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...Bamboozled's fictional TV network, Harvard-educated Pierre Dela-croix (Damon Wayans) is the token black executive. His abrasive boss (Michael Rappaport) charges him to devise a hot, edgy new series. Angry and desperate, Pierre proposes a minstrel show--a format "so negative, so offensive and racist" that it will prove his point about the lack of ethical or aesthetic standards on TV. Aided by his skeptical, ambitious assistant (Jada Pinkett Smith), he hires as his stars a homeless tap dancer (Savion Glover) and his pal (Tommy Davidson). Renamed Mantan and Sleep 'n Eat, they are given a supporting cast...
...asked, she answered: Rosen sent Rappaport on a treasure hunt around Boston, through places that had played significant roles in their relationship. Among the stops: a kosher Chinese restaurant in Brookline, the site of their first meeting; Tealuxe, the site of their first date; and Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, where Rosen was formerly the chair...
Life is a highway: Rosen and Rappaport were riding a schoolbus driven by Solomon on the way back from that initial meeting. "A bunch of us were sitting in the back of the school-bus, singing schoolbus songs," Rosen remembers. Rappaport thought it was funny, but she also thought he was obnoxious...
...meantime: The couple is traveling to Israel, where Rappaport will do policy research on the elderly and at-risk youth for an American-Israeli research institute. Rosen will be on a Jerusalem-based fellowship program that combines studying and an internship program...
After tying the knot: Rosen will probably go to law school, and Rappaport will work or get a master's degree in public policy...