Sorry to Bother You

Choose one to write around 350-400 words

Option 1: William Whittington’s chapter, “Mixing Man and Machine in Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” analyzes specific scenes and breaks down the mechanics of sound and their relationship to narrative content. What does Whittington mean by the “interpenetration of the man vs the machine” rather than “a binary between man and machine?” Refer to the reading and examples from the film.

Option 2: Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You heavily draws on class and racial difference. What did you think of “white voice”in the film? How does it function narratively and thematically? What is the effect of using different actors and dubbing their voices, rather than use the actors’ actual voices?

Option 3: What themes and similarities do Illusions and Sorry to Bother You share? In your answer, make sure to discuss at least one of the vectors of difference portrayed in the films (e.g., class, gender, and/or race), and examine how sound helps to elucidate these vectors.