Omari's character is the whole movie. Let me explain. Omari was the face of the Power Callers. From the first instant we see him waiting at the golden elevator, shiny suit, pimp hat, fancy mustache/beard, eye patch this man is the definition of fly and original. When we're introduced to him he's so nice we dont even get to find out his name. But he's the one that personally called up Cash upstairs to the PC's. "You were the best decision I've ever made." He was the one that bonded Cash together with the CEO. He reveals his true voice to cash, explaining to him that after [his meeting with Armie Hammer,] Everything will change. And it did. Now as we know, Armie's Plan is to send Cash down the ranks, stir up a horse revolution, and be the company's eyes and ears during the controlled revolt. And isn't that exactly what Omari's character did? He hand chose Cash up the ranks knowing that he'd eventually revolt himself, and afterwards, Omari's character suddenly dipped. Specifically when Cash had succeeded in blocking the PC's from entering the building. Omari's job in starting a revolution is done. Scratch that HE WALKED OVER THE FALLEN OFFICERS WITH A SMIRK ON HIS FACE. And speaking of face? The group actively trying to take down the corporation know as WorryFree was know as Left Eye. Guess what eye Omari's eye patch is on? And this brings up an even bigger question. Who sent Omari down to start a revolution. And would that mean we're all inside a even larger world of labor that WorryFree was trying to create?
Whoa! When I saw the movie, I thought Omari was the opposite, but that makes more sense! When I noted the eyepatch, I interpreted it as him blinding his “left eye” and distancing himself from the revolution. I don’t know why, but I interpreted the left eye as a metaphor for the third eye. Being woke! And him covering the eye was sort of blinding himself from the rebellion occurring. But perhaps that’s what he wants the audience to think. That he was a passive character who reaped the benefits of his job and holds no accountability for the revolution that began. Though, come to think of it, Omari was treated kinda shitty by Armie at the party. His motive was probably something bigger than not being popular among his PC colleagues, but I wonder if it contributes to anything you mentioned.
Omari’s name is bleeped because it’s Mr. Nigga. He’s presumably the first and only black guy to work upstairs. He already has the job Cassius was offered; he’s the big nigga in charge, until he gets around the CEO, where he reverts to a puppy like state.First time “nigga” is said out loud in the movie is when Cassius raps, and for a second Omari gets real. But the damage is done and he goes back to business as usual, the revolution works, they get their benefits, and everybody goes back to work after being brutalized for the same evil company. Mission accomplished.
Are we forgetting the huge foreshadowing at the start, with the interview? "This is telemarketing! It's not like we're altering the human genome here! Haha" Literally what they were doing
he said mapping the human genome u twit. no wonder ur here after u already saw the movie. i on the other hand, decided to watch it after seeing this video. learn to pay attention bruv, ur probably the reason the mandela effect exists
I think the bandage on his head was interesting. It was always profusely bleeding until he decided to rebel against the company. That was when it started healing. So maybe it was a metaphor for blood and that the humiliation that ensued in exchange for money.
Jerry Lee Also it was above his right eye, signalling the exact opposite of left eye. An individualist, hurt by outside forces and always looks up to see where he can go. Left Eye is a collective effort, it comes from the self, and they look down because they are rooted in reality and the desire to rebel against it. Also he gets patched up with a bandage, which is white. He literally is being wrapped in a white shield due to him having switched sides
Exactly what I tell people all the time. Certain inflections, accents, vocal mannerisms would be what is considered white. It's not about speaking properly, which is what people who are accused of this always retort. Rather than acknowledging that it's not the fact that they speak properly or eloquently (they may not) it's more about 'hoowww they speak'. How they stress their words or the vocal tones that people are talking about.
Hahahaha meee tooooo, I mean I saw the "white voice" speech as part of the netflix preview so I was like: Oh. Witty, witty comedy. But by the time he answered some calls I was like, this is going in another direction, and I'm here for it, but it's time to buckle up because apparently, we got on a bus when we started this trip.
Bro I’ve never felt more confused than anything when I watched this off shrooms and at the end it was like it was all understood very weird trip that was
I just realized the significance of the doors. Horses can see blue and green shades but cannot distinguish red. That's why Steve's door was maroon and the rest were shades of green.
Not even gonna lie, the horse mutant low key scared the crap outta. Covered my face like a small child at the last scene when Cassius started to transform.
if you think about it, white people used to not want to be around black people cuz they creeped them out...Worry Free is a company that slaves people...and they want better, more obedient workers...Worry Free CEO wants Cassius to be the MLK If you still haven't got my point, the movie is staying how capitalism is a form of slavery and the horse people are like black people
That rap scene is the best scene of the year. SPOILERS: I think the scene accurately depicts how some people perceive hip hop. Lyrics in rap songs can have a lot of substance and meaning, but it often gets overshadowed by the n-word and cussing. When Cassius awkwardly tries to rhyme in the beginning, the crowd (all white) ain’t invested in it, but once he starts saying the n-word & shit, everyone at the party is enthusiastically into it. It really shows what most people take out of rap these days.
I also think it's a really clever criticism of how rap has become so huge with privileged white kids form the suburbs who only like the genre for it's superficial glorification.
Besides the movie's mesaage and themes and what not. The direction was also creative. The scene where they show Cassius becoming more succesful overtime is one of my favorites. How the furniture literally transforms through practical effects and the timelapse with the bed sheets. Very creative visual storytelling right there. The music was also pretty cool.
I’ve got theory that Armie was telling telling the truth, and he did actually give Cash Coke, I think Cash went back the next day and signed the deal, we see him put the key code in to enter the building but we don’t see him breaking free the horses and besides how would he of done this? I think he signed the deal not for the money but rather because this was the only way he could break the picket line with the extra horsepower, so in turn he played Armie because he made him think he was just a stooge so he was surprised when he ran up on him at the end of the movie and double crossed him (hence why this end clip is in the movie). Extra evidence for this is during the riot, Cash blew a whistle which signalled for the security to come knock only him out and nobody else coincidentally, and put him in a van where he could be safe from the riot but will look like a prisoner in the eyes of the horses when they come to save him, their “MLK”. Also he gave Jermaine Fowler his Maserati knowing full well he won’t need it anymore, and with the money Armie gave him he pocketed a humble vehicle with it, knowing again he won’t need it. Finally I think the big telltale sign was when Tessa Thompson brought up the Sun exploding, he dismissed it and wasn’t bothered even though numerous times at the beginning of the movie when he was still pure hearted this was something he constantly brought up, and now when he supposedly pure hearted again he doesn’t care about it? I think this is because he already knows his fate.
Spoilers Mr._______ was in the Left-eye the whole time. He knew what would happen to Cassius the whole time and that Cassius had the right psychological profile to start the revolution against Worryfree. Right before he gets Lift’s evil Plan explained to him, Mr._______ tells him something along the lines of “ don’t screw this up” (i don’t remember the exact line). Additionally, Boots said that his name is spelled with seven underscores, the same amount of letters in “Left eye”. Also, he has an eye patch over his left eye.
@@TruthIsToBlame I agree. It made some valid points but overall felt like I was getting beaten in the face with a brick about how bad capitalism and corporations are. Like yeah I get it, you can't let corporations run wild. I didn't think that was very profound.
I mean Cassius did eventually become their own MLK by turning into a horse too. He's their leader now which is exactly what Armie Hammer's character wanted. Maybe Cassius agreed to his offer and is just Hammer's mole in the resistance from now on
New head cannon: Cassius becomes famous again as the horse, eventually gets offered a starring role in a new family show were they want to normalize horse people. It's about a horse dad who adopts...
Am I the only one that got Shark Tale vibes from him always having that picture up? Lol. I know it's dumb as hell, but every time I saw it all I could think about Oscar talking about his dad being a great whale washer
SPOILER Remember how right after snorting the fusing agent that he thought was coke, Cassius really has to pee? There’s that phrase... “piss like a racehorse...”
Great video as always, but I feel you missed a big theme throughout the film. The film to me appeared to be a critique of capitalism and the illusions it sets up for success. The illusion of becoming an all mighty "power caller" resembles the idea of the American dream and how anyone can make it in capitalism if they work hard enough. The idea that making ends meet is becoming so hard in current day capitalism that people are willing to become slaves for corporations in order to survive. The way people react to the news of "Worry Free" turning people into horse-human hybrids is a critique of how people in current day capitalism will not fight against worse conditions imposed on them, but will simply accept them and adapt to them. It shows how people in current day capitalism have grown fond of their chains instead of trying to escape from them. Also when the CEO of "Worry Free" tells Cassius that turning workers into horse-human hybrids is not illogical it harps back to a very important diversion in philosophy. It sounds a lot like a debate between thinkers and ideas of the enlightenment vs those of the postmodernism. While the enlightenment thinkers will argue that reason and logic are the best things possible, postmodernist will urge them to see that it too has its limits and is not all good. In other words, the postmodernist would say of course reason and logic are great tools, but just because something is reasonable and logical does not mean we should do it. Just as it was perfectly logical and reasonable for "Worry Free" to turn their slave workers into horses for a higher profit, we would be urged to say that they should not do so. Overall, the movie has a very Marxist overtone as well with the workers uniting and creating unions to demand their dues from the telemarketing company. It has the spirit of revolution for change. However, the more reasonable conclusion it comes to follows more closely the spirit of the Frankfurt School, especially the ideas of Herbert Marcuse. Detroit using her art to show the oppression of capitalism goes back to Marcuse's idea of using art as a tool for liberation, a way to fight capitalism while being a member of it. The ending, when Cassius turns into a horse-person, is also a reminder that even if you beat the system and get paid it will continue to oppress you even while you look to protest it. It pays tribute to just how good capitalism is at keeping its working class members oppressed while having them believe they are truly making a change. At the end of the day, the main theme I found in this movie was not one of calling for communism or Marxism or any other type of political agenda or revolution. What it did do, and very well in my opinion, was use satire to expose serious flaws in modern day capitalism and the tools it uses to keep the working class oppressed. The only problem with the movie though is a lot of people will get caught up in the satire and take it seriously, and in doing so they will be left confused by this movie and missing its very important points.
