Sorry to Bother You (2018)

For the third episode of Fear of the Dark's horror/comedy mini season, Matthew and Stacey chat about Sorry to Bother You, the 2018 genre-bending sci-fi/fantasy/comedy/horror film directed by Boots Riley. It stars LaKeith Stanfield as Cassius "Cash" Green, a young man who finds himself rising up the corporate ladder as a telemarketer thanks to the use of his "white voice." Join us for a conversation about the film's engagements with whiteness and Blackness through voice and disembodiment - and as we think about where generic conventions and expectations fit into this story of a new speculative racial hierarchy. Film: Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018) Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive) Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran) Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited and mastered by Stacey Baran. Follow us on Instagram @fearofthedarkpod!