There a lot to unpack in Boots Riley’s wildly entertaining, incisively timely, sobering trip.
Democracy Now! interviews writer/director Boots Riley about how his Dystopian Satire Sorry to Bother You Is an Anti-Capitalist Rallying Cry for Workers:
Maggie Mae Fish explores Society & Social Scripts – Sorry to Bother You:
Sage Hyden aka Just Write describes the film’s script as 2018’s Weirdest Film and the Psychological Toll of Modern Capitalism:
Further Viewing
In this chat between D. Scott Miller and Thomas Flight, cites Sorry to Bother You and Get Out, among others, as examples of Afro Surrealism:
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