Fucking spot on, and I was actually really confused during this whole movie and I think I did miss the points because I took it seriously. I think I should rewatch it with a different position on it and not take it the way I did. I really like the way you saw it and it helps me understand it a little more
Did anyone notice how strange the white man voice seemed when Cassius for the first in front of his friends does that voice and when he first becomes a power caller. It seemed dubbed(even in the movie) like one of the characters in the film said. The voice was out of sync with the man. And i thought there would be some logic to it later but nothing was shown.
Anyone else think that the head Power Caller pocketing the tissue which he used to wipe Cassius' bloody forehead has some greater significance to the story? Was that so they had sample of his original DNA so they could turn him back into a human if he accepted and completed his contract as the mole MLK of the horse-people?
Cash took the job! Remember what he was told when he became a power caller. They are arms dealers. When someone needs a drone strike, they make that perfect dinner time call. Switch to his first client and slave trade?! Nah, it’s not about slaves, it’s about creating a marketable super soldier. How can they be marketed? Hire someone that will lead them to revolt so governments around the world will see how violent they are. That’s why stock prices jumped. That’s why Cash just happened to have the perfect video from a phone he lost. The whole thing was orchestrated to help him do the “horse Moses” job. The truth behind the main character is that he remained a sellout as long as the price was right. It was all about the Cash.
I really thought there would be something to tie up all the shots of Detroits earrings. They had extreme close ups but were nothing more than empty symbolism. But, I guess that's the same for her performance art.
According to IMDb her earrings feature lyrics from “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan, which is a protest song about a poor African-American woman murdered by a wealthy white man
Watching through this movie the first time I thought Steve Lift’s plan to make Cassius the “Martin Luther king jr.” of the equisapiens failed, because Cassius turns down his offer for $100000000 and is clearly against the idea. But what if this was part of Lift’s plan all along? What if he knew how Cassius was going to react, which is why he gave him the powder before he made the offer? In the end, the equisapiens do come to view Cassius as a leader or MLK of sorts when they free him from the armored car and say “thank you for setting us free” or something like that. Cassius then later turns into an equisapien, and in the final clip he has organized a group of equisapiens to go to Lift’s house to fight. Watching this scene again, I noticed that Lift doesn’t even get up off the couch when Cassius and the gang bust down the door. Maybe Steve Lift’s master plan is beyond enhancing the worryfree workforce which is why he appeared so calm at the end. Or... what if Cassius actually took the deal and is just pretending to fight for the workers rights like Steve wanted, and the reason Steve chose him wasn’t because he’s awesome, or “a great power caller” but because he has shown throughout the movie that he is willing to sell out his friends and his morals for money.
I like it. He did smoke coke the first time. And he took the offer and smoked it again. But technically the war isn’t over until Lift is gone or until someone replaces him...
I’m really late for this obviously but I watched the film last night and thought of a theory. Major spoilers ahead obviously. Although this movies been out for a while so why haven’t you seen it yet? One thing that I always felt was weird was how Cassius changes. He doesn’t slowly get more horse like, he straight up shows no sign of changing for the entire third act until right at the very end when he goes from normal human to horse on no time flat. If we assume that Cassius believes that there really is an anti-horse drug, as he was told, and that he was seeking this drug in showing up at the house at the very end of the movie (after the false credit start), then I think it is safe to say that he would have went there as soon as possible. This assuming, of course, that his fellow horses weren’t hard to track down before storming the place. (Which they shouldn’t be seeing as how he literally called them on the phone earlier in the film) Assuming all of this is correct, my theory is simple. Cassius really did snort cocaine that night at the party. And he didn’t take the horse drugs until later off screen. If Cassius agreed to help the company, which he would have incentive to do seeing as the man offering this job to him was holding a gun at the time, then the rest of the movie could be showing this plan as it comes together. The plan is as follows: Cassius shows the world what Worry Free is doing to their workers in an “attempt” to expose them. However, in this society people don’t really care about what happens to other people. (I mean the number one show on television is literally just people being beaten up.) So society ends up embracing the company even more and stock prices raise drastically. Cassius then helps with the uprising and sets free all other horse people as was his goal all along. At the end of the day, Cassius gets to keep his job, albeit not the same position as he held previously, and he also gets his friends and girlfriend back, as at the time the deal was made, he has just lost them and would do anything for his old life back. Once the strike is taken care of, and the company stock rises to a point they are comfortable with, he secretly takes the drugs that will turn him into a horse within the next few days. He then follows through with the rest of his task, bringing the horses back to the place they escaped from (possibly with guards waiting to capture them once inside) and he is rewarded with his cure. And possibly 100 million dollars. What do you think? Is it possible that Cassius really did go along with the plan? And if so, what do you think this tells us about his character. Ps it’s not a stretch to show that he would screw over his friends like that since he’s kind of been doing it the whole movie.
iffor gotmypass I really, really like it, however, the ending doesn’t seem as a returning. It’s seems more as an aggressive and forceful entry, so I think the last big of your theory is off, but I liked everything prior.
The use of surrealism to make a point is really good in this movie. Sometimes things don't need to be metaphorical, they just need to be exaggerated. Like when Steve Lift is talking about turning people in horses and he defends himself by saying it's not for no reason, it's for money! Like that makes it okay... Sometimes making something smack-you-in-the-face obvious makes it clear how realistic it is that someone like that could or does exist
Because even though Cassius "beat the system" he was still lied to, used, and eventually fucked by the very system he fought so hard to protect and eventually stand against.
@@dxcky06 They at least show that he didn't compromise on his ideals after getting horsed. A truly unhappy ending would be if after he turned into a horse person he went back to Steve begging for the $100M and agreeing to subvert their uprising.
The one thing I noticed is that Mr. Blank who stands as the corporate representation of Worry Free has the eye patch over his right eye (leaving only the left visible). The group protesting Worry Free is named Left Eye. Since we learn that this company creates it's own controllable protest group, there is an indication that Left Eye is also controlled by them. So even when Detriot and others try and protest and vandalize signs, it's all within the bounds that Worry Free allows. That's the only theory I have, and its a pretty simple one. I did like this movie. It kind of threw everything against the wall and not all of it stuck, but more than enough did for me. The rapping scene was amazing. Edit: I just realized that the eye patch is over his left eye (oops, sorry about that). The theory still stands though given that the left eye mark is a black marking by the eye and the eye patch is also black.
I always figured the patch meant he doesnt see the world the way the left eye movement does. Left eye being a very obvious reference to leftwing liberal politics.
I think you're on to something because of the scene where WorryFree CEO has the vandalized billboard in his mansion like a piece of art. Or that is eluding to how rich people buy art of Banksy which defeats the purpose entirely of street art and revolutionary acts, as to kind of dilute the message or co-opt activism. Maybe Mr.______ is an inside sabatuer?
The plate on Steve Lift's desk where Cash snorts the horse catalyst dug says: Mr. Bobo. A bOBO is a sociology term for a bourgeois bohemian. Cash becoming a capitalist becomes Mr. Bobo by still trying to connect to the struggle of his peers, for instance: the art show scene, but he is too bourgeois to understand or appreciate the art. This theme is reinforced when Cash sees the painted billboard (brandalism) by Left Eye in the mansion of Steve Lift. Bourgeois people try to appropriate bohemian culture. There are a lot of themes in the movie about social stratification.
The movie shows the evils of creating underclasses- the management using the rank of power caller to keep Cash from joining the strike, Cash’s experiences of racism throughout the film, the Elon Musk character’s casual sexism, and of course the end. In the film as in our world, hierarchies are used to justify inhumanity to other people. The film wants us to see this for the horror it truly is.
There’s the line “if cash is green” in the movie and I was like holy shit his name is a analogy for money and that’s what he’s trying to get throughout the entire movie or at least the first two acts
Dang, I'm reading and agreeing with a lot of these theories. But what I got from the movie was entirely different. I saw the third act and Cassius' come up as an allegory for the horrors of slave trade. Hear me out: Worry Free is being criticized for slave labor. Cassius has a low paying, low socio-economic status, until he is promoted to be a Power Caller. He then starts selling "slaves". People who were just like him. This reminded me of how slaves were often sold to colonizers from people in their own culture, community, or background. The horse people to me was a metaphor of how slave owners would force relationships between the "most fit" slaves so that they could procreate an even stronger, better working generation. This realization made the "horse c**k" joke even funnier. Cassius dismisses his blackness and becomes part of the evil that is white and it isn't until the rap scene where we find that Cash is starting to regret losing himself and his culture. Cash eventually becomes an equisapien once he revolts and embraces his old culture and roots. He becomes what the white man wanted, but it comes back to haunt the white man.
