Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You is a 2018 science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Boots Riley, in his directorial debut. It stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer. The film follows a young black telemarketer who adopts a white accent to succeed at his job. Swept into a corporate conspiracy, he must choose between profit or joining his activist friends to organize labor. Principal photography began in June 2017 in Oakland, California. Sorry to Bother You premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 6, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures. The film received praise for its cast, concept, and soundtrack, as well as Riley's screenplay and direction.
- Cash, baby... - Can we not. Please. Look, I quit when the strike jumped off because being with you made it awkward for me. But... Cassius! You abandoned your friends. Baby, look, I thought they'd do a couple of stoppages and... It's one thing to take the promotion, but now you're a full out scab. Come on, baby, the Power Callers ain't on strike! No, but they should be. I'm so tired of talking to you about this. You are crossing the picket line. I can't ride with you. Oh, you can't ride with me now! But you was riding with me all around Oakland. Alright, fine. Well, no more. Baby, what are you asking me to do? Are you asking me to quit the fattest job I ever had? But Cassius, it's not fat! It is morally emaciated. You sell fucking slave labor, Cassius! What the fuck isn't slave labor? Oh, my God! Side-stepping. You side-step more than the fucking Temptations.
Sorry to Bother You
You know what, fuck you, man! Fuck you, alright! Fuck you 'cause I'm doing something that I'm really fucking good at. I'm really good at it and I'm important. I'm making shit happen. And you don't appreciate the shit cause you already fucking had it. And you're talking to me about slave labor? What is Squeeze and them gonna do about slave labor? What does Squeeze have to do with this? They ain't gonna do shit.
Sorry to Bother You