Sorry To Bother You

This week we're joined by the inspirational Colette Webber from the Oxide Film Podcast to talk about Boots Riley's debut feature Sorry to Bother You. The film follows Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield) in an alternate version of modern-day Oakland as he takes a job as a telemarketer at a strange firm called Regal View. As Cassius progresses through the company by using his "white voice" (David Cross) he struggles to maintain his relationship with his girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson) and his protesting co-workers (Steven Yeun and Jermaine Fowler) before Mr (Omari Hardwick) takes him to a party at CEO Steven Lift's (Armie Hammer) house and things take an even weirder and more disturbing turn.

As we stage this in our hypothetical theatre we talk about themes of capitalism, wage slavery, code switching, and the price of selling out. We also get into the nitty gritty of engaging the audience through the set design, utilising stylised lighting and atmospheric music, pushing suspension of belief to its extremity on stage, and how we might stage body horror in a believable way.

Let us know what you thought of our staging, and what you'd do differently:

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Jake is on twitter, instagram and letterboxd @jakereesh

Sorry to Bother You is available to watch on Now TV at time of recording.

Music is from Kavana Crossley

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