@@rosemaryjane4710 Let me clarify. Cash didn't embrace his culture because he was a horse person. He got his culture back, then subsequently became a horse person.
Lmao everyone already knows that the slave trade was a horrible abomination. They don’t need to make an allegory to get that point across, it would be a waste of time. It’s about capitalism man
I just watched the movie going in thinking it's about telemarketing (being a former telemarketer myself) and by the third act I almost couldn't believe it
I felt the horse metphor began with a little George Orwell "animal farm"vibe in sense that the society was the worryfree Corp. In which they are then force to work harder.
the "I'll turn you all into glue" reminded me of that, too. The CEO claims he's only doing it for a profit, but when they start acting up, he decides to be cruel instead. In animal farm, when the horse is no longer profitable anymore, he was promised a retirement at the end of his life, but then he gets taken away to the knackers :(
How about this. The reason cassius’ cut and bandage is above his right eye is because the symbol of the rebellion against worry free is a black symbol under the left eye.
I just went to watch this movie last night, but I didn’t finish watching this video first. Me and my friends were just staring at the plot twist. Nothing could’ve prepared me for that.
I give it an A+. Beautifully crafted. Clever the way the film connects and intertwines various issues. The greatest intersectional film I've ever seen.
Colors seemed to be very prominent and significant in this movie. Of course, you could stretch the meaning as far as you wanted since the whole film is in color, but I thought the most obvious and deliberate meaning happens during the scene where Cassius is meeting with Staff. All the doors are green but Staff's office, which is magenta (the opposite of green). Even as his name suggests, Cash IS green, and whatever lies behind the magenta door is not him. Now, Cash entering one of the green rooms could mean many things, but its simplest effect is probably foreshadowing (seeing as it's where we first see the horse people). Although, I personally subscribe to the idea that each door hides something that describes Cassius, meaning he is a distinct and interesting person. If he were to accept Staff's deal in the magenta room, he would no longer be himself but merely an identity-less puppet working for Worry-Free. Nameless, just as Mr. _______
Here I am in 2020 binging your videos. For the most part, I love them. So, thanks! In this video you mentioned that "everything is political." So true. My Mom & some of her friends, in the way back machine, started a center for battered women called RESPOND. Unfortunately, they are still going strong today, in 2020, offering more clients safety than before. My Mom often said 2 things: Everything is political and all politics is ocal. I wish I could remember her exact words in this story I want to tell you. We went to McDonald's, not something we usually did. I was an annoyed younger teen. I said, "Oh, Mom, you think EVERYTHING is political." From the time we left the car until our order was ready, she made clear: what wages do the people working here get? Where does the lettuce come from here and on our table? And who benefits? She schooled me more than I could hope by any traditional education. Just wanted to share that. Stay safe, stay strong, rock on with your videos. AND, I always get to have a laugh, which is precious, in these times. 😎❤
Ok, so I just noticed that picture of Cassius's daddy that he keeps on his nightstand. His first was raised raised in solidarity and empowerment at first but when Cassius turned his back on his friend, the picture changes. The hand is covering his face and his head is lowered in disappointment
so I haven't watched this and yeah I watched the whole video so I am spoiled but I'm of the mind set that spoilers can't keep a good movie down and I'm definitely going to check this out cause it sounds great
One thing I found cool... towards the start of the film he's enters the VIP section of a bar he's drinking in after learning the password... while in this VIP section he's cramped, uncomfortable and even get alcohol spilled on him and he walks out all pissed off. But when he becomes a power caller and closes the $10m deal, they throw a party for him were they literally douse him in alcohol and he loves it
I feel like that's more just reacting to the energy of the crowd. In the VIP he was bumped into by accident and probably unnoticed by anyone. I also think at that point in time he was still hurting for money so that coulda been his last/only drink of the night. At the party a whole room is cheering him on and it's a full display of living in excess.
Cassius was just hallucinating everything after he was hit in the head with the soda can. Everything just gets progressively more insane from that point due to the non stop bleeding.
I literally wondered if I was being played the whole time and it was all a hallucination because if we're being honest....it went from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK
@@itshoneychilee Yeah that's how it gets when things start getting fucked up around one. Don't you see how quick that 'Catch Me Outside' girl became rich and famous. The stupidest of things gets viral so quickly these days and it's unreal.
Surprised you didn’t bring up the fact that the whole thing sending him to the wrong room for the bathroom was on purpose, and that the video that went viral was staged.
Yeah that part was very sketchy....after that sequence of Cassius going to the bathroom I began to doubt the movies story. After that scene of Cassius going to the restroom, I'm not completely sure what the message would be about. Did Lyft want Cassius as an employee or did Lyft want Cassius to revolt
This is some short surface-level spoiler-filled analysis I'm about to post, but I just want to incoherently ramble about why I love the use of horses in this film. Wild horses are a staple of American freedom, and that's what Worry Free is trying to convey to it's members (or at least to Cash, since everyone else who got turned into a horseman was probably not informed beforehand). However, tamed horses are almost the opposite, being saddled and used by their owner to make travel and whatnot easier. Worry Free is planning on selling the idea of wild horses when in reality they're going to be tamed. Freedom is slavery. I feel like that's super obvious now that I've typed it out. XD
theory : When cassius gets in steve's office, steve gives him a green apple (snow white inspiration of the poisonous apple) this predicts the moment he will get "poisonned". Also his name is cassius green, (was he doomed from the start ?). Note that green is the colour of chance and mischance
Yo hella late but I just finished watching the movie and I don’t know about bro. I started to have this spark in my mind about Cassius during the offering from worry free. What if Cassius really did take the offer. Cassius by the end of the movie had earned the respect of the cause back and was in a positive position with the cause. Like I said I’ve only watched it once but from the point of the offer until the end I had a odd feeling that things were being done in order to put Cassius as the “mlk” of the horse people. So what I’m basically saying is that cassius might have actually took the offer after he realized that he is probably gonna become the horse already and his actions afterward were really just his genius to act or “white voice” getting the job done. Sorry for the bad grammar but it’s late asf and I just wanna get this out here before I sleep.
Six years late, but this is such a great movie. My contribution - notice how the Work Free workers just took it like mindless drones UNTIL they became horses. Horses are herd animals and will defend each other if threatened (far more than humans - there's studies). Anyway, happened here!
I remember at one point Detroit was giving Cassius a piggyback ride when they were on their way to a meeting about the strike Squeeze organized I thought it was a very specific choice for the makers to have Detroit carry Cassius on her back, since that's normally something a man would do. Plus Tessa Thompson is 5'4" and LaKeith Stanfield is 6'. I'm pretty strong for a woman my size and I'm taller than Tessa, but still I think it would be near impossible for me to support a 6' man like that, so I thought it must be to make a point, probably about metaphorical strength. I think there's a few different directions one could go in interpreting it. Does anyone have any thought?
You know we talk about the growth and character arc of Vash, but this movie is so trippy and subliminal, I wonder if even that is real. You showed the clip where they talk about PTSD and PTG, so what if Stockholm Syndrome is a part of this? What if even though Cash does literally and figuratively become another person, he doesn't in the way that we think he did. Maybe all along he's actually being a double agent and is being a false leader of the Equus Sapiens. It would definitely make a point about how what you think you see is not always what is actually happening. And how you don't always know someone's true motivations.
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The title itself is the most obvious metaphor. "Sorry to Bother You" shows how black people are often seen as an inconvenience and they are often the ones taking the blame for faults in society. However, once he uses his white voice, he no longer has to say "Sorry to Bother You"
I just watched it, and honestly, I didn't think the third act was crazy enough. I felt like they could've gotten crazier before the end and even gone a little bit further with it after they ended it
Cant believe you recognized David Cross by his role in Alvin and the Chipmunks and not by his Legendary role as Tobias Funke in Arrested Development where he plays a Light skin Black man
I was honestly praying so bad that he woke up from a nightmare or something. Because this movie weirded the shit out of me, it almost gave me a panic atttack lmao.
Sooo, I am a filmmajor writing my thesis about this film. So my theory is that the name Cassius Green is probably a contraction of two names. Those of Cassius Clay aka Muhammed Ali, the world renowned Afro-American boxer turned Islamic and Leroy Green, main character in The Last Dragon (1985) which is about a NY guy who gets so intrigued by Kung Fu that he complete starts to behave and dress in Chinese fashion. (In Detroit's performance she even recites lines from this film!!). Both are Afro-Americans who gave up their Afro-culture for something that matched more with what culture came with their hobby/job as Cassius does. Langston might come from black poet Langston Hughes who was very vocal about racism and the capitalistic system.. (e.g. in his poem 'Freedom') Detroit says in the film that her parents wanted her to have an American name and ended up naming her Detroit, the second blackest city in America. Besides that her entire art exhibition is about Africa and it's colonisation and her white voice is british, after the colonizer of the US... This film is so great and complex, the deeper you dig, the more you find. This is just a fraction of what i found and discuss in my thesis
Honestly I loved how the plate he snorts the powder from has a horse on it. I knew the plot twist going in and that was when I realized it was about to hit
The thing you said about getting further away from reality: totally true! This is called defamiliarisation. It's like Gulliver's travels. It doesn't seem like our world, but look a bit closer and it's a super critical commentary on society that's extremely effective.
