What exactly is Tony Morrison's song of Solomon trying to say?

What is Solomon Rushdie's mid-night children trying to say?

Trying to say a lot of stuff.

If I made a song or a movie with one thing to say, shoot me.

Because I just wasted my time in yours, you know?

I'm Sean Fennacy, Editor and Chief of the Ringer, and this is the big picture.

A conversation show is one of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.

There's never been a movie like Sorry to Bother You.

That probably undersells Boots Riley's absurdist fantastical, sometimes unnerving satire

of American working life in the telemarketing industry.

But there is no real way to properly explain this movie, other than to say

Likit Stanfield plays a telemarketer who discovers extraordinary success

after tapping into his cool white voice.

What ensues from there is just too wild to spoil.

Sorry to Bother You is Boots Riley's first movie, but I've been following his work

for two decades.

Mostly as the frontman of the coup, a sociopolitically-minded rap band from the Bay Area.

His first movie was inspired in part by a 2012 album, The Group Released,

and the long road to feature filmdom was a fascinating one for Boots, who went to film school

and had always planned to become a director.

I chatted with him about that journey, integrating message with entertainment,

and where he wants to go next.

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