Our team chose to focus on representations of women in Spike Lee's latest joint,
"Bamboozled". This theme was attractive to us because we felt the filmmaker
had a powerful message to send his audience after viewing the trailer in class.
Despite the fact that there is only one woman in a starring role, a multitude of
specific and acute ideas are presented by Spike Lee through the film. We were
also eager to take advantage of the opportunity to apply what we have learned
in class to the thought-provoking and controversial nature of his work.
When reflecting upon representations of women, we felt that a continuous
motif of women as puppets is present. The lead female character, Sloan
Hopkins, is played by Jada Pinkett Smith. She comes across as being under
Pierre Delacroix, or his puppet, from her first appearance in the film. The
opening scene of the movie emphasizes this as he is yelling at her for not
informing him of a staff meeting. Sloan continually apologizes......

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