There's a lot of symbolism that's tied together in this movie. I think the most interesting is the purpose of Mr._____. I interpreted him to be an extension ofCassius. He's the man with money and power that cassius wants to be. Becoming that man, however, requires Cassius to turn his back on his friends and turn a blind eye to the Left Eye movement they've been working on (hence the eyepatch over Mr. ___'s left eye). Mr. ____ being a projection of what cash wants to be could also explain why his name is redacted; because no one is actually saying it since he isn't real. Or it could symbolize that in order for cash to become him, he must give up who he really is. I interpreted the revealing of his voice to be Cassius realizing that he doesn't actually want to be this person.
So i was watching the movie and it was hilarious and around the third act you see everything look like its back to normal then the garage scene happens and the whole theater goes silent and right as it goes to a black screen you hear one guy go "What the fuck?!" And everyone starts laughing! 10/10 one of my new favorites
@@ruairimurnion2091 my best friend passed away from Coronavirus. Most painful thing ever, but my OP still resonates. Many corporations and stockholders benefited during the pandemic.
@@LahTahShuh I'm sure they did, corporations be corporatin. My issue was with rona being in quotations, i assumed you were a covid denier but now i can see you know full well how bad it is, which makes it even more fucked companies are making serious money off of the common mans suffering
Maybe I’m over thinking it, but I wasn’t sure if the horses were supposed to represent Robots in the real world, or the fact that horses, thought faster and more effieicent, eventually become obsolete as well (from horse power to cars with literal horsepower). Idk
Stick To The Script was also the motto from the telemarketing company in The Office where Michael Scott worked his 2nd job. In fact the manager in this movie has a similar vibe as the one in the TV series.
Sorry to bother you, but the ehole soda thing, was a metaphor for going viral.as a whole. The show about getting the shit kicked out of you was like a more rxtreme fear factor ripoff. This is telling the audience that the more violent things are the more attention they get. It is something that will never change like the gladiators in greece, to AFV.
my friend told me a theory that made me like the movie even better. maybe it’s more obvious than i think, but the theory goes that cassius took the job. that’s why steve never gets to or confronts him and is simply thriving off the new success of worryfree. and that’s why in the final stinger scene, cassius announces that it is him, so steve knows that the revolt is under control.
Can you do a video on the differences and similarities between Spike Lee's upcoming Blakkkman film coming out in August and Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained film. Of course when the movie comes out ❤
UndertaleSkeleBros why do people have such hate for Spike lee, I understand that he's not perfect all the time with his films but there's still creativity and talent over making his films possible. You can have your opinion I'm not mad to judge but for me I'm extremely grateful to see this new film and I can't wait ❤
This movie was weird AF. I loved it despite it getting sloppy towards the end. I hope to see more from Boots Riley in the future. This movie is better if you hit the green first😉
Omari's character is the whole movie.
Let me explain.
Omari was the face of the Power Callers. From the first instant we see him waiting at the golden elevator, shiny suit, pimp hat, fancy mustache/beard, eye patch this man is the definition of fly and original. When we're introduced to him he's so nice we dont even get to find out his name. But he's the one that personally called up Cash upstairs to the PC's.
"You were the best decision I've ever made."
He was the one that bonded Cash together with the CEO. He reveals his true voice to cash, explaining to him that after [his meeting with Armie Hammer,] Everything will change. And it did.
Now as we know, Armie's Plan is to send Cash down the ranks, stir up a horse revolution, and be the company's eyes and ears during the controlled revolt.
And isn't that exactly what Omari's character did?
He hand chose Cash up the ranks knowing that he'd eventually revolt himself, and afterwards, Omari's character suddenly dipped. Specifically when Cash had succeeded in blocking the PC's from entering the building. Omari's job in starting a revolution is done. Scratch that HE WALKED OVER THE FALLEN OFFICERS WITH A SMIRK ON HIS FACE.
And speaking of face?
The group actively trying to take down the corporation know as WorryFree was know as Left Eye.
Guess what eye Omari's eye patch is on?
And this brings up an even bigger question. Who sent Omari down to start a revolution. And would that mean we're all inside a even larger world of labor that WorryFree was trying to create?
roboaramis exactly what was going on in my head!
not bad. I'd buy that
Whoa! When I saw the movie, I thought Omari was the opposite, but that makes more sense! When I noted the eyepatch, I interpreted it as him blinding his “left eye” and distancing himself from the revolution. I don’t know why, but I interpreted the left eye as a metaphor for the third eye. Being woke! And him covering the eye was sort of blinding himself from the rebellion occurring. But perhaps that’s what he wants the audience to think. That he was a passive character who reaped the benefits of his job and holds no accountability for the revolution that began.
Though, come to think of it, Omari was treated kinda shitty by Armie at the party. His motive was probably something bigger than not being popular among his PC colleagues, but I wonder if it contributes to anything you mentioned.
Omari’s name is bleeped because it’s Mr. Nigga. He’s presumably the first and only black guy to work upstairs. He already has the job Cassius was offered; he’s the big nigga in charge, until he gets around the CEO, where he reverts to a puppy like state.First time “nigga” is said out loud in the movie is when Cassius raps, and for a second Omari gets real. But the damage is done and he goes back to business as usual, the revolution works, they get their benefits, and everybody goes back to work after being brutalized for the same evil company. Mission accomplished.
WOW
Are we forgetting the huge foreshadowing at the start, with the interview?
"This is telemarketing! It's not like we're altering the human genome here! Haha"
Literally what they were doing
Well he said 'Mapping' not altering, but that's a good one still
Holy shit...
reminds me of THE LOBSTER?
Eureka!
he said mapping the human genome u twit. no wonder ur here after u already saw the movie. i on the other hand, decided to watch it after seeing this video. learn to pay attention bruv, ur probably the reason the mandela effect exists
I think the bandage on his head was interesting. It was always profusely bleeding until he decided to rebel against the company. That was when it started healing. So maybe it was a metaphor for blood and that the humiliation that ensued in exchange for money.
same as cain, he was marked as "someone who can stabbe someone in the back" as the CO said
Hell yeah it's real I learned it from my moma Everytime the phone rang and she thought it was a job "Meeka" turned in to "Rebecca" really quick 🤣
Yes I noticed that too. It never stopped bleeding until he decided to do what was right.
He should've never snorted that "coke".
Jerry Lee Also it was above his right eye, signalling the exact opposite of left eye. An individualist, hurt by outside forces and always looks up to see where he can go. Left Eye is a collective effort, it comes from the self, and they look down because they are rooted in reality and the desire to rebel against it. Also he gets patched up with a bandage, which is white. He literally is being wrapped in a white shield due to him having switched sides
I love that the movie covers that talking "white" and talking proper are two different things
White ain’t always proper lol
Same
i just find it funny that the dude also played a ‘white’ guy in Get Out haha
Exactly what I tell people all the time. Certain inflections, accents, vocal mannerisms would be what is considered white. It's not about speaking properly, which is what people who are accused of this always retort. Rather than acknowledging that it's not the fact that they speak properly or eloquently (they may not) it's more about 'hoowww they speak'. How they stress their words or the vocal tones that people are talking about.
@@CrisisHipHop you explained that quite well. I always thought that but couldn’t put it to words. Thanks for helping my brain!
I thought this was gonna be just a telemarketer comedy but I literally had an acid trip watching this
Hahahaha meee tooooo, I mean I saw the "white voice" speech as part of the netflix preview so I was like: Oh. Witty, witty comedy. But by the time he answered some calls I was like, this is going in another direction, and I'm here for it, but it's time to buckle up because apparently, we got on a bus when we started this trip.
My friend made me watch this pn magic mushrooms. Never heard of the movie before. The movie was a wild ride.
Same bro liter blew my mind what a hidddn gem
Bro I’ve never felt more confused than anything when I watched this off shrooms and at the end it was like it was all understood very weird trip that was
Personally i liked the fact they set up a scene just to get Danny Glover to say "I'm too old for that shit"
I didn't even fucking think of that... I'm a disgrace.
RIGHT!
It’s funny because every movie I have seen him in they work that line in. Like arnold has I’ll be back!
Danny Glover been old since 1850. Lmao
Lethal Weapon reference
I just realized the significance of the doors. Horses can see blue and green shades but cannot distinguish red. That's why Steve's door was maroon and the rest were shades of green.
holy shit there’s so many symbols in this
Magenta
My theory is that Mr. ____'s name is censored because he literally lost his own identity by giving up all of his morals to his job.
Brian Brannan oh shit
Or he’s the revolutionary
I had a hard time trying to decide if the guy's character was a figment of Cassius' imagination lol
That's why he has the eye patch
Or it's a Scorsese gimmick
Not even gonna lie, the horse mutant low key scared the crap outta. Covered my face like a small child at the last scene when Cassius started to transform.
Ahahahah
I felt like I was high when I saw this movie even though I didn't smoke anything lol
I watched this movie high and it was the best thing I've ever done
Same.. It freaked me out I was like whoah is that what I think I saw?
