Boots Riley - Bringing Rebellion to the Forefront with “Sorry to Bother You” | The Daily Show

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  • “Sorry to Bother You” writer-director Boots Riley talks about how his satirical film tackles racism, economic equality and the “mythical white voice.”
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  • @xBITCHESxHATExMEx
    @xBITCHESxHATExMEx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    Couldn't be happier for a talented dude. Boots Riley has been fighting for disenfranchised people for years through his music. Great, great artist...

    • @caseyowens5386
      @caseyowens5386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Real talk. I know boots Riley.. he told me and my brother that he was coming out with a movie. I am so proud of him

    • @jcabram6642
      @jcabram6642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caseyowens5386 stop lying.

  • @bethdarrow4489
    @bethdarrow4489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I really appreciate that Trevor has pointed out that this talent is called Code Switching; it is referred to as such in psychology. Have you ever noticed that very few white Americans can code switch into more than one dialect whereas we expect our black compatriots to do this continuously throughout their day? It is phenomenal. This film sounds like a must-see.

    • @MaximC
      @MaximC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "The white voice" is used by whites too, at the same degree as it's used by blacks, check out Peter Coffin's video on Sorry to Bother.

    • @RealMACGamer
      @RealMACGamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not just blacks but all other races. Especially the ones that have accents if you know what I mean

    • @bijanrezai5739
      @bijanrezai5739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Especially children who grow up with mixed parents and bilingual

  • @lisadaniels1365
    @lisadaniels1365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "What's going on right now IS the product of ignoring what's been going on for a long time."
    Couldn't have said it better myself.

  • @ecoecho1982
    @ecoecho1982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    To all my fellow intelligent, dilligent working-class Americans, go and watch this movie ASAP. It's worth the high theater admission, I swear. Or wait until it's at the library? I don't know, but you'll see your struggle honestly and creatively reflected, and it will feel really good, really good.

    • @ecoecho1982
      @ecoecho1982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks for the thumbs up, folks. Also, wasn't this movie just frickin' wild and great?! Working people sticking together in these weird times is so sorely needed.

    • @james_7718
      @james_7718 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ecoecho1982 Also, the portrayal of isolation and racism in how his coworkers constantly see him. The party scene was what sold me on this movie, where they pressure him to rap and he fully realizes how they see him as subhuman, an entertainment source

  • @shinebabyshine.
    @shinebabyshine. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This movie had the most unexpected twist and turns. Crazy

  • @breeharrison6754
    @breeharrison6754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    OMG Everyone left the theater in utter shock. I was quiet for a while, then some guy mentions how crazy the ending was and I burst out laughing! Now my hubby and I can't stop saying "Equisapiens, let's roll!"

  • @yaboi3441
    @yaboi3441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    God this movie man
    Amazing... absolutely amazing

    • @MaximC
      @MaximC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's communist.
      I mean it in a good way, not in a bad way.

  • @19thHour
    @19thHour 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Haven't seen any trailers but this interview convinced me to see the movie.

  • @aspookyfox
    @aspookyfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My screenwriting professor assigned the screenplay and now i can’t stop listening to Boots Riley.

  • @Dmenorfamily
    @Dmenorfamily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just finished watching this movie. It’s insane.

  • @qb1120
    @qb1120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It was one of maybe two movies that I've ever seen where I actually laughed out loud in the theater. Really funny stuff

  • @Madvillainy91
    @Madvillainy91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His movie will be in my head for the rest of my life

  • @erfanashkan5925
    @erfanashkan5925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    it's funny how this interview makes me think of the scene in the movie where the principal personnage goes on tv

  • @joeyangel69
    @joeyangel69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I cannot believe Sorry To Bother You is this king’s one and only movie. Boots Riley owns my ass now.

  • @nirvanvijaykar1371
    @nirvanvijaykar1371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn this movie hits so hard rn

  • @stevenlove9894
    @stevenlove9894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I work for a huge corporation and I agree 100% with this movie. The greed in the corporate side of things is absolutely crazy. We make more in profits every year and the pay for a employee has only decreased since I’ve started there. The unions used to be good but now are just there to deceive the employees into thinking they are getting fair treatment when they don’t do anything for the employees. I wish we could do more to stop the unjust treatment of Americans who waste there life’s working just to barley get by, when the CEOs don’t do a thing but screw people over for more money. Love this movie it’s so accurate to how he world really is.

