"Sorry To Bother You" is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in SF this weds. An amazing film and I'm excited to see it again in a theater. https://drafthouse.com/sf/event/weird-wednesday-sorry-to-bother-you #BootsRiley #SanFrancisco #SorryToBotherYou
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‘Sorry To Bother You’ and tech worker organising

by Wendy Liu // Notes From Below editor Wendy Liu shares her thoughts on Boots Riley’s film ‘Sorry To Bother You’, and its potential relevance for tech worker organising.

Notes From Below

INT. CHINATOWN

I'm watching two episodes at a time, which is my usual limit, but it's very difficult to not plow through them all.

It's also Twilight Zone meets Sorry to Bother You; a tv show that feels extremely familiar and unlike anything else, all at once.

The production is fantastic; grounded and surreal, using the procedural format to mock and deconstruct the foundation of nearly every tv drama, across genres.

#InteriorChinatown #tv #Hulu #DisneyPlus #TwilightZone #SorryToBotherYou

I watched #TheSubstance last night and then looked through user and critic reviews after.

I found myself in a similar situation as I did after watching #SorryToBotherYou

I went into both films spoiler free, but was not surprised by the direction they went in at all, with either film.

Lots of reviews for both had audiences saying "What the fuck did I just watch" in response.

But with both films, I instead was saying "It makes perfect logical sense that the film went in this direction".

I'm not sharing this on social media to be smug, though, and boast about how much smarter I am than others.

Maybe part of me does think that, but a louder voice is saying "why I am I so weird and not freaked out by the twists in these films like everyone else is"

Content warning for "body horror" in both films. FYI.

@samhkennedy

What is going on in WA? This sounds a lot like the “WorryFree” corporation from ‘Sorry to Bother You’, the Boots Riley horror comedy. The workers might want to read their contracts closely.

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

“We’ve got a restaurant in there, we’ve also got a gym, and we’ve got other facilities that keep them glued in there.”

A crèche for kids with doctors and nurses: “we’re going to feed them, but mum and dad will be working in our office.”

#Auspol #SorryToBotherYou #BootsRiley #MineralResources
#ChrisEllison

Unpacking how #CapitalismCommodifiesRevolution and the thought-provoking film Sorry to Bother You 🎬🤔 Let's delve into the complexities of societal change and economic systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMmrcqb9mE

#SorryToBotherYou #RevolutionaryInsights

How Capitalism Commodifies Revolution and Sorry to Bother You

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Sorry to bother you" Kritik Review 2021 | Sorry to bother you) Filmkritik & Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pRcxvdveO4

#SorryToBotherYou : 🎬📽️

#filmempfehlung

Sorry to bother you Deutsch kompletter film

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The 25 Best Black Films of the 21st Century: ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Love and Basketball,’ ‘Moonlight,’ and More
#IndieWire #BestOf #Features #AfricanAmerican #Blackcinema #BlacKkKlansman #Film #SorrytoBotherYou

https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-black-movies-21st-century-1201971237/

The 30 Best Black Movies of the 21st Century

The 30 Best Black Movies of the 21st Century: 'Black Panther,' 'Rye Lane,' 'Ray,' 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,' 'Get Out,' and 'Moonlight.'

IndieWire

#ImAVirgo, by #BootsRiley on #Amazon sounds as weird and interesting as his earlier #SorryToBotherYou and is apparently another commentary on the condition of the average working person, along with #race, and #revolution.

Sadly, it'll be a while before I can watch it because I canceled #Prime at the end of last year and have zero plans to ever rejoin.

https://www.wired.com/story/boots-riley-im-a-virgo-interview/

Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

The 'I’m a Virgo' creator loves contradictions, like trying to launch a radical labor movement with a show on Amazon Prime.

WIRED