I felt the same way
i watched this high and it was the worst thing I’ve ever done. im traumatized.
My sister watch it and she was like bitch what the fuck
moral of the story don’t do coke with strangers 🤷🏽♂️💯
Facts ong
Don't do coke at all lmfaooo 😅👀
I like your take on this movie but I cannot watch the horse people again. They creeped me out
"HELP US!"
Shouldn't have watched tgis in the dark right before bed 😂
Me too
if you think about it, white people used to not want to be around black people cuz they creeped them out...Worry Free is a company that slaves people...and they want better, more obedient workers...Worry Free CEO wants Cassius to be the MLK
If you still haven't got my point, the movie is staying how capitalism is a form of slavery and the horse people are like black people
That's what freaked you out? Steve Lift was scariest thing I ve seen in that movie.
That rap scene is the best scene of the year.
SPOILERS:
I think the scene accurately depicts how some people perceive hip hop. Lyrics in rap songs can have a lot of substance and meaning, but it often gets overshadowed by the n-word and cussing. When Cassius awkwardly tries to rhyme in the beginning, the crowd (all white) ain’t invested in it, but once he starts saying the n-word & shit, everyone at the party is enthusiastically into it. It really shows what most people take out of rap these days.
Ben Montero Plus the whole "you're black so clearly you can rap"
Ben Montero agreed.
Pride Guy true!!!!
I also think it's a really clever criticism of how rap has become so huge with privileged white kids form the suburbs who only like the genre for it's superficial glorification.
Monica Carrillo YES!!!!!!!!!!
Besides the movie's mesaage and themes and what not. The direction was also creative. The scene where they show Cassius becoming more succesful overtime is one of my favorites. How the furniture literally transforms through practical effects and the timelapse with the bed sheets. Very creative visual storytelling right there. The music was also pretty cool.
Me too 💯
I’ve got theory that Armie was telling telling the truth, and he did actually give Cash Coke, I think Cash went back the next day and signed the deal, we see him put the key code in to enter the building but we don’t see him breaking free the horses and besides how would he of done this? I think he signed the deal not for the money but rather because this was the only way he could break the picket line with the extra horsepower, so in turn he played Armie because he made him think he was just a stooge so he was surprised when he ran up on him at the end of the movie and double crossed him (hence why this end clip is in the movie). Extra evidence for this is during the riot, Cash blew a whistle which signalled for the security to come knock only him out and nobody else coincidentally, and put him in a van where he could be safe from the riot but will look like a prisoner in the eyes of the horses when they come to save him, their “MLK”. Also he gave Jermaine Fowler his Maserati knowing full well he won’t need it anymore, and with the money Armie gave him he pocketed a humble vehicle with it, knowing again he won’t need it. Finally I think the big telltale sign was when Tessa Thompson brought up the Sun exploding, he dismissed it and wasn’t bothered even though numerous times at the beginning of the movie when he was still pure hearted this was something he constantly brought up, and now when he supposedly pure hearted again he doesn’t care about it? I think this is because he already knows his fate.
Bro you nailed it.
Bro a genius
yepp!
On point !!
But if that was true why would he be shocked when he started turning into a horse at the end?
I think Cassius went back to his garage because he feels like that's his STABLE.
omnitrix1992 Ba-dum tisssssss
Fuck that was good
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
🥁
omnitrix1992 It whoever want to buy this show have to say I bought my adderall.show..
Spoilers
Mr._______ was in the Left-eye the whole time. He knew what would happen to Cassius the whole time and that Cassius had the right psychological profile to start the revolution against Worryfree. Right before he gets Lift’s evil Plan explained to him, Mr._______ tells him something along the lines of “ don’t screw this up” (i don’t remember the exact line).
Additionally, Boots said that his name is spelled with seven underscores, the same amount of letters in “Left eye”. Also, he has an eye patch over his left eye.
Plus he was speaking in his black voice, so maybe he said dont screw up taking down the corporations and leading the oppressed to freedom?
@@geraldking9385 “black voice” is craz boa
@@pissntris what?
@@pissntris if you can say white voice you can also say black voice. Not that crazy.
@@Dontaskmewhojoeis what is a “black voice” i’m confused😂😂 how do u speak black or white
It legit took me till the very very end of the movie to realize that Cassius Green sounds like “Cash is Green” 🤦🏼♀️
Tessa Thompson’s character also says this to him in the movie
Omg you’re right 😮
I thought when he was chasing the car that he was going to start galloping like a horse.
Joe Schmoe omg same!!! I thought THAT was when his transformation would happen
ME TOO LMFAO
Lmaoo omg 😂
Went into this movie expecting a comedy.
Came out WOKE asf and a new man.
Realize strawmans, don't take things too seriously. Good movie with good points, but a movie shouldn't have that much of an effect on anyone.
Tbh I was just super weirded out
Never said it was a rule. If you feel "WOKE asf and a new man" because of Sorry to Bother You then read a fucking book.
@@TruthIsToBlame I agree. It made some valid points but overall felt like I was getting beaten in the face with a brick about how bad capitalism and corporations are. Like yeah I get it, you can't let corporations run wild. I didn't think that was very profound.
Joey Moran facts
I mean Cassius did eventually become their own MLK by turning into a horse too. He's their leader now which is exactly what Armie Hammer's character wanted. Maybe Cassius agreed to his offer and is just Hammer's mole in the resistance from now on
So the ending where he breaks in the house means?
LetsGoToMarsMan could have been a false flag
thats totally where i thought the film was going
LetsGoToMarsMan
The ending shows that the elites can try to control a rebellion but it can still slip out of their control
Thats because Lyft accidently gave him Horse serum instead of cocaine
I guess u could say this movie was all about "Horsing around" in the third act...
😭😭😭
Scarred for life. 🐴
Back in the 90s I was part of a very weird uprising
Omg it's the horse from horsin' around
New head cannon: Cassius becomes famous again as the horse, eventually gets offered a starring role in a new family show were they want to normalize horse people. It's about a horse dad who adopts...
Is no one ever going to explain who the man was in the picture he kept hanging on the wall in his cubicle? The man kept reacting to his actions
I assumed it was his dad
I was thinking maybe his father, but could also represent his conscious.
I'm pretty sure that was his dad dude
Am I the only one that got Shark Tale vibes from him always having that picture up? Lol. I know it's dumb as hell, but every time I saw it all I could think about Oscar talking about his dad being a great whale washer
@@msjkramey hahaha the fact that you even remember that movie. Wooow.
SPOILER
Remember how right after snorting the fusing agent that he thought was coke, Cassius really has to pee?
There’s that phrase... “piss like a racehorse...”
FUFCK
🤯
*Cassius Green = Cash Is Green*
PoisedPlanet I realised that when he asked Detroit: “Is cash green?l”
OH FUCK
Great video as always, but I feel you missed a big theme throughout the film. The film to me appeared to be a critique of capitalism and the illusions it sets up for success. The illusion of becoming an all mighty "power caller" resembles the idea of the American dream and how anyone can make it in capitalism if they work hard enough. The idea that making ends meet is becoming so hard in current day capitalism that people are willing to become slaves for corporations in order to survive. The way people react to the news of "Worry Free" turning people into horse-human hybrids is a critique of how people in current day capitalism will not fight against worse conditions imposed on them, but will simply accept them and adapt to them. It shows how people in current day capitalism have grown fond of their chains instead of trying to escape from them.
Also when the CEO of "Worry Free" tells Cassius that turning workers into horse-human hybrids is not illogical it harps back to a very important diversion in philosophy. It sounds a lot like a debate between thinkers and ideas of the enlightenment vs those of the postmodernism. While the enlightenment thinkers will argue that reason and logic are the best things possible, postmodernist will urge them to see that it too has its limits and is not all good. In other words, the postmodernist would say of course reason and logic are great tools, but just because something is reasonable and logical does not mean we should do it. Just as it was perfectly logical and reasonable for "Worry Free" to turn their slave workers into horses for a higher profit, we would be urged to say that they should not do so.
Overall, the movie has a very Marxist overtone as well with the workers uniting and creating unions to demand their dues from the telemarketing company. It has the spirit of revolution for change. However, the more reasonable conclusion it comes to follows more closely the spirit of the Frankfurt School, especially the ideas of Herbert Marcuse. Detroit using her art to show the oppression of capitalism goes back to Marcuse's idea of using art as a tool for liberation, a way to fight capitalism while being a member of it. The ending, when Cassius turns into a horse-person, is also a reminder that even if you beat the system and get paid it will continue to oppress you even while you look to protest it. It pays tribute to just how good capitalism is at keeping its working class members oppressed while having them believe they are truly making a change.
At the end of the day, the main theme I found in this movie was not one of calling for communism or Marxism or any other type of political agenda or revolution. What it did do, and very well in my opinion, was use satire to expose serious flaws in modern day capitalism and the tools it uses to keep the working class oppressed.
The only problem with the movie though is a lot of people will get caught up in the satire and take it seriously, and in doing so they will be left confused by this movie and missing its very important points.
