Delroy Lindo

So I don't remember for sure if this was coming out of his mouth, but somebody was talking about the gospel and religion and Christianity, I assume specifically being like forced upon them from, I assume from the position of like a master kind of relationship and saying how that was like, it was both comforting, but it was also not an awful, I feel like there were threads throughout about religion being used as a tool of oppression and also about kind of the distinction between like integration in communities, like as in people, various races being able to kind of coexist and respect each other and live, you know, in a community together versus like, forced assimilation having white culture kind of crammed down people's throats there were threads of commentary I thought about that and so I just feel like that ties into the religion piece like there was there was critique of religion or at least I found bits of it floating around there I think often coming out of the vampires mouths and it felt legit and the vampires did seem opposed to the religion so it was like the sort of confusing thing is like who was good and who was evil in that

I mean, so Delroy Lindo, who plays, I guess, Delta Slim, I never got his name, but is the harmonica player, he says, right, he says this was not forced on us, like that religion.

This is from, we brought this with us, like in here or something.

Yes.

And then it's white vampires again who show up at this... at this juke joint when they're at like the peak of happiness and everybody's free and totally unburdened of the suffering that the blues have transformed, you know, all of that into a joyous moment.

And here come the fucking white people to, oh, we want to be part of your, this powerful, wonderful cultural contribution.

that you have managed to, well, like Delroy Lindo says, bring from Africa and really is born of the suffering, right? So it's like born of the suffering imposed by white people.

And where I was not fully on the gender trip until what clued

I love it.

We've got one more piece of news here, and we've got Delroy Lindo going to be directing his first film called Jabari's People.

And Winston Duke, Marion Jean-Baptiste, and Wendell Pierce will be starring in this film.

I don't know much else beyond that.

It is an exclusive in Hollywood Reporter.

It's kind of crazy.

It's Delroy Lindo's directorial

debut.

Delta Slim.

Delroy Lindo? Delroy Lindo was supposed to be the whistler in this film.

And I thought that was a fucking great call.

And again, we're going to get to why that shit didn't get done.

Yeah.

One is his exchange with Delroy Lindo, which this movie also like...

I had already seen Tim Curry in, in a number of things, but this was definitely my, um, introduction to Delroy Lindo as the colonel who's taking control of whatever, of I guess maybe the Central African Republic or some unnamed country in Central Africa where they landed first.

Mm-hmm.

Um, just a le- legendary scene that really lives, lives rent-free in my brain.

Well, anything else that y'all wanted to hit before you, uh, Kev, you could tell us whether, uh, this is a keeper for you?

Yeah.

This is, uh, Delroy Lindo's scene is hysterical.

'Cause Congo has- I started writing things for sure ...

Amy the gorilla, the green drop drink, Delroy Lindo, Tim Curry.

Yep.

Tim Curry versus Ernie Hudson.

You know, when I say a black guy, I can't remember which guy.

Was it my favorite Delroy Lindo, rest in peace?

Oh, man, he's still with us.

Oh, he is.

I love Delroy.

What are you?

My name's Delroy Lindo.

I could be the older boyfriend of your daughter or a grandfather in a movie if needed.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, so the movie has a pretty interesting cast, including Delroy Lindo from Sinners and so many more.

Isaac O'Day, the father or the leader.

Controversial actor Isaiah Washington as Mac.