  • @ECPlex
    @ECPlex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    He looks and sounds like a more put together Kat Williams

    • @keisi1574
      @keisi1574 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex Clark Kat William's IS a "more put together" Kat Williams. Take another closer deeper look.

    • @blueindy07
      @blueindy07 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought the something

  • @trishthompson1533
    @trishthompson1533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm fucking exhausted but we got to keep up the fight!

    • @MaximC
      @MaximC 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Libertarian socialism/anarcho-communism!✊

  • @forzaacmilan36
    @forzaacmilan36 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    You know someone is a racial activist when you see a black dude rocking a fro’ and sideburns😂

    • @Mentagasm
      @Mentagasm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Pork Chop, Mutten Chops side burns...lol yes, he reminds me of all my Uncles from back in the 70's
      That's how cats looked back then.

    • @shane-o-matic
      @shane-o-matic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Dude looks exactly how my old man looked back in the 70’s. 🤣 Must be that Oakland thang.

    • @diamond852
      @diamond852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Or he just likes his hair the way it grows out of his head?

    • @shelterlovely
      @shelterlovely 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He looks like katt Williams

    • @ilGenio90
      @ilGenio90 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Forza Inter

  • @EmilyKnight413
    @EmilyKnight413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boots has been a hero of mine for about a decade.

  • @nicks22
    @nicks22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS MOVIE IS BRILLIANT

  • @a.banks.7682
    @a.banks.7682 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just saw his movie...
    Much to say about this one on many levels...
    Talk about the fine tuning and use of one's given hidden talents...
    All I can say is folks better watch out....

  • @smileyface702
    @smileyface702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Funny that Boots is talking about this movie to a corporate sell-out, but I also appreciate that Boots is putting the movie out there and doesn't seem to have a superiority complex

  • @thebeatwontstop
    @thebeatwontstop 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boots Riley is so dope its impossible to explain

  • @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL
    @Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So true, I use my "
    "Becky Heather"
    voice, from 9 to
    5!! They are
    *shocked speechless*
    when they *meet*
    me!!😂😂

  • @osmanmustafa7237
    @osmanmustafa7237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The man is a mad genius

  • @kuroichan101
    @kuroichan101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This sounds super interesting. I have to see this film.

    • @kcjlive1694
      @kcjlive1694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      kuroichan101 come back here when you are shook

    • @Virjunior01
      @Virjunior01 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...it was there. Too hamfisted for my tastes, but I think it's the type of person we're looking at. I knew nothing about this guy until I JUST watched this interview, and yup... I felt like the movie was a music video stretched out over an hour and a half. Seems I was right.
      The hyperbolic humor is pretty good, though.

  • @ThaMilitantMinded1
    @ThaMilitantMinded1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Sorry Trevor, but this brotha is know well beyond Oakland and San Francisco as a rapper. The Coup has been rockin worldwide for decades bruh
    Also, I seriously doubt that there is a single black person in America, no matter how radical, who hasn't felt the pressure and whether consciously or subconsciously resorted to using some degree of "white voice" to survive

    • @MaximC
      @MaximC 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The white voice is about struggling working class, not about blacks per se.

    • @greenbrickbox3392
      @greenbrickbox3392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MaximC its about both class and race

    • @mycollegeshirt
      @mycollegeshirt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MaximC intersectionality

    • @MaximC
      @MaximC 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mycollegeshirt
      Yes.

  • @jamaicarepost
    @jamaicarepost 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching from jamaica an trevor is one of the guys i would love to meet this dude is talented

  • @frankbombaci4977
    @frankbombaci4977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That jacket is fire

  • @andreachung396
    @andreachung396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i like his glasses

  • @wweltz
    @wweltz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such an amazing film, please see it if you haven't!!

  • @patrig8
    @patrig8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I thought that was Katt Williams for a sec.
    At this point, I'm still unsure.

    • @jimmy-jamesmugala5252
      @jimmy-jamesmugala5252 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      patrig8 I thought as well.

    • @bigearl8757
      @bigearl8757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      patrig8 we don't all look alike.

    • @spook5756
      @spook5756 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      patrig8 weak shit.

