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Boots Riley's 'Sorry To Bother You'; 'High Maintenance' co-creator; SxSW report
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Episode 18024
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Boots Riley's 'Sorry To Bother You'; 'High Maintenance' co-creator; SxSW report

Boots Riley of the hip-hop group The Coup talks about his directing debut, "Sorry To Bother You" – a satire about race in America; “High Maintenance” co-creator Katja Blichfeld says she and fellow co-creator Ben Sinclair kept the show intact despite their breakup; the massive SxSW tech, film and music fest is underway in Austin.

Boots Riley, writer/director of the film, "Sorry To Bother You."
Boots Riley, writer/director of the film "Sorry To Bother You."
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Tony Chu
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Boots Riley of the hip-hop group The Coup talks about his feature debut, "Sorry To Bother You" – a satire about race in America; “High Maintenance” co-creator Katja Blichfeld says the acceptance she and fellow co-creator Ben Sinclair extend to their characters is something she also extended to herself when recently coming out; the massive SxSW festival is underway in Austin.

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The directing debut of Boots Riley, frontman of hip-hop group The Coup, is set at an Oakland telemarketing firm pitching a service called "Worry-Free Living."
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Katja Blichfeld co-created the series with her husband, Ben Sinclair. They recently divorced after she came out as gay, and she says it’s helped the show be even more expansive.