Tag: Jordan Peele
“I Got Mouths to Feed”: Nope’s Commentary on the Unavoidable Capitulation to Capitalism
Apart from Jordan Peele’s Nope being a sinister “love letter” to Hollywood moviemaking and all the spectacle it can provide (where at-home streaming still cannot), [Read More…]
The World’s A Little Scary: Billie Eilish Addresses Some Nope Issues on Guitar Songs
The collective consciousness tends to have the same epiphanies at the same time. That’s why, so often, one can notice trends and themes coinciding in [Read More…]
Nope: A Filmic Take on The Society of The Spectacle… and Jordan Peele’s Macabre “Love” Letter to Hollywood
As it’s widely known that Guy Debord already has the claim on the title The Society of the Spectacle, maybe Jordan Peele was feeling just [Read More…]
De-Gentrification: The Removal of the White Savior Element Entirely from Nia DaCosta’s Candyman
The evolution of Candyman into its current 2021 state might be surprising in some ways to those familiar with its origins. For the genesis of [Read More…]
Get Out Takes A New Shape in the Wake of “Protest Chic”
Everyone is very concerned of late with how to be a “white ally.” As though it’s a term that could be put on a t-shirt [Read More…]
When Opportunity Knocks: Jordan Peele’s Us and the Underlying Argument in Favor of the Marginalized
In case there was any confusion about what year Us begins, the audience is given about three minutes’ worth of footage from a Hands Across [Read More…]
Hollywood (Really Jordan Peele) Miraculously “Gives” Black People Collective Revenge in Get Out
There is a question earnestly posed by the protagonist of Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), after he is met with an extremely surreal overture [Read More…]
Keanu Revives the “Buddy Movie” Genre
The rise of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (a.k.a. Key and Peele) has been a slow one, starting with their appearances on MADtv, which both [Read More…]
