The trailer for Sorry to Bother You first sucked me in because it was only 30 seconds long but it was hilarious. It shows 2 people who are friends and are complimenting one another in a very aggressive way so that if you didn't speak the language you would think they were about to throw hands but in actuality they are saying how wonderful the other person smells and how they want to get together with them and buy them some drinks because they think they are a great person.
Then Danny Glover steps in and breaks it up: A lot of the rest of the film is like this as well and for the most part I think people will enjoy it.
However, there are some downsides to this film that unfortunately seems to be a big part of the overall Hollywood political agenda.
Originally released in 2018, this film is another one of those ones that didn't have much of a marketing budget behind it and I didn't have any idea it even existed until a few days ago when it was released on Netflix. It is a dark comedy that is meant to be a comedic reflection of the actual USA society. Some of it I agree with, some of it refers to aspects of society that myself and many others are kind of tired of hearing the propaganda about. This propaganda is the insinuation that minorities are intentionally repressed by Caucasians and that the only way a black man can get ahead in life is to become "white."
[src](https://agoodmovietowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/sorry-to-bother-you-still-2_26894346199_o-h_2018-e1540482547479.jpg)This incorporates the main character "Cassius" (Lakeith Stanfield) dressing like a nerd, and basically abandoning and selling out everything about himself that is "black." It's funny for a little bit but this is kind of a tired aspect of comedy that has been kind of overdone over the years and it was amusing for a bit but seriously, almost every single black comedian has done this schtick before and I dunno, I guess as a white person I kind of get tired of being represented on screen as being a master race that is constantly suppressing poor, innocent, people of color.
Cassius is working for a telemarketing call center when he gets told by his cubical neighbor that if he wants to get ahead, he is going to have to adopt a whiter approach on the phone.
This is funny for a bit but then becomes what basically the entire movie is about and well, the overdubbing isn't really done very well. It isn't actually Lakeith Stanfield adapting a "white" voice but is David Cross doing all of the voiceover for him. It clearly isn't Cassius doing the talking. Perhaps this was intentional on the part of the director and I don't pretend to be an authority on these sorts of things but I feel as though it would have been funnier if Lakeith had simply learned how to do a "white voice" on his own rather than having it overdubbed by David Cross. Cross' voice is extremely recognizable since he has done a bunch of animated films lately... the only confusion I had was whether or not it was him or Patton Oswalt talking because they sound almost identical.
There are some important aspects of this film that I think are kind of spot on about society and more specifically the United States that appear in this film such as mass media being manipulated in a way to make evil corporations appear like saviors and convince regular people to work against their own best interests and also shows how "influencers" who do things that are completely stupid end up becoming very very famous and powerful because of it. Think about massive influencers like Jake Paul and his brother Logan before him - they had / have millions of followers and what do they do exactly other than act like fools?
Should I watch it?
Overall this movie is entertaining enough to watch from start to finish without needing to use your phone as a distraction to get you through it and at least for me this is a good sign for movies these days. I do find the "white people bad!" imagery and suggestions to be annoying but if you can get past that and just realize that this is just what Hollywood does these days then I think basically anyone will enjoy this. The reason why I think it is wrong for them to do this is because I tend to look at things like this and suggest "if they reversed the races it would be considered horrible" and if you can say that, it's probably still racist. But that isn't the world we live in now and you are just going to have to let that slide because me suggesting that it is racist, would probably be considered a racist statement on my part by the SJW mobs out there.Parts of the film irritated me because of this but overall it is definitely worth seeing because it is inventive and different. It doesn't surprise me at all that since this is not a cookie-cutter copy of every other comedy that it didn't even get widespread release let alone become a box-office smash.
