55: “Sinners” (2025)

“Blues wasn't forced on us like that religion. Nah, son, we brought that with us from home. It's magic what we do. It's sacred... and big.” Penny, Sam, Kara and Jason revel in the artistic and box office success of Ryan Coogler’s genre defying tale of family, fellowship, music, and freedom. The discussion ranges from the serious to the silly, with stops along the way for auteur theory, sports metaphors, representation, all art is political, zombie movies, sundown towns, the Tulsa Massacre/Black Wall Street, the horror genre as conduit for political and social discourse, joy as revolutionary act, A.I. and cultural appropriation, Annie as a potential slayer, oners, Alvin Ailey, and #OscarsSoWhite.    Note: Since this is an R-Rated movie, we’ve decided not to humorously bleep out the swear words.   Next time we’ll be covering Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, Episode 11, “Doomed.”    Keep Slaying! News Links/Referenced Links Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Album by Sinners Movie | Spotify Jim Crow Museum Blues Foundation The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus - AAIHS Life (1999) Official Trailer - Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence Movie HD The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Richard Wormser.  Segregated America. Smithsonian Institute.  Jim Crow Laws. National Park Service.  “Exploiting Black Labor After the Abolition of Slavery.” The Conversation.  https://www.npr.org/2017/03/08/515814287/heres-whats-become-of-a-historic-all-black-town-in-the-mississippi-delta “The Model Minority Myth” Aspect Ratios with Sinners Director Ryan Coogler Mound Bayou, Mississippi - Wikipedia Ruth E. Carter on designing costumes from ‘Do The Right Thing’ to ‘Black Panther’ Ruth Carter's Creative Process | Oscar-Winning Costume Designer Watch Abstract: The Art of Design | Netflix Official Site Ryan Coogler on 'Sinners' Creative Process, 'Black Panther' News, NBA Players Love & More Ryan Coogler says 'Sinners' inspiration felt 'like a bolt of lightning' —---------------------------------------- Viewing Order BONUS: “Sinners”  Buffy 4x11 - Doomed Angel 1x11 - Somnambulist Angel 1x12 - Expecting Angel 1x13 - She Buffy 4x12 - A New Man Buffy 4x13 - The I In Team Buffy 4x14 - Goodbye Iowa Angel 1x14 - I've Got You Under My Skin Angel 1x15 - The Prodigal Buffy 4x15 - This Year's Girl (1/2) Buffy 4x16 - Who Are You? (2/2) Buffy 4x17 - Superstar Angel 1x16 - The Ring Angel 1x17 - Eternity Buffy 4x18 - Where the Wild Things Are Buffy 4x19 - New Moon Rising Angel 1x18 - Five by Five (1/2) Angel 1x19 - Sanctuary (2/2) Buffy 4x20 - The Yoko Factor (1/2) Buffy 4x21 - Primeval (2/2) Buffy 4x22 - Restless Angel 1x20 - War Zone Angel 1x21 - Blind Date Angel 1x22 - To Shanshu in LA Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to [email protected], or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.  Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License. #ryancoogler #sinners #michaelbjordan #smokestacktwins #milescaton #jimcrow #mississippidelta #history #filmreview #vampires #southerngothic #wunmimosaku #haileesteinfeld #ruthcarter #blackhistory #stillslaying #stillslayingpodcast #stillslayingcast #podcast #podcastica #smashthepatriarchy #feminism #patriarchy #buddyguy In Defense of ‘Grace’ from ‘Sinners’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices