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In this scene, Chris is being introduced to all of the White people who will be bidding on him. He takes a picture because he recognizes Andre and the flash takes him out of the Sunken Place for a second. He screams “get out”, seemingly at Chris. However, watching this film a second and third time, I realize he could have also been speaking to the White man inhabiting his body and to himself, as he is stuck as a passenger in his own body and bound to the Sunken Place.
Get Out is a pastiche of many different classic movies, but which works inspired Jordan Peele the most when making his modern classic horror film?
Get Out has a lot of influences from classic horror to comedy. This article dives into some of those inspirations and points out which aspects of the movie were influenced by which film and why Jordan Peele made these creative decisions.
GET OUT - Alternate Ending
As much as I hate it, this alternate ending felt more realistic. Regardless of what actually happened, a Black man responsible for a bunch of dead White people (even when protecting himself and others from an insane violent cult) would lead to a lot of trouble from the police. Despite the fact that he is locked up for life, he gets out alive and saves others from experiencing the same thing and it seems he is grateful for that.
'The Help' movie is one of mega-star Viola Davis' biggest regrets. Why does one of her greatest hits hurt her so much?
In watching and reading about the Help, I often wondered about how the Black actresses in the film felt about the story and their role in telling it. Here, Viola Davis discusses why she regrets her role and how she feels The Help did not tell the whole story.
The way Celia and Skeeter treat the Black characters in this film is in great contrast to the treatment from the other White characters. They are welcoming and kind to Aibeleen and Minny and treat them with much more humanity. I believe this choice was made to make White people feel better about racism. The idea that both they and their relatives are responsible for and have contributed to the horrible mistreatment of an entire race of people likely does not sit well with them. These portrayals of the “nice, non-racist white person” who stands up against racism make them feel better about the history of their people. While these portrayals are frequently seen in films, the actual existence of these outspoken anti-racist White people was not as common at that time.
The Help Reflection
Let me start off by saying that I liked this movie the first time I watched it in 2011. The idea that a white writer, white director and predominantly white production team created this story/film and chose to center a White actress to tell Black women’s stories didn’t really bother me that much. I honestly hadn’t thought about it that deeply at the time. However, watching this film again with my current knowledge and viewpoints, I felt very differently. This film, while likely well-intentioned, is a perfect example of the White savior complex (not to mention, the blatant portrayal of the “mammy” stereotype). Skeeter, played by Emma Stone, is portrayed as a misunderstood, quirky, rich girl who, unlike the other White women in the film, actually treated her maid (the woman who raised her) with decency. She sees the way the Black domestic workers are treated while she also needs needs a story to publish. She disregards the women’s genuine concern for the well-being of themselves, their families and their livelihoods and decides to capitalize off of these Black women’s lives and trauma. While this movie attempts to address racial issues, it falls flat because of the focus on Whiteness and the perpetuation of the idea that Black people cannot achieve or speak up on their own.
"The Help" has been trending on Netflix amid anti-racism protests following George Floyd's death, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Here's why.
This article offers criticism of The Help and its treatment of race. During this year’s protests and unrest, trending on Netflix, sparking a conversation about whether this movie is actually a useful resource for discussing race.
These photos display some of the damage caused during the 1992 LA Uprising. Personally, I feel that the term “riot” makes it seem that the anger and pain felt by these people is trivial and unwarranted. People riot after sporting events, these were not riots. Uprising and anger after years of systemic oppression and violence (without a break or any repercussions for those responsible) is just people being fed up of not being heard or valued. The people in power don’t listen when they are asked for rights and treatment, they don’t care when people protest, and they are unaffected by the pain of generations of people because it doesn’t impact them personally. So logically, if you are not being heard, you’re going to find a way to be. I feel that the film, Gook placed a lot of the blame for the LA Uprising on the individuals who were fed up with a system that does not protect them and actively targets them, rather than the lack of protection and support their community was afforded by that same system.
“Fucking gooks. You’ll be dead in a month” — white man, screaming at me and my wife today.
This article is just one example of the discrimination faced by Asian-Americans. It displays how difficult it can be to correct or call out prejudiced and harmful actions and statements without causing anger or potentially endangering yourself.
Writer-director-star Justin Chon tells EW the true meaning of the film's titular word and shares an exclusive clip from the upcoming movie.
This is an interview with Justin Chon, the writer, director, and lead actor in the film Gook. Here he discusses race relations and why he felt this story needed to be told. He speaks on his motivation for making the film and why he chose the 1992 LA Uprising as a focal point.