Juan Pablo Alfonzo amazing point of view
really good point, and i love that the movie is still funny and good but still has a meanings (some hidden more than others)
Fucking spot on, and I was actually really confused during this whole movie and I think I did miss the points because I took it seriously. I think I should rewatch it with a different position on it and not take it the way I did. I really like the way you saw it and it helps me understand it a little more
This is why I wanted to read the comments. This movie will be discussed on this level for decades to come.
Great point of view. As I was watching it, i was trying to figure out the real meaning behind the horse-humans.
I loved the literal interpretation of Lakeith's character "Cassius Green" being dependent on, blinded by, then liberated from the trap of money.
THE "COCAINE" cash snorted was on a horse plate and they also said at one point that he was in his prime reproductive state
Legit Dragonz ohh my god
Good catch
Omg yeah I noticed the horse plate but didn’t connect the weird elevator stuff with that at all
There’s a horse on the wall behind Cassius as he waits for eye patch at Lifts party.
Ok? And? Horse plate. Reproductive state. What does that even mean?
The old man who taught him white voice was a power caller who quit. He even knows about secret alchohol and what they sell?
he could also be the jason guy they always say never made it that far
Toasty tots Nah on a magazine it shows that guy is white
Did anyone notice how strange the white man voice seemed when Cassius for the first in front of his friends does that voice and when he first becomes a power caller. It seemed dubbed(even in the movie) like one of the characters in the film said. The voice was out of sync with the man. And i thought there would be some logic to it later but nothing was shown.
@@amanjaiswal9389 because the white man sounds were dubbed for all the black characters...
@@duck8624 I know that. But why that strange decision to do that?
Anyone else think that the head Power Caller pocketing the tissue which he used to wipe Cassius' bloody forehead has some greater significance to the story? Was that so they had sample of his original DNA so they could turn him back into a human if he accepted and completed his contract as the mole MLK of the horse-people?
that’s smart asf i didn’t think of that
Or a red herring. There are dozens in the film.
I notice the horse ppl had African American voices ...#STAYWOKE
Yup!!
This movie was so good and wrapped up in so many metaphors that after watching you become so consumed and addicted with trying to figure it all out.
Cash took the job!
Remember what he was told when he became a power caller. They are arms dealers. When someone needs a drone strike, they make that perfect dinner time call.
Switch to his first client and slave trade?! Nah, it’s not about slaves, it’s about creating a marketable super soldier. How can they be marketed? Hire someone that will lead them to revolt so governments around the world will see how violent they are.
That’s why stock prices jumped. That’s why Cash just happened to have the perfect video from a phone he lost. The whole thing was orchestrated to help him do the “horse Moses” job.
The truth behind the main character is that he remained a sellout as long as the price was right. It was all about the Cash.
Den why did cash come to the house as if he was seeking revenge?
Weird , paperboi also "loses" (gets his phone stolen) in atlanta. By this guy name socks. Hmm... 🤔
@@geraldking9385 what does that have to do with this?
Mr. Blank must have completed his 5 year contract.
ShammTheGod true!
I really thought there would be something to tie up all the shots of Detroits earrings. They had extreme close ups but were nothing more than empty symbolism. But, I guess that's the same for her performance art.
Robert Frost what's the first thing people think of when they think of Detroit? Murder and Killing
Teon Quant I think about the Lions I guess. But there was also the close up and fade cut after the electric chair ones.
According to IMDb her earrings feature lyrics from “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" by Bob Dylan, which is a protest song about a poor African-American woman murdered by a wealthy white man
Detroit is basically Boots Riley himself as far as I can tell so I think all that is kind of intentionally self-critical in a way.
@@mo_rocksteady that makes sense, i know him personally and i can see how that would tie into his personality
Watching through this movie the first time I thought Steve Lift’s plan to make Cassius the “Martin Luther king jr.” of the equisapiens failed, because Cassius turns down his offer for $100000000 and is clearly against the idea. But what if this was part of Lift’s plan all along? What if he knew how Cassius was going to react, which is why he gave him the powder before he made the offer? In the end, the equisapiens do come to view Cassius as a leader or MLK of sorts when they free him from the armored car and say “thank you for setting us free” or something like that. Cassius then later turns into an equisapien, and in the final clip he has organized a group of equisapiens to go to Lift’s house to fight. Watching this scene again, I noticed that Lift doesn’t even get up off the couch when Cassius and the gang bust down the door. Maybe Steve Lift’s master plan is beyond enhancing the worryfree workforce which is why he appeared so calm at the end. Or... what if Cassius actually took the deal and is just pretending to fight for the workers rights like Steve wanted, and the reason Steve chose him wasn’t because he’s awesome, or “a great power caller” but because he has shown throughout the movie that he is willing to sell out his friends and his morals for money.
I like it. He did smoke coke the first time. And he took the offer and smoked it again. But technically the war isn’t over until Lift is gone or until someone replaces him...
No. The director stated that Cassius got revenge. Lift didn't make it out.
The scene reminded me more of the communist saying about capitalists getting hanged by the very rope they sell.
This movie is best when you take an edible right during the previews so that way by the third act it kicks in and then you REALLY watch the movie.
Facts
Wow, exactly what i did and loved the film as well
Valencia Jones lmao I did exactly that
Smoked before it and it was fucking insane just today lmao
Valencia Jones yeah I smoked before seeing it and.....it was an experience
I’m really late for this obviously but I watched the film last night and thought of a theory.
Major spoilers ahead obviously. Although this movies been out for a while so why haven’t you seen it yet?
One thing that I always felt was weird was how Cassius changes. He doesn’t slowly get more horse like, he straight up shows no sign of changing for the entire third act until right at the very end when he goes from normal human to horse on no time flat.
If we assume that Cassius believes that there really is an anti-horse drug, as he was told, and that he was seeking this drug in showing up at the house at the very end of the movie (after the false credit start), then I think it is safe to say that he would have went there as soon as possible. This assuming, of course, that his fellow horses weren’t hard to track down before storming the place. (Which they shouldn’t be seeing as how he literally called them on the phone earlier in the film)
Assuming all of this is correct, my theory is simple.
Cassius really did snort cocaine that night at the party. And he didn’t take the horse drugs until later off screen. If Cassius agreed to help the company, which he would have incentive to do seeing as the man offering this job to him was holding a gun at the time, then the rest of the movie could be showing this plan as it comes together.
The plan is as follows: Cassius shows the world what Worry Free is doing to their workers in an “attempt” to expose them. However, in this society people don’t really care about what happens to other people. (I mean the number one show on television is literally just people being beaten up.) So society ends up embracing the company even more and stock prices raise drastically. Cassius then helps with the uprising and sets free all other horse people as was his goal all along. At the end of the day, Cassius gets to keep his job, albeit not the same position as he held previously, and he also gets his friends and girlfriend back, as at the time the deal was made, he has just lost them and would do anything for his old life back.
Once the strike is taken care of, and the company stock rises to a point they are comfortable with, he secretly takes the drugs that will turn him into a horse within the next few days. He then follows through with the rest of his task, bringing the horses back to the place they escaped from (possibly with guards waiting to capture them once inside) and he is rewarded with his cure. And possibly 100 million dollars.
What do you think? Is it possible that Cassius really did go along with the plan? And if so, what do you think this tells us about his character.
Ps it’s not a stretch to show that he would screw over his friends like that since he’s kind of been doing it the whole movie.
iffor gotmypass
I really, really like it, however, the ending doesn’t seem as a returning. It’s seems more as an aggressive and forceful entry, so I think the last big of your theory is off, but I liked everything prior.
I stopped this video at the 38 second mark to go and watch the movie and one of my best decisions all quarantine
Lekith can spit some mad ass bars
Senpai Hentai nigga shit 😂😂😂
Ni**a sh*t
Had no idea what I was walking into until the "Clearly Olive" door haha
Same
The use of surrealism to make a point is really good in this movie. Sometimes things don't need to be metaphorical, they just need to be exaggerated. Like when Steve Lift is talking about turning people in horses and he defends himself by saying it's not for no reason, it's for money! Like that makes it okay...
Sometimes making something smack-you-in-the-face obvious makes it clear how realistic it is that someone like that could or does exist
This movie was everything! The ending made me super uncomfortable though
I did for me too but can u say why it did to u cuz idk how to explain it but maybe you do
Because even though Cassius "beat the system" he was still lied to, used, and eventually fucked by the very system he fought so hard to protect and eventually stand against.
@@Thatalbinodude in other words, it looked like we were going to have a happy ending but, no lol
@@dxcky06 They at least show that he didn't compromise on his ideals after getting horsed. A truly unhappy ending would be if after he turned into a horse person he went back to Steve begging for the $100M and agreeing to subvert their uprising.
@@isaiahphillip4112 good point lol :)
The one thing I noticed is that Mr. Blank who stands as the corporate representation of Worry Free has the eye patch over his right eye (leaving only the left visible). The group protesting Worry Free is named Left Eye. Since we learn that this company creates it's own controllable protest group, there is an indication that Left Eye is also controlled by them. So even when Detriot and others try and protest and vandalize signs, it's all within the bounds that Worry Free allows. That's the only theory I have, and its a pretty simple one. I did like this movie. It kind of threw everything against the wall and not all of it stuck, but more than enough did for me. The rapping scene was amazing.
