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So I think there’s that aspect but also… there’s an interview where Coogler talks about why Remmick is Irish and notes that his own name is Irish and there’s a lot of Black/Irish cultural crossover — so I think he is more sympathetic to Remmick (also a victim of colonialism!) than the KKK
especially in the context of blues music! we arguably don't get the blues as we know it without Black/Irish cultural interplay during the 19th century
Ooooh interesting I don’t know enough music history to have picked up on that
yeah! one of the big takeaways of my musicology degree was the through-line of American popular music largely being Black people taking African musical traditions and responding to their environment in the US (minstrel shows and country dances in the 19th c. to the blues to ragtime to jazz, etc.)
this is obviously a massive generalization of some really complicated history but that overarching theme informed a lot of how I watched Sinners
May 3, 2025 14:06this book came out while I was in my undergrad music degree - my advisor at the time had me read it and it opened my eyes to a lot of stuff. kinda dense and academic obvs but a really good read if you're into connections between art history and music!
