Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Trickster revisited
I got a copy of Bamboozled from NetFlix and watched it over the weekend. I now have a better understanding of the statement made of the film and am at a loss as to who the greater Trickster is. Dunwitty for working Delacroix with his jive talk and black wisdom, essentially forcing Delacroix to create a powerful piece of work, or Delacroix for creating the work as a huge slam against Dunwitty and his desires for the perfect show. Either way, they both lost in a major way, more so Delacroix. Even the Mau-Maus lost out in the end, as their statement was lost in their own death, except for 1/16, as he was the only white member of the gang and not killed by the police. This brought up another Trickster idea as he was handcuffed and screaming "I'm black too, why didn't you kill me?"
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