Edit: I just realized that the eye patch is over his left eye (oops, sorry about that). The theory still stands though given that the left eye mark is a black marking by the eye and the eye patch is also black.
Sarah W Left Eye Is The Group Of Girls Wearing Yellow In The Gallery Scene & I Would Know Because I Was There.
I always figured the patch meant he doesnt see the world the way the left eye movement does. Left eye being a very obvious reference to leftwing liberal politics.
I think you're on to something because of the scene where WorryFree CEO has the vandalized billboard in his mansion like a piece of art. Or that is eluding to how rich people buy art of Banksy which defeats the purpose entirely of street art and revolutionary acts, as to kind of dilute the message or co-opt activism. Maybe Mr.______ is an inside sabatuer?
regalview and worryfree are separate companies
That patch was over his left eye, though.
The plate on Steve Lift's desk where Cash snorts the horse catalyst dug says: Mr. Bobo. A bOBO is a sociology term for a bourgeois bohemian. Cash becoming a capitalist becomes Mr. Bobo by still trying to connect to the struggle of his peers, for instance: the art show scene, but he is too bourgeois to understand or appreciate the art. This theme is reinforced when Cash sees the painted billboard (brandalism) by Left Eye in the mansion of Steve Lift. Bourgeois people try to appropriate bohemian culture. There are a lot of themes in the movie about social stratification.
DAILY RETCH nailed it.
The movie shows the evils of creating underclasses- the management using the rank of power caller to keep Cash from joining the strike, Cash’s experiences of racism throughout the film, the Elon Musk character’s casual sexism, and of course the end. In the film as in our world, hierarchies are used to justify inhumanity to other people. The film wants us to see this for the horror it truly is.
The whole horse thing just reminds me of Pinocchio in which the kids turn into donkeys
Reminds me of Tank Girl with the kangaroo people. Sorry to spoil if you haven't seen yet.
Yes!!! Nightmare much. Took me 15years to forget that.
Or The Lobster
or "Tusk"
Ah I do see the connection of this film and Pinocchio. More discussion on Pinocho please!
There’s the line “if cash is green” in the movie and I was like holy shit his name is a analogy for money and that’s what he’s trying to get throughout the entire movie or at least the first two acts
And Clay
Cause he was moulded
Into a horse
Dang, I'm reading and agreeing with a lot of these theories. But what I got from the movie was entirely different. I saw the third act and Cassius' come up as an allegory for the horrors of slave trade. Hear me out:
Worry Free is being criticized for slave labor.
Cassius has a low paying, low socio-economic status, until he is promoted to be a Power Caller.
He then starts selling "slaves". People who were just like him. This reminded me of how slaves were often sold to colonizers from people in their own culture, community, or background.
The horse people to me was a metaphor of how slave owners would force relationships between the "most fit" slaves so that they could procreate an even stronger, better working generation. This realization made the "horse c**k" joke even funnier.
Cassius dismisses his blackness and becomes part of the evil that is white and it isn't until the rap scene where we find that Cash is starting to regret losing himself and his culture.
Cash eventually becomes an equisapien once he revolts and embraces his old culture and roots. He becomes what the white man wanted, but it comes back to haunt the white man.
Spot on untill your last paragraph (honestly weird). I was feeling get out soul stealing vibes the whole time
Thomas Gledhill that's exactly what I got out of the movie
@@rosemaryjane4710 Let me clarify. Cash didn't embrace his culture because he was a horse person. He got his culture back, then subsequently became a horse person.
@@thomasgledhill3706 such a scary movie lowkey i missed the comedy
Lmao everyone already knows that the slave trade was a horrible abomination. They don’t need to make an allegory to get that point across, it would be a waste of time. It’s about capitalism man
I just watched the movie going in thinking it's about telemarketing (being a former telemarketer myself) and by the third act I almost couldn't believe it
I felt the horse metphor began with a little George Orwell "animal farm"vibe in sense that the society was the worryfree Corp. In which they are then force to work harder.
the "I'll turn you all into glue" reminded me of that, too. The CEO claims he's only doing it for a profit, but when they start acting up, he decides to be cruel instead. In animal farm, when the horse is no longer profitable anymore, he was promised a retirement at the end of his life, but then he gets taken away to the knackers :(
Just rewatched the movie, crazy theory: Cassius accepted the offer, and EVERYTHING he did after the meeting was already planned
This is a good one
Love how when its time to cross the picket lines. Cass N his coworkers argue by complementing each other. Great Movie.
That part!!
How about this. The reason cassius’ cut and bandage is above his right eye is because the symbol of the rebellion against worry free is a black symbol under the left eye.
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I just went to watch this movie last night, but I didn’t finish watching this video first. Me and my friends were just staring at the plot twist. Nothing could’ve prepared me for that.
Ari Sweetie nobody expects multiple horse cocks in a crowded theater
I like how theThe company is called Worryfree and that's how the white voice is "supposed to sound"
I give it an A+. Beautifully crafted. Clever the way the film connects and intertwines various issues. The greatest intersectional film I've ever seen.
Colors seemed to be very prominent and significant in this movie. Of course, you could stretch the meaning as far as you wanted since the whole film is in color, but I thought the most obvious and deliberate meaning happens during the scene where Cassius is meeting with Staff.
All the doors are green but Staff's office, which is magenta (the opposite of green). Even as his name suggests, Cash IS green, and whatever lies behind the magenta door is not him.
Now, Cash entering one of the green rooms could mean many things, but its simplest effect is probably foreshadowing (seeing as it's where we first see the horse people). Although, I personally subscribe to the idea that each door hides something that describes Cassius, meaning he is a distinct and interesting person. If he were to accept Staff's deal in the magenta room, he would no longer be himself but merely an identity-less puppet working for Worry-Free. Nameless, just as Mr. _______
Here I am in 2020 binging your videos. For the most part, I love them. So, thanks! In this video you mentioned that "everything is political." So true. My Mom & some of her friends, in the way back machine, started a center for battered women called RESPOND. Unfortunately, they are still going strong today, in 2020, offering more clients safety than before. My Mom often said 2 things: Everything is political and all politics is ocal. I wish I could remember her exact words in this story I want to tell you. We went to McDonald's, not something we usually did. I was an annoyed younger teen. I said, "Oh, Mom, you think EVERYTHING is political." From the time we left the car until our order was ready, she made clear: what wages do the people working here get? Where does the lettuce come from here and on our table? And who benefits? She schooled me more than I could hope by any traditional education. Just wanted to share that. Stay safe, stay strong, rock on with your videos. AND, I always get to have a laugh, which is precious, in these times. 😎❤
That third act reveal is what made the movie 10/10 for me.
Me too, I love twists like that
i love a movie that gets me with a trailer but then has something completely different going on, love a weird third act
Squeeze has also been hired to try and incite violence umong the workforce. he travels between citys and strats problems.
Worry-Free = Amazon!
Omg
Ok, so I just noticed that picture of Cassius's daddy that he keeps on his nightstand. His first was raised raised in solidarity and empowerment at first but when Cassius turned his back on his friend, the picture changes. The hand is covering his face and his head is lowered in disappointment
Hey I am Boots Riley’s son I just wanted to say I showed this to him and he liked it! Thank You! Btw I was in the movie in the background
Nice! What scene?
Let Me Explain when he’s driving to work I’m in the backround with my cousin
Yeah
so I haven't watched this and yeah I watched the whole video so I am spoiled but I'm of the mind set that spoilers can't keep a good movie down and I'm definitely going to check this out cause it sounds great
TheCreepypro it CAN NOT be ruined. You HAVE to see it for yourself.
One thing I found cool... towards the start of the film he's enters the VIP section of a bar he's drinking in after learning the password... while in this VIP section he's cramped, uncomfortable and even get alcohol spilled on him and he walks out all pissed off.
But when he becomes a power caller and closes the $10m deal, they throw a party for him were they literally douse him in alcohol and he loves it
I feel like that's more just reacting to the energy of the crowd. In the VIP he was bumped into by accident and probably unnoticed by anyone. I also think at that point in time he was still hurting for money so that coulda been his last/only drink of the night. At the party a whole room is cheering him on and it's a full display of living in excess.
I like how the movie ended with him accepting the offer to be a puppet.
Cassius was just hallucinating everything after he was hit in the head with the soda can. Everything just gets progressively more insane from that point due to the non stop bleeding.
the fact that youre trying to ground this film in reality shows you really dont get it.....
Lame
PonderFilms okay but if it’s all in someone’s head that’s just bad writing
I literally wondered if I was being played the whole time and it was all a hallucination because if we're being honest....it went from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK
@@itshoneychilee Yeah that's how it gets when things start getting fucked up around one. Don't you see how quick that 'Catch Me Outside' girl became rich and famous. The stupidest of things gets viral so quickly these days and it's unreal.
Surprised you didn’t bring up the fact that the whole thing sending him to the wrong room for the bathroom was on purpose, and that the video that went viral was staged.
Yeah that part was very sketchy....after that sequence of Cassius going to the bathroom I began to doubt the movies story. After that scene of Cassius going to the restroom, I'm not completely sure what the message would be about. Did Lyft want Cassius as an employee or did Lyft want Cassius to revolt
@@mischievousjr.9299 he wanted cassius to be a mole for him; a spy.
