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  1. a long talk
    What Jharrel Jerome Learned While Staring Down a 13-Foot Version of HimselfFacing off against a giant doll on the set of Boots Riley’s I’m a Virgo was absolutely mortifying, weird, and undeniably impressive.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  2. exit interview
    Boots Riley Wants a ConversationWith I’m a Virgo, the agitator, activist, and first-time TV creator hopes to “ramp up the contradictions in people’s lives.”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  3. tv review
    Boots the Myth-maticianI’m a Virgo lets the audacious filmmaker’s imagination run free.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  4. trailer mix
    Boots Riley Is About to Release a Huge VirgoNo, seriously — he’s 13 feet tall and played by Jharrel Jerome.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  5. roll clip!
    Jharrel Jerome Disguises Himself As a Giant BushPlaying a 13-foot man in Boots Riley’s Prime Video series I’m a Virgo.
    By Zoe Guy
  6. tv
    Boots Riley’s ‘Absurd’ New TV Project Stars Jharrel Jerome as a 13-Foot-Tall ManAfter Sorry to Bother You, our bar for dark and absurd is sky-high.
    By Halle Kiefer
  7. the toughest scene i wrote
    Boots Riley Tells Us the Story Behind Sorry to Bother You’s Horse People“I had a girlfriend at the time who was very into horses and claimed it wasn’t sexual, so that was probably one of the reasons it got into my head.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  8. new yorker festival
    Jordan Peele and Donald Glover Almost Starred in Sorry to Bother YouBut Get Out and Solo got in the way.
    By Hunter Harris
  9. criticisms
    Spike Lee Defends BlacKkKlansman Depiction of Police After Boots Riley Critique“Look at my films: They’ve been very critical of the police, but on the other hand I’m never going to say all police are corrupt.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. criticisms
    Boots Riley Takes Issue With the ‘Made-Up’ Story of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansmanThe Sorry to Bother You director says the film’s deviations from the real story all seem designed to depict the police as champions against racism.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. bechdel test
    Boots Riley Defends Tessa Thompson’s Sorry to Bother You CharacterRiley insists that Detroit definitely isn’t a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. reshoots wigs
    Can You Guess the Exorbitant Price of Tessa Thompson’s Thor: Ragnarok Wig?What a queen deserves.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  13. movies
    Boots Riley Says Distributors Are Rejecting Sorry to Bother You“Even tho we’r outperforming a gang of other movies, distributors r claiming “Black movies” dont do well internationally”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  14. close reads
    How Sorry to Bother You Found (and Used) Its White VoiceDirector Boots Riley explains Sorry to Bother You’s brilliant dubbing effect.
    By Hunter Harris
  15. profile
    Boots Riley Wants You to StrikeThe Coup rapper just made his first movie, Sorry to Bother You, about the ravages of late-stage capitalism — and it’s poised to be a hit.
    By Jayson Greene
  16. for sale
    Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Sorry to Bother You WeedPuff puff, demolish capitalism.
    By Hunter Harris
  17. movies
    The Stories Behind Sorry to Bother You’s Technicolor CostumesThe movie’s costume designer talks Vulture through the wardrobes for the five main characters.
    By Hunter Harris
  18. backstories
    Prep for Sorry to Bother You by Watching Boots Riley’s Videos With the CoupBoots Riley’s videos double as something of a prehistory to his directorial debut.
    By Keith Phipps
  19. sorry to bother you
    The Sorry to Bother You Cast Dishes on Their Group TextsGIFs, memes, baby pics — and horse dicks.
    By Hunter Harris, Rachel Handler, and Granger Willson
  20. trailer mix
    Sorry to Bother You, But the Sorry to Bother You Redband Trailer Is HereLakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson take on selling out in director Boots Riley’s trippy fantasy satire.
    By Halle Kiefer