Bamboozled: political parodic postmodernism.(Critical Essay) From: West Virginia University Philological Papers | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Morris, Susan Booker | COPYRIGHT 2003 West Virginia University, Department of Foreign Languages. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A postmodernism of resistance.... seeks to question rather than exploit cultural codes, to explore rather than conceal social and political affiliations.

Hal Foster

"You must never be a misrepresented people." Stevie Wonder

Although Spike Lee's film Bamboozled, released in 2000, (1) surprised and shocked many viewers while thrilling others, it may well be considered, eventually, one of his most significant contributions to film and to the study of...