Because what a look back at these episodes shows us - and what “Bamboozled” teaches us - is that there are always layers to that burnt cork. The instinct to scrub away the shame of past blackface is understandable - but it’s not productive. As a result, several have scrubbed the evidence of these burnt cork episodes from the internet. In response to the national reckoning over Black Lives Matter, the internet dug up a number of TV shows and movies - from “30 Rock” to “Tropic Thunder” - that, over the last two decades, have employed blackface. ![]() ![]() Lee’s charged, biting satire was released 20 years ago this fall this summer, we were reminded how right “Bamboozled” was.
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