Spike Lee interview on "Bamboozled" (2000)

Director Spike Lee talks about his latest movie "Bamboozled," a social satire in which a modern minstrel show becomes a smash TV hit.
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[@09rja]

His most underrated film.

[@london8615]

nah clockers is

[@emilioamaro2790]

Bamboozled is so underrated and very cut throat satire. In a perfect world, more films as powerful as this one would be made.

[@Peacekeepa317]

I remember seeing it in the ICE theater in Chicago. 70% of the audience left before it was halfway over..mad as hell. I stayed... enthralled by the sheer mastery of an ugly truth. Spike Lee probably will not be truly appreciated for at least another 20 years.

[@harlemswingdancehotjazz1205]

Folks can't take it - it was an instant classic... like BOAN :>)

[@anthonylong1979]

Emilio Amaro Of all the Spike Lee's Movies, They never show this film on regular, and cable T.V. like the other films (School Daze, jungle Fever.etc).

[@puremercury]

Love this movie so much.

[@pluday4685]

Spike lee just confuses me. African americans in general. Youve never actually made a movie that has nothing to do with race with all black actors. Now wpuld that be necessarily based in reality? No. But do white and asians make movies about race? You keep generating your own race issues by sparking it up on tv. Maybe idk the full story but to me as a brown person its frustrating. Sometimes i just wanna watch a simple action/adventure or drama with just brown and black people and not be about race or make it depressing af becuase i HAVE to be reminded im not white or priveledged. But you americans are too obvious and to the point. Thats why your humour sucks.

[@JaylaPLuna]

The grace of spike Lee with this interviewer

[@aidaazin3674]

the interview is just acting like racism doesnt exist

[@FashAveGirl]

Charlie is sooo obtuse in this interview 🙄

[@kshillingford4921]

@@FashAveGirl Straight tomfoolery. That is their usual way of engaging when they are uncomfortable or challenged to look closely at the indictment of their or their ancestors past actions and the ugly ramifications of those actions.

[@redpenink12]

Yeah for real. Why does he have to by so dissonant??

[@2degucitas]

@@kshillingford4921 What I see is a different thing. I see an established white interviewer in a post civil rights world showing RESPECT for a talented film maker. How guilty does he have to act to satisfy you? Does white guilt solve anything, besides making the offended feel something? It's NEVER enough.

[@Supremmo]

Bamboozled still holds up today.

[@jaimemartinez7122]

Supremmo To say the least. This film is more important now. You ever notice out of all spike lee films Bamboozled never gets played on tv not even premium channels (go check tv guide, you won't find it. You will never go to a store and find this film on DVD or Blu Ray, it will be listed as out of print. The industry don't want this film out. This is the film that got Spike black balled and its a MASTERPIECE.

[@benwasserman8223]

Supremmo If anything the idea of people openly cheering on images and rhetoric so openly and shamelessly grotesque is more relevant than ever.

[@IceESole]

@@jaimemartinez7122 🙏.. so damn true. I've watched this movie one time on cable. Wow. I have to buy it. For years I've been looking for this movie. A+

[@IndigoBlues-dt7ob]

Word

[@sportsfan120577]

Kodak Black

[@califinn]

One of the ballsiest movies ever made. Easily my favorite of Spike Lee's work.

[@lennycarl0099]

Have to agree with Spike...i got to that ending montage and i could not stop crying

[@darrellmccall6100]

I cried too......it was really a powerful ending. Furthermore , I started my collection of minstrel show art (after watching the movie) to constantly remind me of my responsibility to uphold a positive representation of my people. The minstrel art is right next to my Henry Matisse.

[@2degucitas]

@@darrellmccall6100 I have a genuine Black Moor pendant made in Italy. Do you want it? It offends me. I'll send it to you free.

[@jasontaylor5777]

Very underrated flick. Sharp and extremely funny.

