{"id":409,"date":"2017-06-22T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2020-06-26T02:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T02:24:16","slug":"get-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/get-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRfnevzM9kQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a running joke that black people wouldn\u2019t suffer the same peril as their white counterparts in a horror movie because they\u2019d see the tells, grab a ticket on the closest NOPE train and be halfway to FUCKTHATVILLE before the first white cast member bites it. Hardy Har. Hilarious, right? Get Out is laughing too, but it isn\u2019t at the absurdity of the joke &#8211; it\u2019s at those making it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"full alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot-125-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get Out is a 2017 racial satire horror film directed by Jordan Peele. I put some emphasis on the \u201cracial satire\u201d bit since there is a racial slant to it and there is some work that needs to be put into compartmentalizing some of the mundane elements from the more fantastical elements in terms of how each services the plot and what they could be saying to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The premise is simple enough &#8211; black man, white girlfriend and a (inevitably awkward) weekend at her parents. It\u2019s all very reminiscent of Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner. One part \u201cCatherine\u201d and one part \u201cYou\u2019re Next\u201d, Get Out takes (comparatively) mundane adult anxieties and uses them as a prelude to a more fantastical threat. In Get Out\u2019s case, casual racism (as well as the sensitivity it causes) is used to create the tells and form the core of the greater threat in this horror tale. But more impressively, it does so while being self aware enough to know you\u2019re onto it and goes about its merry way smirking the whole time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone full\" src=\"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot-126-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get Out is a lovely little Kansas City Shuffle of a horror movie. Depending on how \u201cwoke\u201d you are, you\u2019ll see the tells and their real world parallels &#8211; but that\u2019s about it. They\u2019ll make you uneasy, but you won\u2019t know what dark places the story is careening towards (or exactly who\u2019s involved) because of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;..and yet, you do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember me saying that Get Out laughs at you? Smirks the whole way? That its a Kansas City Shuffle? The movie periodically tells you some basic aspects of the underlying sinister plot. However, this knowledge is presented with the lack of reverence and received with all of the apathy and derision such brazen tales would realistically be received with. Fact is stranger than fiction, after all. But it\u2019s in doing so, that the film demonstrates that being woke won\u2019t save you (unease neither protects the main characters, nor does it forewarn the audience) and creates the unavoidable predator\/inevitable prey dynamic that creates that sense of danger horror thrives on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone full\" src=\"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot-127-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being Jordan Peele\u2019s directorial debut, Get Out is a superb offering. As a racial satire, this very well could\u2019ve been a preachy racism special or more fodder for internet flame wars (wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it\u2019s still viewed that way). Instead, it\u2019s satire is more subdued, preying upon the character\u2019s (and audience\u2019s) racial attitudes to lead us around as it pleases.<\/p>\n<p>But racial subtext aside, the actors all do a great job of selling their characters as the story needs. The Armitages are convincing \u201cwe\u2019re trying our best be progressive, honest!\u201d types (with the exception of Jeremy) and their over-zealousness (along with Jeremy) adds the awkwardness you\u2019d expect in such an occasion.<\/p>\n<p>A special nod goes to Daniel Kaluuya, Alison Williams and Milton Howert as the main couple and the funny, loyal best friend, respectively. Chris\u2019s kind (though no naive) persona, Rose\u2019s nurturing, protective nature and Rod\u2019s humorous, matter-of-fact demeanor really carry the movie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone full\" src=\"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screenshot-123-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At times unnerving and, at other times humorous, Get Out takes modern horror sensibilities and marinates them in the modern American race relations zeitgeist. Some may find that off putting, but it\u2019s progression and resolution make for a satisfying, thrilling experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1290px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 3041px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 2273px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a running joke that black people wouldn\u2019t suffer the same peril as their white counterparts in a horror movie because they\u2019d see the tells, grab a ticket on the closest NOPE train and be halfway to FUCKTHATVILLE before the first white cast member bites it. Hardy Har. Hilarious, right? Get Out is laughing too, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[182,44,17,6],"tags":[55,56],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Get-Out-Poster-Image.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7D5Jo-6B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interwebadventurelog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}