Thursday, July 26, 2018

Living in an alternate reality in the US, we found Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) a guy living at his uncle Sergio's garage with his girlfriend (Tessa Thompson) an aspiring artist and performer, who earn living doing sign spinner on a daily basis.

Cassius found a job as a telemarketer on the ground of the RegalView Company, at the very beginning, Cassius has a lot of difficulties attracting buyers, so he is approached by Langston (Danny Glover) who says the art of a successful telemarketer is to play the "white voice", later Cassius become a power caller, due to his success selling at the company. He gains so much reputation that he is promoted, meeting the top people.

Sorry to Bother You is the first film by Boots Riley and is becoming a successful film during the summer season, filled with blockbuster movies and action-packed stories. Sorry to Bother You explores subjects from racial discrimination and stereotypes. The power of social media, making everyone a celebrity and turning a tragic event into an excuse for commercial gain. It also uses American corporations as big slavery companies where the employee doesn't rights and benefits, just work non stop for the company well being.

The film uses a very dark humor, with touches of science fiction themes in order to explain how greedy America works to keep people making them rich. Sorry to Bother You have great performances, excellent screenplay, outstanding art direction, and soundtrack. Keep in mind you need to be ready for the half an hour of the film, It will surprise you.

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