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starstarstarstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
starstarstarstar Andrew O'Hehir - Salon
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
starstarstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW

[I]ncendiary and brilliant

- Lou Lumenick

[A]n obstreperous rant that excoriates both blacks and whites for the image of blacks in (white) majority popular culture, punishes every character, and hectors every viewer without mercy – or logic

- Lisa Schwarzbaum

Bamboozled

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In an attempt to get fired, a Harvard-educated TV executive (Damon Wayans) creates "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show," which becomes a surprise hit. Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Jones, Dante Beze. Director: Spike Lee (2000, R)

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