Description Spike Lee\'s challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of Blackface minstrelsy.
Equal parts biography an.
This book analyzes the work of five men, minstrel performer Bert Williams, director Oscar Micheaux, writer Ralph Ellison, painter Michael Ray Charles, and director Spike Lee, all through the lens of this misunderstood film.
Careful analysis, however, gives way to a complex and nuanced study of the history of black performance.
Description Spike Lee\'s challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of Blackface minstrelsy