What Does It Mean to Sell Out?

this week, we’re gabbing about the weird and perfect 2018 movie by boots riley, sorry to bother you (!).

here's the link w notes & you can now vote on what we'll talk about next at this link too YAYYY: https://certifiedblackweirdo.substack...

here are the things i referenced in this week’s video, in case u want to check them out:
-- atlantics (2019)
-- judas & the black messiah (2021)
-- do actors feel like their personalities begin to blur with the characters they play?
-- the mask (!) w jim carrey (1994)
-- i’m a virgo (2023)
-- native son (novel), native son (film, 1951), native son (film, 2019)
-- suzan-lori parks, esp topdog, underdog
-- race & class intersections or lack of intersections in art
-- steven yeun, beef on netflix
-- entergalactic
-- they cloned tyrone (2023)
-- tendency for art on race to go into the fantastical
-- time blurring from scene to scene, Black experience feeling almost timeless sometimes
-- kindred by octavia butler + tv adaptation
--underground railroad by colson whitehead + tv adaptation
-- beloved by toni morrison
-- things feeling hyperpresent because of the internet
-- white voice & taking time to define it
-- bizarre media braided into this world
-- twists in scene
-- terry crews!!
-- what would you do for money? what else?
-- Black couple that’s alternative & creative & radical
-- rihanna & a$ap rocky
-- intergenerational friendships
-- positivity fight lol
-- rap scene (!!!!)
-- idea of white paranoia: Black people as either helpers or threats
-- what does it mean to sell out?

YAYYYY thanks for hanging! next week, we’re gonna do a wild card week, which means it can be any genre!! feel free to vote via the substack link and/or stay tuned !!
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& for the algorithm to find us kindred spirits: #movies #sorrytobotheryou #blackculture