>ANYWAYS... from this i came to
>the conclusion(based on Spike's responses
>and what i got out
>of the movies) that Spike's
>Bamboozled was more revolutionar in
>scope than malcolm X was
>intended to be.

I don't think Malcolm X the movie conveyed the same type of awareness that the book did. The way that he describes the black man's situation in the book, couldn't be carried across on film cause we're so desensitized to the images.

If you've read the book, the movie reinforces what he's said. But if you haven't read the book, you'll miss a lot of it.

>Bamboozled on the other hand was
>meant to directly confront the
>fakers/selouts/bootlickers/black westerners/ whatever!

It ended up preaching to the converted. Keenan Ivory Wayans did the same thing with his spoof of Hood movies, "don't be a menace in south central while ...." Whether or not the young black mass got it, it's the same thing the old folks been telling them.

But the real problem with Spike's message, is that it only leaves one legitimate way to be black, Paul Mooney's character.

There is no self determination in Spike's world.

Sorry Spike, I love watermelon, them white folks ain't gonna think any different about me if I change up and eat Peanut Soup.

peace
k. orr