more subtly than Lee, which is to say not very subtly at all.

think about it...the reason SNL's fake ads work so well is that, despite their absurd premises, they 'feel' like real commercials. That is, they're executed in a manner characteristic of how a real commercial is pulled off. In contrast, the 'ads' in BAMBOOZLED look haphazardly put together and lose any subtleness whatsoever for the sake of being 'in your face'. (another point to ponder: if one is speaking the truth, does one need to be 'in your face'?--*note: this is not to say that Spike isn't dealing in truth, just to say that there's more than one way to deal it out...*)

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