Synopsis
TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
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Cast
- Damon WayansPierre Delacroix
- Savion GloverManray / Mantan
- Jada Pinkett SmithSloan Hopkins
- Tommy DavidsonWomack / Sleep'n Eat
- Michael RapaportThomas Dunwitty
- Thomas Jefferson ByrdHoneycutt
- Paul MooneyJunebug
- Gillian WhiteVerna
- Susan BatsonOrchid Dothan
- Yasiin BeyMau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
Spike Lee's explosive, near-masterpiece media satire balances between brilliance and incoherence. - 88
Baltimore Sun
Nothing seriously detracts from the film's overall brilliance. - 88
Chicago Tribune
Starts out hilarious and then turns very, very grim. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
It's a unique blend of history and hysteria, and there's no escaping the dead-serious ideas that run beneath its flamboyant surface. - 70
Washington Post
What the movie lacks in clarity, it makes up for in honesty, toughness, relentlessness and passion. - 70
Los Angeles Times
It's the angriest film an unfailingly angry filmmaker has yet made, skewering almost everyone in it, both black and white. - 63
Boston Globe
Ends with a fizzle, not a bang. - 50
Film.com
Infuriating on almost every conceivable level.
