Kenneth Turan's recent review of "Bamboozled," Spike Lee's new film, takes as a given the offensiveness of African American caricatures ("Satire, Rage Add Up to Audacious 'Bamboozled,' " Oct. 6).

Spike Lee is at it again. Next week his 11th and possibly most controversial movie, "Bamboozled," will open to audiences across the country, and tongues are already wagging.

Spike Lee, whose new movie attacks the treatment of African Americans by television, now says he will have to "put up or shut up." The director is going to make a television series. "I'd like to ...