Have you ever accidentally started a conversation with a slobbering drunk over a subject that the drunk feels very strongly about? They start out with their initial point. Then you'll say, "Yeah, I know." Then they'll proceed to go on and on about a point that you've already agreed with.
They'll make big sweeping generalizations. They'll repeat themselves. They'll point. They'll cuss. Then they'll repeat themselves some more in order to make sure that you're 'getting it'.
The initial point in turn, gets mangled and clouded in their clumsy, drunken delivery and the only realization left is that the drunk sure had a lot of conviction.
That's what 'Bamboozled' felt like. It felt like a drunk going off on the initial point that America used to be really, really racist and then just running with it, subtlety be damned.
The disturbing or troubling aspects of the movie are the real examples of how racist America used to be. The fact that those examples ARE so disturbing and troubling to the modern audience, undermines the movie's assertion that our modern society could ever be tolerant of such blatant stereotypical characterizations.
So like a drunken lecture; 'Bamboozled' just isn't as intelligent as it perceives itself to be. Like most "message" movies, the plot is a caricature and an afterthought, as are the characters.
What makes it such a chore to watch, is that 'Bamboozled' is a "message" movie that doesn't offer any new insights and then doesn't have a real plot to fall back on.
They'll make big sweeping generalizations. They'll repeat themselves. They'll point. They'll cuss. Then they'll repeat themselves some more in order to make sure that you're 'getting it'.
The initial point in turn, gets mangled and clouded in their clumsy, drunken delivery and the only realization left is that the drunk sure had a lot of conviction.
That's what 'Bamboozled' felt like. It felt like a drunk going off on the initial point that America used to be really, really racist and then just running with it, subtlety be damned.
The disturbing or troubling aspects of the movie are the real examples of how racist America used to be. The fact that those examples ARE so disturbing and troubling to the modern audience, undermines the movie's assertion that our modern society could ever be tolerant of such blatant stereotypical characterizations.
So like a drunken lecture; 'Bamboozled' just isn't as intelligent as it perceives itself to be. Like most "message" movies, the plot is a caricature and an afterthought, as are the characters.
What makes it such a chore to watch, is that 'Bamboozled' is a "message" movie that doesn't offer any new insights and then doesn't have a real plot to fall back on.