I think the main trickster in the movie bamboozled is Delacoix, but that doesn't mean that not all of them are tricksters as well, but I think all of them are, but most notably Delacroix. Delacroix essentially uses his wit and guile to seduce "mantan" and womack into doing something completely against everything they stand for, in order for money.
I think this poses the question that if you were ever approached, and someone offered you a large sum of money to say...re act 9/11, but you had to do it while laughing the entire time. you had to pretend to be the airplane to smashed into tower 1 and 2, and you had to do it with a smile on your face, for a large amount of cash in return. Would you? I can say that I would definitely not. Or it is like asking a Jew to pretend to be in a concentration camp, but to smile and enjoy it while the audience and other actors in the play make fun of him.
The two said examples I used above are along the same lines of, as I said, womack and mantan to perform. Ultimately in the end, Delacroix "tricksterness" is what gets him killed, literally. The entire ploy falls into pieces, with relationships damaged and lives changed. This goes to show that tricksters, as seducing as they come across, that in the end, they are just smoke in mirrors-nothing.
Secondly, I think that Dinwitty is a major trickster because he is the one who really pushes Delacroix to dig deep inside himself. Dinwitty is just looking out for his company and is trying to keep his rates afloat, and uses Delacroix as his instrument in doing so, without Delacroix ever realizing it until the very end. I don't think it is any coincidence that the entire skit fell into pieces int he end. It shows that those who place themselves before others, and use others to further their own agenda are the ones who ultimately end up getting burned and loosing everything.
I think that tricksters, in the end, ultimately are the ones who get "burned." Last week the strangest thing happened to my family and I that reinforces my point. I left my car unlocked, and had my skis, boots, boots, bindings, and polls all in the back of the trooper. All together my ski stuff costs around $1,000..At least. My brother was at his friend's house and ended up coming home at 12:30am, just in time to catch 2 kids in my car who appeared to be stealing things of out my glove box. When they saw my brother they immediately took off into the night. Well, it didn't take us long to chase them down and once we did we called the police and these two kids were arrested before our eyes.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I noticed something was missing out of my center counsel...Yes, my $3 pair of sunglasses that were given to me. They were gone. I notified the police, and the kids were charged with a hand full of crimes. These guys took a $3 pair of sunglasses versus $1,000+ worth of skis? How lucky am I?
I usually never lock my car, there have been times when I will leave my car unlocked with my ipod, wallet, skis, and car keys all together. What occurred a few nights ago really made me re think my whole logic on locking my car. I think this goes far beyond a measly attempt to try and tell you how they are "tricksters" but one thing is for sure, if they were in fact tricksters, because tricksters seem to have a habit of stepping on people to reach their own goals, karma hits tricksters twice as hard.
Aha. But did these tricksters enlighten you in any way?
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