018 / Bamboozled (2000) w/ Dr. Mary Frances Phillips

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Race Trader Podcast

Boston & J

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Welcome to the Race Trader podcast! A place where Boston and J trade ideas on race by way of discussing culture through a black and white perspective. They bring a nuanced look into older and contemporary black culture and its impact on the racial dialogue in America.

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018 / Bamboozled (2000) w/ Dr. Mary Frances Phillips

Race Trader Podcast

1 hour 36 minutes 49 seconds

4 years ago

018 / Bamboozled (2000) w/ Dr. Mary Frances Phillips

This episode was recorded on April 25th, 2021. We are joined by Dr. Mary Frances Phillips. Enjoy!

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Discussed: Dr. Phillips’ background, Dr. Phillips’ perspective on Judas and the Black Messiah, the Oscars, Denzel Washington, our initial takes on Bamboozled, Spike Lee’s willingness to experiment, going through the actual application of black face, Pierre Delacroix, Paul Mooney, the Dunwitty character, white privilege, minstrelsy, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, sitcoms, black fatherhood, conflicting artistic impulses, Tyler Perry, the minstrel show performers, commercial parodies, Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent, the Derek Chauvin trial, proposed solutions, ODB’s legacy, Modern Minstrelsy v. the Politics of Respectability, and more!

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Shameless plugs:

You can check out all of Dr. Mary Frances Phillips’ work over at her site: http://maryphillipsphd.com/

Check out her take on the movie If Beale Street Could Talk here; along with her take on Detroit here.

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