    • @pharaoh2537
      @pharaoh2537 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Emma With The Gs I'm black and yes he does look like Katt Williams. Lol He could easily pass for a close relative like a brother......

    • @Dmsstudios64
      @Dmsstudios64 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      patrig8 it's his twin for real lol

  • @samadjackson873
    @samadjackson873 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This guy looks exactly like Katt Williams gestures and voice, my God !!!!!!!

    • @allistertenpenny6871
      @allistertenpenny6871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Samad Jackson no he don’t shut up

    • @samadjackson873
      @samadjackson873 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allister Tenpenny No he doesn't. (Not he don't) grammatical mistake.

  • @w0rm_legzz
    @w0rm_legzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This should’ve been a longer interview!

  • @amilcarschettini5290
    @amilcarschettini5290 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He was one of the bay rappers I used to listen to like Pharcyde, Del the Funky Homosapien

  • @niveusgaius
    @niveusgaius 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best example of voices in HBO’s Insecure.

  • @MarcusAlanWard
    @MarcusAlanWard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This movie is incredible

  • @andrewbarker2077
    @andrewbarker2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This dudes hand movements 🤣🤣🤣

    • @nejolo9563
      @nejolo9563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your eyes are so close to each other. 😳

    • @andrewbarker2077
      @andrewbarker2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      nejolo matrilo that bad or good 😂

    • @Daddyharlem
      @Daddyharlem 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrew Barker yeah his hands are too busy

    • @amenhalleluyah1111
      @amenhalleluyah1111 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      your eyes are hideous.

    • @andrewbarker2077
      @andrewbarker2077 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      seta info if u say so

  • @marcsondlucce
    @marcsondlucce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We are taking these!!! -The Coup

    • @laman012
      @laman012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      trollsRtrix we will begin at the commencement of the next measure.

  • @cristianmartinez9369
    @cristianmartinez9369 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As soon as I saw the handshake I had to like this video

  • @JohnnySplendid
    @JohnnySplendid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boots is too good for this show

  • @catindawall
    @catindawall 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    man i just watched this now and it's just shockingly great (and it's also shocking too u know)

  • @yagruumbagaarn
    @yagruumbagaarn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So anyone else notice that he's basically talking to the protagonist of his movie here?

  • @Amusementvidyoz
    @Amusementvidyoz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it!!

  • @dianewiegel7136
    @dianewiegel7136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes

  • @gwandrew
    @gwandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where can I find his jacket/robe/cardigan though? 🔥🔥

  • @ACRC1977
    @ACRC1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sorry but when I clicked on the thumbnail I thought this was Katt Williams in character. First time I've heard of Boots Riley. Well done buddy.

  • @JumperWC
    @JumperWC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Boots Riley is a genius... This is why I love Trevor Noah, he always invites the best guests on ☺

  • @funkstiu
    @funkstiu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the coup has a little story to tell everyone

  • @bohobabie5987
    @bohobabie5987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Solidarity✨

  • @stephanazor8898
    @stephanazor8898 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thought this might be a Katt Williams character. Good to know that Boots Riley is his own man. Will check this movie out as soon as I can.

  • @shucaybabdirahman3826
    @shucaybabdirahman3826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Any one from SA🇿🇦

  • @tawongamunyanduri5874
    @tawongamunyanduri5874 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The movie is craaazy 😂😂

  • @gabrielbraga819
    @gabrielbraga819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is he the new 'Spike Lee'? ma man

  • @sammosaurusrex
    @sammosaurusrex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "rebellion is edited out... unless it's some world 300 years into the future we can't relate to"
    Lost futures, the inability to imagine a world beyond capitalism in our own lives. Boots, you've started the piercing of the veil!

  • @lulu4882
    @lulu4882 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "the economic system we live under" guess they wouldn't let him say capitalism 😂

  • @Yooooo91
    @Yooooo91 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing this tonight

  • @sirebellum0
    @sirebellum0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He looks like the movie he made lol

  • @chelseashurmantine8153
    @chelseashurmantine8153 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That movie was so fucking good! I was laughing I was crying I was judging I was feeling. I LOVE THIS MOVIE

  • @blacknizzle
    @blacknizzle 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is my movie from my brain. i dont want money but im enstine get me on the show!

