Read Touré’s piece in Current Affairs here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/sinners-offers-a-false-vision-of-empowerment
Sinners is up for a record 16 Oscars and even it doesn’t take home a record amount of statues it still, for some marks massive advancement in Black filmmaking. Ryan Coogler directs not arthouse films, but Hollywood blockbusters. Is representation now complete in process of Black assimilation? Is we free now?
What does Sinners say about Black entrepreneurial uplift? Is this just simply a popcorn movie and us upitty negroes are making a big deal out of it? We’ll discuss.
0:00 Crunch Crunch Crunch
1:22 TIR Weekly Roundup
4:43 Is Sinners Politically Conservative?
9:02 Meet the Panel: Pascal, MToussaint, Touré Reed
10:45 Jason Says Sinners Is Mid
12:05 What Touré Liked About Sinners (Fences Comparison)
16:52 Ryan Coogler’s Portrayal of Black Men
17:59 Sinners vs Horror & Sci-Fi
19:55 Race Allegories in Hollywood Films
23:46 DEI, Stereotypes & the Politics of Representation
32:48 It’s A Long Article, No Pause
33:52 Why African American Culture Shapes Pop Culture
40:25 Spoilers: The Ending of Sinners
46:22 The Performance of Blackness
57:02 Is Sinners an ADOS/FBA Film?
1:01:03 Jason’s Jealous of Two Michael B Jordans
1:07:19 Capitalism & Class Politics in Sinners
1:13:41 Storytime: Touré’s Black-Owned Workplace
1:17:33 The Myth of Black Capitalism
1:23:25 Who Actually Wins in Sinners?
1:33:06 Jason Wears Bronzer
1:33:50 Smoke & Stack = Andrew & Tristan Tate?
1:38:38 “Octaroon” as a Technical Term
1:45:13 Black Women in Sinners
1:50:23 Who Cares About Sammy?
1:53:39 Is Ryan Coogler a Munch?
1:55:31 Guitarist Eric Gales in Sinners
1:57:20 Goofiness in Action/Horror
2:01:22 Delroy Lindo, Bad Accents & Oscar Talk
2:02:11 Storytime: MToussaint’s Hairdresser Got High
2:03:45 Pascal’s FBA Ryan Coogler Impression
2:05:48 We Are Outro
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