{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6639b9bf52fe7e0012beff68/6a519f258716ffeabef4cd33?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Corporations Are Just the Worst","description":"<p>Ep. 39 - RoboCop &amp; Sorry to Bother You</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we are clocking in, selling out, and celebrating two masterpieces of cinematic satire: Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop (1987) and Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You (2018).  </p><p><br></p><p>These brilliant films weaponize pure, hilarious absurdity to attack corporate greed from opposite ends of the economic spectrum. We look at how RoboCop targets top-down privatization by turning public safety into a corporate playground, while Sorry to Bother You exposes bottom-up labor exploitation through forced identity shifts and surreal workplace horrors.  </p><p><br></p><p>It is a devastating, brilliant double feature about how the modern economic machine attempts to claim total monopoly over our public infrastructure, our voices, and our literal bodies.  </p><p><br></p><p>🎬 Movies Discussed</p><p><br></p><p>RoboCop (1987, Dir. Paul Verhoeven)  </p><p>Sorry to Bother You (2018, Dir. Boots Riley)  </p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>1:26 Robocop</p><p>35:46 Sorry to Bother You</p><p>1:08:24 Outro, aka \"C U Next Time...\"</p><p><br></p><p>Original \"Robo Wants an Oreo\" clip via RoboCop Archive: https://youtu.be/BEhXAtFgNrk?si=sp51qptLLBg_ufC9</p><p><br></p><p>📀 Physical Media Shoutouts</p><p><br></p><p>Arrow Video</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Find &amp; Follow PhantasmaCast</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: https://youtube.com/@2certifiedbangers  </p><p>Instagram: https://instagram.com/2certifiedbangers  </p><p>TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@2certifiedbangers  </p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/phantasmacast/id1745055694  </p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0eifTBsW1y8CkGQppn81Hp  </p><p><br></p><p>💬 Join the Conversation</p><p><br></p><p>Do you prefer the corporate, top-down satire of RoboCop or the surreal, worker-perspective madness of Sorry to Bother You? Let us know in the comments.  </p><p><br></p><p>#RoboCop #SorryToBotherYou #BootsRiley #PaulVerhoeven #Satire</p>","author_name":"PhantasmaCast"}