It has been a long five years since writer/director Boots Riley exploded onto the cinematic scene with the sensational Sorry to Bother You, and the visionary filmmaker is soon set to conquer a new frontier with his ambitious new Amazon Prime series, I’m a Virgo.
Just like the groundbreaking social commentary film that came before it, the upcoming series begins with a surreal yet simple concept, centering around a 13-foot-tall young man who just wants to be treated like an average person.
It doesn’t take long for the plot to take an even weirder left turn, becoming a full-blown superhero satire where the main character of Cootie (Jharrel Jerome) goes toe-to-toe with a sinister vigilante known only as The Hero (Walton Goggins).
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