[@araynova]

Charlie *"How about an hour with Spike on 'Oprah', that be good.."* Spike pauses drinks his glass of water *"She likes to keep her ratings up."*

[@mykeadaptiv5828]

Goddamn, Spike is being good to that man. Bamboozled is some of the most "mallot over the head" satire I've ever seen. It was so in your face and close to true about what happened to and what has happened to North American culture. Brilliant.

[@MegaVern1]

This movie is one of the best!!! And it’s still going on today

[@ilovegreen324]

He’s a complete genius. I love that movie bamboozled. Totally underrated and it’s a great storyline as it is powerful.

[@rayshepherd5971]

To see Spike talk about his Knicks and this year be yelling at the playoffs makes me so happy for him😂😂😂 thank you spike for all you’ve done. Living legend. If my Lakers don’t win a chip then I hope you get to see your Knicks with a ring. You deserve it Champ🐐

[@darrellmccall6100]

Spike gets clowned for this movie....but the movie brought me to tears. (especially the ending montage); it also caused me to start collecting minstrel show artwork as a reminder of what NOT to be. Conceptually, it still happens today in the world of entertainment.

[@Foggen]

I love how he only really gets animated when it comes to the Knicks.

[@GeronFletcher]

Lol he’s a true fan

[@Thoughtsandsports]

This interviewer is low key pushing his buttons by being rude. Spike Lee keeps his cool tho.

[@johntallanger4036]

"Brother, what do you done mean by saying dat?" was incredible.

[@wickedwildwezt]

Can't lie it's hilarious tho

[@wemadeitpodcast]

My favorite movie ever

[@cameronearland5716]

A wise man once said there are 3 types of people who tell the truth: kids, drunks, and people who are pissed off. I think spike was angry at industry when he made this. His magnum opus and and it gets no acknowledgement I wonder why? 🤔

[@2degucitas]

Too hot to touch. Most people can't watch it without intense emotion

[@Pennedhaus]

just finished watching this masterpiece cant believe the relevance spike always suprises damn super underrated satire!

[@TheWonderfuldre]

What's interesting about this is that he's remained consistent over the years. He states there is nothing funny about slavery. Ironically he satired Tarantino in this movie and Jamie Foxx made a critical statement about Lee. Both joined to do D'Jango.

[@tacrewgirl]

I'm curious, what part satires Tarantino? Perhaps I missed it.

[@Dimples718]

@@tacrewgirl Michael Rappaport's character.

[@london8615]

Tarantino’ a jackass

[@TrueYellowDart]

I’ve only seen about 4 Spike Lee films but Bamboozled is the best, imo. It floored me. It pulls no punches.

[@niaismyname2076]

1. LOVE Bamboozled. 2. Never heard Charlie Rose as passionate as when talking about the Knicks! Epic.

[@2degucitas]

I like this friendship with Spike Lee. They handled the subject matter straight forward.

[@chantellemarie5593]

"I guarantee you, he will be injured"

[@TobiasMeinecke]

Spike Lee as an artist and advocate and most of his films withstand the test of time. Charlie Rose? Nope. A smirk from the past.

[@TheMindlessIntellectual89.]

What Spike was saying WE ( black filmmakers or a brand about US) There are more who that integrity. Y’all call “Uncle Tom’ but see a man moving not only the culture but one who cares about the betterment of the culture. He puts in your face so you don’t have to think twice

[@nyastclair8174]

I bought the Criterion Bamboozled blu ray recently. It's a wonderful release and I can't recommend it enough.

[@THEsoulquarian]

14:15 😂 Charlie’s silly as hell. Dope interview

[@osiris-bennu8166]

Una gran película que tuvo el privilegio de ser la primera en ser filmada completamente con un sistema digital, spike todo un visionario.

[@WillieMcDuffle]

A news paper pop is something you don’t hear any more...

[@tierrastrike8371]

love this

[@plantsim]

Rage? Yeah I have rage. I think there should be rage in every conscious human being in the world because there's stuff that's just not right and I've not really understand this thinking that if you achieve a certain level of success, fame ("power") yes power, that means time to shut the f up, sit back, chill by the pool, and count your bank account and I can't do that.

