Mary Sue on No Other Choice, Stephen Chow, rap in Singapore, & More | Reel Notes S6 Ep. 3

PATREON:   / reelnotes   If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk movie night archives, and more. My guest this week is Singaporean rapper-producer Mary Sue. We spoke about Bugonia,  No Other Choice, the Singaporean movie theater experience, the work of Stephen Chow, Kanye West, and Earl Sweatshirt, how his time in the army led to him making music in earnest, honoring his heritage and putting his own spin on hip-hop, and the creative process behind several of his project, particularly Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword and the bloomcycle-produced EP Unintended Self Expressions From Selling Reflections On The Internet. Come fuck with us. Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Unintended Self Expressions From Selling Reflections On The Internet is available exclusively on Bandcamp. Head to Sue's Bandcamp page to cop both (https://sweetmarysue.bandcamp.com/alb.... Follow Mary Sue on Instagram (@sweetmarysue) and Twitter (@marysueraps). Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (https://www.chirla.org/), the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (https://www.pcrf.net/), The Palestinian Youth Movement (https://goodbricks.org/campaign/pales..., The Zakat Foundation (https://www.zakat.org/), HealAfrica (https://healafrica.org/), FreeTigray (https://www.freetigray.com/donate), and/or Hope For Haiti (https://hopeforhaiti.com/). My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reel-Notes-Cul... Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter (https://www.numusiquefriday.com/) to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green. Follow my writing at Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms