Sorry to Bother You
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MovieSphere+In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
MovieSphere+In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
‘Sorry to Bother You’ Pushes the Limits of Audience Expectation. Boots Riley's style is most effective when his audience begins to settle and feel comfortable. He picks the perfect moment when you think it can’t get any more bizarre and throws in something completely left field. This whiplash is what makes Sorry to Bother You so enthralling. To reveal intricate details of these visuals would take away from the viewing experience — they work because of their unexpectedness. Yet, it doesn’t matter how bizarre the images get, they are still symbolically recognizable.
While Sorry to Bother You certainly has a lot to say about race and gender, it is the exploration of the barriers marginalized peoples can erect between each other in hyper-capitalistic systems that is Riley’s standout contribution. For Riley, class politics is the thread tying Sorry to Bother You’s weird world together—much more so than racial stgimas alone.
