"Sinners Explained: Hoodoo, Christianity & The Hidden Trinity That Defeated Evil"
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They didn't come to"}, {'start': '48.399', 'end': '52.879', 'text': 'save anyone, but they cracked open time'}, {'start': '50.480', 'end': '56.000', 'text': 'and space for Sammy to step into his'}, {'start': '52.879', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'gift. Because without Smoke and Stack,'}, {'start': '56.000', 'end': '60.160', 'text': 'Remick would have come anyway. And the'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.719', 'text': "town, it wouldn't have stood a chance."}, {'start': '60.160', 'end': '65.840', 'text': 'Instead, Stack and Sammy formed an'}, {'start': '62.719', 'end': '68.479', 'text': 'accidental trinity. Smoke the past.'}, {'start': '65.840', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'Stack the present, Sammy the future.'}, {'start': '68.479', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'Together, they became the net that'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '75.439', 'text': "caught the storm. Yes, Sammy's gift is"}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'the most obvious. Remick wanted it,'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'craved it because it was pure, because'}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'evil always targets potential. But'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '87.040', 'text': 'sinners shows us there were other gifts'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '89.439', 'text': 'at work. Stack. He moved on intuition.'}, {'start': '87.040', 'end': '92.640', 'text': 'It was his gut that said, "Open the juke'}, {'start': '89.439', 'end': '95.920', 'text': 'joint tonight." No plan, just knowing.'}, {'start': '92.640', 'end': '98.960', 'text': 'And that moment shifted everything.'}, {'start': '95.920', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'Smoke. He had spiritual discernment. He'}, {'start': '98.960', 'end': '103.280', 'text': 'knew when something was off before it'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '105.439', 'text': "happened. He wasn't just logical. He was"}, {'start': '103.280', 'end': '109.280', 'text': 'tapped in. He could see danger coming'}, {'start': '105.439', 'end': '111.520', 'text': 'even when no one else did. And stack. He'}, {'start': '109.280', 'end': '114.560', 'text': "felt what people wouldn't say. He was"}, {'start': '111.520', 'end': '116.880', 'text': 'the empath. Each one of them carried a'}, {'start': '114.560', 'end': '117.960', 'text': 'spiritual gift and none of them could'}, {'start': '116.880', 'end': '120.799', 'text': 'have done it'}, {'start': '117.960', 'end': '123.479', 'text': 'alone. Because when evil comes for you,'}, {'start': '120.799', 'end': '126.640', 'text': "you don't just need power. You need"}, {'start': '123.479', 'end': '129.360', 'text': 'alignment. And sinners teaches us true'}, {'start': '126.640', 'end': '130.120', 'text': "protection is communal. It's spiritual."}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '132.319', 'text': "It's"}, {'start': '130.120', 'end': '135.599', 'text': "layered. And that's what sinners is"}, {'start': '132.319', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'really about. Redemption is rarely solo.'}, {'start': '135.599', 'end': '140.720', 'text': 'It takes a community of gifts. Each one'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '144.080', 'text': "playing its part. They didn't come back"}, {'start': '140.720', 'end': '146.720', 'text': 'to be heroes. But sinners reminds us'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '149.040', 'text': 'sometimes the broken are chosen. And'}, {'start': '146.720', 'end': '151.360', 'text': 'sometimes the ones who left are the only'}, {'start': '149.040', 'end': '153.120', 'text': 'ones who can finish what was started.'}, {'start': '151.360', 'end': '155.840', 'text': "But there's another truth buried in the"}, {'start': '153.120', 'end': '158.080', 'text': 'bones of this story. Sinners unpacks the'}, {'start': '155.840', 'end': '160.080', 'text': 'tension between Christianity and African'}, {'start': '158.080', 'end': '162.319', 'text': 'spiritual traditions.'}, {'start': '160.080', 'end': '166.080', 'text': 'For centuries, West African spirituality'}, {'start': '162.319', 'end': '167.760', 'text': 'was demonized, labeled evil, feared.'}, {'start': '166.080', 'end': '170.239', 'text': "This wasn't accidental. It was"}, {'start': '167.760', 'end': '172.599', 'text': 'strategic. Colonizers painted indigenous'}, {'start': '170.239', 'end': '175.160', 'text': 'belief systems as heathen, dark, and'}, {'start': '172.599', 'end': '177.200', 'text': 'univilized. Why? So they could justify'}, {'start': '175.160', 'end': '179.400', 'text': 'enslavement, turning bodies into'}, {'start': '177.200', 'end': '182.959', 'text': 'property by declaring souls'}, {'start': '179.400', 'end': '185.440', 'text': 'unsaved. Christianity became the tool'}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '187.840', 'text': 'not just of faith, but of control.'}, {'start': '185.440', 'end': '190.319', 'text': 'Civilize the savage, sanctify the'}, {'start': '187.840', 'end': '193.239', 'text': 'sinner. But in sinners, the real evil'}, {'start': '190.319', 'end': '195.680', 'text': "isn't hudoo. It isn't Christianity. It's"}, {'start': '193.239', 'end': '198.879', 'text': 'reimik, the consuming force, the'}, {'start': '195.680', 'end': '201.680', 'text': 'oppressor, the manipulator of power. And'}, {'start': '198.879', 'end': '204.319', 'text': 'how is he defeated? Not by prayer alone,'}, {'start': '201.680', 'end': '206.080', 'text': 'not by magic alone, but by both. The'}, {'start': '204.319', 'end': '209.200', 'text': "film doesn't separate the sacred from"}, {'start': '206.080', 'end': '211.519', 'text': 'the ancestral. It unites them. Because'}, {'start': '209.200', 'end': '214.319', 'text': 'in this world, you need both the root'}, {'start': '211.519', 'end': '216.400', 'text': 'and the cross to kill the devil. What'}, {'start': '214.319', 'end': '218.480', 'text': 'did you think Sinners was really about?'}, {'start': '216.400', 'end': '220.879', 'text': 'Let me know in the comments. And if'}, {'start': '218.480', 'end': '222.440', 'text': "you're drawn to Southern Gothic stories,"}, {'start': '220.879', 'end': '224.480', 'text': 'hidden symbols, and spiritual'}, {'start': '222.440', 'end': '228.519', 'text': 'reckonings, subscribe for more'}, {'start': '224.480', 'end': '228.519', 'text': 'breakdowns like this one.'}]