Without even knowing who directed this piece of work it is not hard to tell that Bamboozled is a Spike Lee masterpiece.

As one of the most talented and creative filmmakers he is unafraid to express himself even beyond what is considered the barriers of acceptability. His resounding efforts to push across a firm point have without a doubt succeeded in all it aimed to do.

Bamboozled follows Piere Delacroiz (Daman Wayans) a black television executive who is fed up with his ideas for black sitcoms being labelled boring by his pushy boss (Michael Rapaport).

In an effort to give Rapaport exactly what he wants and in attempting to get fired, Wayans finds street boys Savion Glover and Tommy Davidson, and transforms them into the black faced characters Mantan and Sleep N Eat, staging the most racist television show of all time.

This black minstrel act presents the most cutting edge bigotry, which exploits black dignity while expanding any stereotype of black culture beyond conception. But what is it that makes this film push the buttons of discomfort?

The fact that the black race insult themselves and although Mantan is designed to provoke uproar and colossal consequences, it surprisingly, however, becomes a huge hit, and in a freaky and disturbing spin, whites, blacks and Hispanics alike start dressing in black face.

But the backlash is strong and it's not long before this behaviour is condemned both inside and outside the circle.

Bamboozled will certainly touch a few nerves. The focus of this film is unwitting racism and Spike Lee does a grand job of it, while poking fun at black culture and the white culture that wants to be like it.

Although the main focus of the film is an emotive issue, Lee does not fail to create humour in the way he makes fun of certain issues, with hip hop groups and Tommy Hilfigger at the attacking end. In spite of this, given the circumstances of the film, laughter seems inappropriate.

Lee infests the fact that African American actors were represented as fools and stripped of their dignity even to this day. He displays how they were easy targets in the past, poking fun at their features, accents and position in society. But it isn't simply the direction that makes this film so provocative.

Performances by Davidson, Glover and Jada Pinkett Smith (Delacroix assistant) were emotive and raw, adding an important ingredient for Lee's quest.

Wayans accent however, was ridiculous and sported a firm cliché of making him sound white and Rapaport black. An unnecessary input which detracted respect for its efforts.

The movie is definitely worth seeing. Although enjoyable is not the word to describe it, it is an excellent depiction of a shameful attitude throughout history and this message deserves to be spread.

Katie Shenkin