[@puremercury]

Spike got the Williamses right, although Charlie did make a good point about Tiger.

[@gamkal7231]

Beautiful interview (though a bit too much on sports!). Bless you, Spike Lee, and yes, you are one of the great filmmakers of our time. No question.

[@reignman4529]

Charlie Rose was right about Tiger!😂

[@paperandpavement]

i dare anyone to see Bamboozled then immediately watch Django unchained right after. It will open your eyes.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Shit its crazy in 2000 we thought shit was fucked up but compare to now smh shit

[@boldstandard]

One of the many things that makes Bamboozled so great is its respectful treatment of the material it is satirizing. The Minstrel shows had racist elements, and it doesn’t minimize them. Modern so called black entertainment has racist elements too, maybe worse, and nobody talks about it, but this film shows the two side by side in a way that is really powerful. But the other element that comes through is that there was a lot of art in the minstrel shows. They were satire too. They were the birthplace of tap dance, jazz and the blues (via ragtime and cakewalk), and a lot of the racist stereotypes were successful because they were relatable to people of all ethnicities (who *doesn’t* like watermelon and fried chicken?). The minstrel shows played an important role in the abolitionist movement, as modern scholarship has revealed. As an artist, Spike Lee seems to recognize that and celebrate it, even whilst acknowledging the uncomfortable and ugly racist aspect of it, or at least the racist way certain segments of society have interpreted it. I agree the end credit montage is one of the most powerful things he’s done. A lot of that art is interesting and worthwhile art, shocking as it is. I agree this part of history should be seen and understood, and maybe some of it was not as bad and offensive as we’ve been conditioned to believe- not in the way we’ve been told at least, and not so bad in comparison to the present day.

[@joaofleumatico]

This movie was ahead of it's time

[@1000huzzahs]

This movie could've been made tomorrow and it would be relevant. Spike's best

[@RavenMcCarthy]

I like how they’re arguing about baseball at the end.

[@JayLeePoe]

I presented amazing clips of Bamboozled back in High School circa 2004 as part of my media term paper on Heritage Plays and Minstrel Shows, the background of Hollywood itself. _Where else would they get established talent?_ Spike helped me bring it into modern resolution Tommy Davidson's scene with Savion should have won an award.

[@jrm78]

Charlie Rose's interview style is cringey at times.

[@ghazillion]

You mean at ALL times.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

When he was on this show for Summer of Sam he said "I don't sit around thinking what controversial subject matter I can do next." 🤣🤣

[@itzjdub282]

Shooooootime

[@tanqurayjones4942]

"Rage" did Charlie ask that. I don't see Spike as in raged. Spike comes to life speaking about sports lmaooooo

[@gerothepharaoh]

14:17 "Brotha" What the hell is wrong with this interviewer?

[@RaySquirrel]

Gero, The Pharaoh considering what we now know about Charlie Rose it’s benign.

[@johntallanger4036]

That was amazing. Trying to tell him to make the Pryor movie also hilarious.

[@antonewilson4310]

Charlie Rose is an incompetent interviewer. This interview is totally disjointed. It sounds like Arsenio Hall asking questions.

[@WestSide-hl1dl]

Antone Wilson incompetent interviewer is just one of the less than desirable monikers you could assign Chuck.

[@Tuilelen]

Is it just me or was the interviewer kinda rude sometimes? Like, continually hinting at the "black rage" stereotype, or asking if he would say "brotha, bla bla" to Jamie Foxx... At other times he was respectful so it really kind of stuck out.

[@antonewilson4310]

Not so much rude as incompetent. Rose has no concept of how to approach the interview. I've always felt he was a terrible interviewer. Seemingly he does no prep.

[@FashAveGirl]

The Richard Pryor thing was 🤨

[@johntallanger4036]

@@FashAveGirl That was the craziest part. Although "My man, how it be you says it to Jamie Foxxx?" was also amazing.