  • @mayusoma
    @mayusoma 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Soon as he walked out I knew

  • @thevarietychannelofyoutube4769
    @thevarietychannelofyoutube4769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The irony of a multi millionare loving this movie is amazing

  • @KingKhanAbz
    @KingKhanAbz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When is this movie coming to Britain?? 😩😩😩

  • @redazaki9598
    @redazaki9598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's got the same voice as Chris Griffin LMFAO

  • @YodaMan-420
    @YodaMan-420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "people arent used to thinking while laughing" by people you mean americans. and i agree. thats why i prefer british comedy.

  • @felixicon
    @felixicon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    boots is the truth

  • @GreenOrchid9
    @GreenOrchid9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The revolution is being televised on TH-cam

  • @laman012
    @laman012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well anyway, I said that's no burglar, that's my butler!!!

  • @scottjohnson388
    @scottjohnson388 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Power Callers, go see this movie!

  • @RubyRim
    @RubyRim 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He reminds me of Kat so much.

  • @josiahfadder
    @josiahfadder 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember seeing The Coup (R.I.P. Pam) - Dig It on BET back in the day. in 2024, groups like that would never see the light of day on Viacom owned channels

  • @bretmilner255
    @bretmilner255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never let that punk ass ever defeat you.

  • @TomHutchinson5
    @TomHutchinson5 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    *the struggle*

  • @scarletspidernz
    @scarletspidernz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Having worked in contacts centers all of it is still sadly prevalent today and applies to all other coloured ethnicites.

  • @RubyRim
    @RubyRim 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going Saturday

  • @jimmyferris
    @jimmyferris 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The horse people 😮😮😮😮

  • @timegodking4116
    @timegodking4116 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's Kat Williams in costume!....

  • @srhabb
    @srhabb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It turned into a troma film towards the end

  • @lifetops6569
    @lifetops6569 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i all heard was fuck capitalism and yes cooperative economics, thanks Noah

  • @hectordelgado4409
    @hectordelgado4409 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We call all LEARN a lot from BOOTS. LISTEN.

  • @AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt
    @AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    People cheering a communist, Americans are ignorant or waking up. Go Boots!!!

  • @5pctLowBattery
    @5pctLowBattery 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:40 say it louder so the people in the back can hear you 🗣🔊

  • @buibuich775
    @buibuich775 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spike Lee who?

  • @myaudiobookschannel3625
    @myaudiobookschannel3625 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    *OAKLAND STAND UP!*

  • @ilopablot263
    @ilopablot263 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The movie felt like a nightmare but it was great movie

  • @sharadowasdr
    @sharadowasdr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ending was the weirdest part

  • @peterbobby99
    @peterbobby99 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ya'll should check out Children of Men. The movie is great!

  • @frostpat3759
    @frostpat3759 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yooo!

  • @billiejoe9037
    @billiejoe9037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at 0:19 does he have a dagger in his back pocket?

    • @threadbearr8866
      @threadbearr8866 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It certainly looks that way. I have no idea why he felt the need to carry that, but alright.

    • @threadbearr8866
      @threadbearr8866 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually that's his pick.

  • @andarted
    @andarted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speaking of white voice. Trevor Noah never looked whiter to me then in this short interview.

  • @rafaelp5300
    @rafaelp5300 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will the real kat Williams stand up

  • @RonieDoll
    @RonieDoll 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤩😍

  • @moneybuilden
    @moneybuilden 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bootsy riley is the son of bootsy collins lmmfao jus kidding but they both are funk masters

  • @Smljhndnsmr
    @Smljhndnsmr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funky Lebowski

  • @LillianSee
    @LillianSee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's very weird movie, and I wanted to leave the theater at least 3 times during the movie because it is a bit too graphic / explicit for my taste, but mostly bc I was in for laughs and fun, and did not expect it to touch on so many dark/ugly side of society's issues. It did bother me.

  • @blackwood399
    @blackwood399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always ends when economics come up

  • @eddjoh1234
    @eddjoh1234 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that you Katt Williams..lol?

  • @felixgijon8621
    @felixgijon8621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been anticipating this movie for the longest time and I was a bit disappointed because my expectations were too high. It is still a great movie, but a couple of scenes felt like filler.

  • @GantzIsSloppy
    @GantzIsSloppy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boots finally getting his due...only took like 25 yrs