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Summary:
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, Cassius "Cash" Green is having a rough life—living in his uncle's garage and struggling to find a job. Strapped for cash and desperate, he lands a position as a telemarketer, but has difficulty getting people to listen to him—until he discovers a magical key to customers' attention: using his "white voice". Cash quickly rises to the top of the telemarketing hierarchy, but risks losing sight of his morals as he achieves greater and greater success.
Director:
Boots Riley
Writer:
screenplay by Boots Riley
Cast:
- Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius "Cash" Green
- David Cross as Cash's "white voice"
- Mahari Crown as Fake Cash
- Tessa Thompson as Detroit
- Lily James as Detroit’s white British voice
- Jermaine Fowler as Salvador
- Omari Hardwick as Mr. Blank
- Patton Oswalt as Mr. Blank's white voice
- Terry Crews as Sergio Green
- Danny Glover as Langston
- Steven Yeun as Squeeze
- Armie Hammer as Steve Lift
- Kate Berlant as Diana DeBauchery
- Michael X. Sommers as Johnny
- Robert Longstreet as Anderson
- Forest Whitaker as First Equisapien/Demarius
- Rosario Dawson as Voice in Elevator
- Tom Woodruff Jr. as Equisapien
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 79/100
After Credits Scene? No
I agree completely with what you said about Mr. Blank. His eyepatch throughout the movie felt to me like a subtle nod to him being part of the Left Eye. I kept expecting him to come out and reveal to Cash some part during the movie that he was actually part of the resistance and fighting the good fight from the inside. Also did I imagine this or did the camera pan to Mr. Blank smiling during the second protest scene? The one where they planned stationing Tessa Thompson's characters' art mannequins and the football players to stop the police. I swear I can remember a glimpse second where the camera panned on to his face, almost as if he was happy and cheering for the other side.
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Exactly. I felt that Cash had a strong, valid point when he pointed out how hypocritical she came off when she's selling her art to rich white folks. During her art show, her accent distinctly changed from when she was talking with a couple of people to when she greeted Cash.