Bamboozled - Turn his TV off

Welcome to our Reference Degustation where we take you through a month long double dolly celebration of Spike Lee Joints.

Tap dance centre stage into the awards ceremony and get your freak on while hoofin and getting the loot. Turn his TV off with Bamboozled this week.

If you’d like to watch along, we will be covering the below…

Do The Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Bamboozled (2000)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Thanks to patrons and guests for contributing to common and recurring themes we will be incorporating as we review. Check out Dan Mecca’s piece on Spike Lee.

Check out more tasty Reference Degustations…

2020 – Hayao Miyazaki

2021 – Taika Waititi

2022 – Quentin Tarantino

2023 – Takashi Miike

2024 – Martin Scorsese

We also posted coverage for exclusive early access to Sinners Trailer 2 and had our submitted question answered by Ryan Coogler.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to the Four Year Reference Podcast
• 1:04 Spike Lee Month Celebration
• 1:40 Bamboozled: A Polarizing Film
• 2:21 Cast and Credits
• 3:38 Initial Reactions and Themes
• 16:31 Delacroix's Character Analysis
• 21:37 Colorism and Representation
• 28:41 Visual Style and Cinematography
• 29:20 Analyzing Minstrel Shows and Filming Techniques
• 30:02 Spike Lee's Signature Double Dolly Shot
• 30:40 Music in Spike Lee's Films
• 35:37 The Complexities of Television and Media
• 37:14 Character Analysis and Themes
• 44:06 Modern Minstrelsy and Representation
• 50:16 Concluding Thoughts and Reflections