This is the best channel... Let Me Explain
This is some short surface-level spoiler-filled analysis I'm about to post, but I just want to incoherently ramble about why I love the use of horses in this film.
Wild horses are a staple of American freedom, and that's what Worry Free is trying to convey to it's members (or at least to Cash, since everyone else who got turned into a horseman was probably not informed beforehand). However, tamed horses are almost the opposite, being saddled and used by their owner to make travel and whatnot easier. Worry Free is planning on selling the idea of wild horses when in reality they're going to be tamed. Freedom is slavery.
I feel like that's super obvious now that I've typed it out. XD
I always enjoy your awesome and funny videos. Keep making good videos.
theory : When cassius gets in steve's office, steve gives him a green apple (snow white inspiration of the poisonous apple) this predicts the moment he will get "poisonned". Also his name is cassius green, (was he doomed from the start ?). Note that green is the colour of chance and mischance
Yo hella late but I just finished watching the movie and I don’t know about bro. I started to have this spark in my mind about Cassius during the offering from worry free. What if Cassius really did take the offer. Cassius by the end of the movie had earned the respect of the cause back and was in a positive position with the cause. Like I said I’ve only watched it once but from the point of the offer until the end I had a odd feeling that things were being done in order to put Cassius as the “mlk” of the horse people. So what I’m basically saying is that cassius might have actually took the offer after he realized that he is probably gonna become the horse already and his actions afterward were really just his genius to act or “white voice” getting the job done. Sorry for the bad grammar but it’s late asf and I just wanna get this out here before I sleep.
Six years late, but this is such a great movie. My contribution - notice how the Work Free workers just took it like mindless drones UNTIL they became horses. Horses are herd animals and will defend each other if threatened (far more than humans - there's studies). Anyway, happened here!
Great review for a great movie - third act didn't bother me, only so many directions you could take this story and this one worked.
im late asf but Cassius tripping at the end is def just a tribute to Oakland's horrible potholes LOL
I remember at one point Detroit was giving Cassius a piggyback ride when they were on their way to a meeting about the strike Squeeze organized
I thought it was a very specific choice for the makers to have Detroit carry Cassius on her back, since that's normally something a man would do. Plus Tessa Thompson is 5'4" and LaKeith Stanfield is 6'. I'm pretty strong for a woman my size and I'm taller than Tessa, but still I think it would be near impossible for me to support a 6' man like that, so I thought it must be to make a point, probably about metaphorical strength.
I think there's a few different directions one could go in interpreting it. Does anyone have any thought?
I noticed that too. And that confused me lol
You know we talk about the growth and character arc of Vash, but this movie is so trippy and subliminal, I wonder if even that is real. You showed the clip where they talk about PTSD and PTG, so what if Stockholm Syndrome is a part of this? What if even though Cash does literally and figuratively become another person, he doesn't in the way that we think he did. Maybe all along he's actually being a double agent and is being a false leader of the Equus Sapiens.
It would definitely make a point about how what you think you see is not always what is actually happening. And how you don't always know someone's true motivations.
Other perpectives make things a whole
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO POST A LET ME EXPLAIN VIDEO FOR SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BECAUSE I JUST SAW YOUR JUNE MUST WATCH!!!1 PERFECT TIMING
The title itself is the most obvious metaphor. "Sorry to Bother You" shows how black people are often seen as an inconvenience and they are often the ones taking the blame for faults in society. However, once he uses his white voice, he no longer has to say "Sorry to Bother You"
The Fidget Spinner Movie Cause the white voice is more than a voice it is a persona that you embody
He still says Sorry to Bother You once he uses his white voice actually.
Also I thinks it’s called that because this is a great message that most Americans don’t want to hear, but they need to hence sorry to bother you
I think it's just a catchy title for a movie about a telemarketer.
I think it's just a catchy title for a movie about a telemarketer.
I just watched it, and honestly, I didn't think the third act was crazy enough. I felt like they could've gotten crazier before the end and even gone a little bit further with it after they ended it
Watched this movie with no sound. Still understood everything , that’s how great the acting was.
Cant believe you recognized David Cross by his role in Alvin and the Chipmunks and not by his Legendary role as Tobias Funke in Arrested Development where he plays a Light skin Black man
I was honestly praying so bad that he woke up from a nightmare or something. Because this movie weirded the shit out of me, it almost gave me a panic atttack lmao.
Me too💀
Boots Riley retweeted me when I said “NOBODY SPOIL SORRY TO BOTHER YOU”
then this comes out 😐
Hottest Tracks he said spoilers at the beginning
Sooo, I am a filmmajor writing my thesis about this film. So my theory is that the name Cassius Green is probably a contraction of two names. Those of Cassius Clay aka Muhammed Ali, the world renowned Afro-American boxer turned Islamic and Leroy Green, main character in The Last Dragon (1985) which is about a NY guy who gets so intrigued by Kung Fu that he complete starts to behave and dress in Chinese fashion. (In Detroit's performance she even recites lines from this film!!). Both are Afro-Americans who gave up their Afro-culture for something that matched more with what culture came with their hobby/job as Cassius does.
Langston might come from black poet Langston Hughes who was very vocal about racism and the capitalistic system.. (e.g. in his poem 'Freedom') Detroit says in the film that her parents wanted her to have an American name and ended up naming her Detroit, the second blackest city in America. Besides that her entire art exhibition is about Africa and it's colonisation and her white voice is british, after the colonizer of the US...
This film is so great and complex, the deeper you dig, the more you find. This is just a fraction of what i found and discuss in my thesis
Yo I wanna read your thesis !!!
@@samnorris6533 hahaha too bad it’s in Dutch!
Honestly I loved how the plate he snorts the powder from has a horse on it. I knew the plot twist going in and that was when I realized it was about to hit
The thing you said about getting further away from reality: totally true! This is called defamiliarisation. It's like Gulliver's travels. It doesn't seem like our world, but look a bit closer and it's a super critical commentary on society that's extremely effective.
Detroit's earrings that say bury the rag deep in your face is a reference to the song "the lonesome death of Hattie Carrol". Look it up. It's wild.
I live in Oakland and I go to school within blocks of where his uncles apartment is, this whole movie was an Easter egg for me
I loved the fake out with the trailers
And then the movie turned into wtf is happening and it's amazing
There's a lot of symbolism that's tied together in this movie. I think the most interesting is the purpose of Mr._____. I interpreted him to be an extension ofCassius. He's the man with money and power that cassius wants to be. Becoming that man, however, requires Cassius to turn his back on his friends and turn a blind eye to the Left Eye movement they've been working on (hence the eyepatch over Mr. ___'s left eye). Mr. ____ being a projection of what cash wants to be could also explain why his name is redacted; because no one is actually saying it since he isn't real. Or it could symbolize that in order for cash to become him, he must give up who he really is. I interpreted the revealing of his voice to be Cassius realizing that he doesn't actually want to be this person.
So i was watching the movie and it was hilarious and around the third act you see everything look like its back to normal then the garage scene happens and the whole theater goes silent and right as it goes to a black screen you hear one guy go "What the fuck?!" And everyone starts laughing! 10/10 one of my new favorites
5:30, replace 2019's "riots" benefitting corporations with 2020's 'Rona' benefitting corporations, and this vid gets downright surreal! 🤯
I mean my brother got the coronavirus right now it ain’t benefittin nobody ngl but the movie was good
@@ruairimurnion2091 my best friend passed away from Coronavirus. Most painful thing ever, but my OP still resonates. Many corporations and stockholders benefited during the pandemic.
@@LahTahShuh I'm sure they did, corporations be corporatin. My issue was with rona being in quotations, i assumed you were a covid denier but now i can see you know full well how bad it is, which makes it even more fucked companies are making serious money off of the common mans suffering
Maybe I’m over thinking it, but I wasn’t sure if the horses were supposed to represent Robots in the real world, or the fact that horses, thought faster and more effieicent, eventually become obsolete as well (from horse power to cars with literal horsepower). Idk
Stick To The Script was also the motto from the telemarketing company in The Office where Michael Scott worked his 2nd job. In fact the manager in this movie has a similar vibe as the one in the TV series.
Sorry to bother you, but the ehole soda thing, was a metaphor for going viral.as a whole. The show about getting the shit kicked out of you was like a more rxtreme fear factor ripoff. This is telling the audience that the more violent things are the more attention they get. It is something that will never change like the gladiators in greece, to AFV.
my friend told me a theory that made me like the movie even better. maybe it’s more obvious than i think, but the theory goes that cassius took the job. that’s why steve never gets to or confronts him and is simply thriving off the new success of worryfree. and that’s why in the final stinger scene, cassius announces that it is him, so steve knows that the revolt is under control.
Can you do a video on the differences and similarities between Spike Lee's upcoming Blakkkman film coming out in August and Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained film. Of course when the movie comes out ❤
Amoré Johnson ones gonna be politically motivated trash and the other isnt?
UndertaleSkeleBros why do people have such hate for Spike lee, I understand that he's not perfect all the time with his films but there's still creativity and talent over making his films possible. You can have your opinion I'm not mad to judge but for me I'm extremely grateful to see this new film and I can't wait ❤
This movie was weird AF. I loved it despite it getting sloppy towards the end. I hope to see more from Boots Riley in the future. This movie is better if you hit the green first😉