[@AdaptiveRider]

These vhs, dvd and bluray are gonna be verboten in the next few years. It practically already is

[@Theycallmekenney]

The Knicks debate at the end of this is hilarious!!! The Knicks still stink smh

[@GeronFletcher]

STIIIILL!!!

[@michaelr3583]

Not anymore!!!

[@Theycallmekenney]

@@michaelr3583 they still stink

[@thortczodtcrhodie6364]

Eddie Murphy owed 100 million for Pluto Nash and came out with Norbit. Go figure......

[@billybadass3056]

the most moving part of this interview to me was..... The New York Knicks conversation but Spike had NO Idea what he was talking about keeping Allen Houston back then... the Glenn Rice comments were accurate though, that dude was a JIZZOKE.......

[@Kwamya10]

Why can't I find Bamboozled on any streaming site?

[@nahuilegorreta6572]

Because those in power to show show it don't get it. It's one of my favorites. I wish I still had the DVD

[@GeronFletcher]

Nahui Legorreta you can buy the blu day on spikes website I just got one

[@GeronFletcher]

Gotta buy the blu ray on his website

[@Kwamya10]

@@nahuilegorreta6572 I found it on Amazon and Criterion now!

[@Trollamite]

The interviewer was dancing around the topic like Michael Jackson

[@IndigoBlues-dt7ob]

Word

[@MozzieMutant]

upload john Singleton's one

[@sixonegaming7222]

Pusha T brought me here..

[@TalkswithMellow]

SixOne Music right, people are saying this is why Drake isn’t wrong. I’m trying to get an understanding of where Spike Lee is coming from.

[@sixonegaming7222]

I am as well.. Have you had a chance to watch the show Drake was in when he was in Canada?

[@ethanduckworth6634]

10:02 holy shit, I would love to see that!!!

[@wrnr_mn]

"what do you say to people who say 'if you wanna send a message go to western union'?" "well muthafucka, give me your address and I'll send the dvd! You WILL get it!"

[@hashkeeper]

the dude is such a fuckin bad ass

[@gregorysanders9034]

Has good movies

[@rallbot6090]

My interpretation being that Spike Lee wanted to show how such manifestations take place in a modern day context, the perpetuation as such under the capitalist system. The way in which the interviewer poses these issues as a thing of the past is discomforting to see how easily problems that still exist can be seen as no longer an issue, be it racial inequality etc. etc.

[@jamesmack6931]

12:33

[@adamquiles2468]

Not sure exactly what a satire is if anyone can help me understand

[@LMaxx5]

I miss Charlie Rose. Ex-so-lent show.

[@reubenyebra4002]

The movie was hilarious if you were offended you loose

[@sportsfan120577]

I wonder how much the Chappelle Show was influenced by this?

[@kw9568]

I hate trap music. It's a FULL BLOWN MISTREL SHOW!!!! It's so ignorant and so sad beyond belief!!!!!!

[@supme7558]

To bad his fans dont understand what satire is

[@gregorysanders9034]

What about the China man

[@Averyofthemain]

If anything proves the movie criticism business is completely without merit, its that the NYTimes said THAT PIECE HOT, FETID SHIT was a)a satire b) watchable c)intelligent.

[@mudchair16]

Blissfully unaware. Just the way we like them.

[@richardferguson516]

🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

[@kingj6677]

You're blissfully ignorant, just the way America wants you.

[@okay5045]

Spike has wonderful ideas but he is not a great director.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

I agree and that's the problems he's directing be all over the place he's movies will have great storyline but then he always take the storyline all over the place and gets confusing and alot of his movies be overindulging

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Why can't the American public stream this movie, Spike? Sellout much? #MAGA

[@MaryLou913]

Are u Mexican sir?

[@perrymalson589]

Bamboozled is a satire which explains the country as a whole, enjoyed it for the contents, needed to be told.

[@TheLily97232]

It's difficult to find on the internet and dvd though

[@OvSpP]

You know your # is just gonna make people not read this, right? The left and some of the right even won’t consider your ideals valid.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

It's on Amazon Prime. For now...