Gook follows the relationship between a young Black girl named Kamilla and two Korean-American brothers names Eli and Daniel. Kamilla’s relationship with Eli was interesting to me because it is a bit conflicted. While Eli feels protective of Kamilla, he recognizes that his friendship with her puts them both in danger. This all comes to a climax at the end of the film when Kamilla’s brother shows up and threatens the Eli and Daniel and Kamilla comes to their defense, losing her life in the process.
Twenty-five years after the LA riots, Korean-Americans remember how it profoundly shaped their sense of their place in US society.
This article is about how the 1992 LA Uprising caused a political shift and disproportionately damaged Korean-American communities and how people came together to rebuild. I feel that this article takes an angle that places more blame on the government for its inaction and lack of protection for its citizens rather than focusing blame on the individuals damaging property, like Gook seems to.
This article details the experiences of a gay, Black man who has struggled with fitting into his identities. As the title says, he felt he was “too gay to be Black and too Black to be gay”, showing how difficult it can be to reconcile multiple othered identities and how important intersectionality is to our sense of self.
Throughout the film, Chiron is given very few moments of warmth or comfort. He is constantly expected to be strong and cover his emotions so as not to appear “soft” or “weak”. This moment where he is cradled by Juan, suspended in the water and Juan tells him “I got you, I won’t let you go” is the first moment we see Chiron truly put his trust in anyone. Juan goes on to say that Chiron is in “the middle of the world” while keeping him afloat, a statement that is both freeing and frightening but offers a kind of comfort to Chiron.
In the scene on the beach with Kevin, Chiron is incredibly vulnerable. He has never openly expressed his sexuality and Kevin is the only person he knows his age that doesn’t torment him. When Kevin reaches for Chiron and begins kissing him, it is obvious that Chiron is shocked in that moment, but he also feels seen and an inexplicable sense of peace.
The fact that Chiron’s comfort and peace is taken from him almost immediately after experiencing it is just heartbreaking. Juan dies, Kevin beats him up, his mother abuses him and steals from him and he is just trying to survive in a society that tells him his existence alone is wrong.
This is a video discussion from essence where they answer questions about homophobia in the Black community. They discuss the root of a lot of the prejudices that surround queerness within the community and how the expectations of masculinity and femininity play a role in discouraging behavior and expression that is “out of the norm”. Moonlight deals a lot with the expectations of masculinity and the lack of freedom of expression in the Black community. Chiron is bullied mercilessly (and by his own mother) for being “different” and “soft” to the point that he feels something is wrong with him and he needs to fundamentally change who he is.
Directed by Barry Jenkins and adapted from a play by Tarell McCraney, Moonlight is an intimate, authentic portrait of a young man and his world — and the intimacy he learns with lovers and mentors.
This article analyzes the experience growing up gay, Black, and poor and how the intersection of those identities make an impact. It displays the feelings of playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins and their intentions in creating this film and telling Chiron’s story. They discuss how their own personal experiences align with characters in the film and the ways in which their identities have impacted their own lives.
Moonlight Reaction
Although this was not my first time watching Moonlight, I felt very differently about the film this time than I did the first time I watched. I watched because it had won an academy award and it was being spoken about in the media, not because I knew anything of the plot or the message. I liked the movie the first time, but I felt like I was missing something. This time, I felt Chiron’s pain and confusion in finding himself with so many forces against him.
Chiron is teased in school, his mother is an abusive addict who rarely shows him any love, and he is a young, poor, gay, Black man in a time and society where none of who he is was viewed as acceptable. It seems that every piece of comfort or safety he finds is taken from him. He finds solace in his relationships with Teresa and Juan, the only people he truly feels safe around, and then Juan is taken from him. He finds comfort and understanding in Kevin throughout their childhoods and during their moment on the beach, but that is taken from him when Kevin is dared to “knock his ass out”. Even Chiron’s mother makes him feel worthless and alone. Because of all of these influences, when Chiron is sent to juvie, he decides to remake himself as “hard” and lets go of many of the qualities that made him who he was. He never has any sexual encounters after Kevin on the beach and he begins selling drugs and working out so he will no longer be seen as “Little”.
But this all changes when Kevin calls. Grown Chiron is well spoken, tough, and sure of himself but as soon as he hears Kevin’s voice, he returns to the stuttering, nervous child he was when he knew him, which was especially interesting to me. The movie ends with Kevin holding Chiron in an embrace similar to the one he held him in on the beach, hopefully signifying that in this new chapter in Chiron’s life, he will be more authentic in who he is and will be able to finally attain the comfort and love he deserves.
