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What a perfect time for such a movie to capitalize. I mean the climate of our country has been changing recently with the election of Donald Trump as well as the recent shooting deaths of young black males such as Travyon Martin and many others. Its no surprise this movie is getting so much more hype than it normally would with the current racial tension in the atmosphere.
 
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The movie reminded me of a horror comedy version of the Dutchman by Amiri Baraka...


And if you think Get Out is good...go see the Dutchman...that is even scarier...

Nice review and critique...read the whole thing using the link
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“‘Get Out’ More Than Just the Apparent: Assessing Jordan Peele’s Assault on White Liberalism and the White Gender Paradigm” by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.

“‘Get Out’ More Than Just the Apparent: Assessing Jordan Peele’s Assault on White Liberalism and the White Gender Paradigm” by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.


Designed to highlight the socio-political isolation and feeling of a lack of deep support from even well-meaning White liberals, the film captures the strange space of being in their close proximity nonetheless. However, more than just the eeriness of dealing with Whites that demonstrate that they see you as less than their equal, what I appreciate about Peele’s vision is that I—-as have many of his assumed target audience of middle-class Black folk—-have gone to school, socialized, and (continue to) work with many of these people. Few films capture that eery space of being seen as entertainment, fetish, dangerous, and sexual exotic all at once…a position one remains locked in permanently with these folk.

Black folk can and do sexually objectify each other, but we only hear about how Black men objectify Black women. Generally focused on their sexual utility, Black women can speak at length about such experiences. However, they are often not as candid about anti-Black male intraracial sexual objectification, or rather, how Black men are sexually objectified in regard to their penis length, sexual prowess, color, class/career status, marriageability, financial resources, virility and assertiveness (read as manly), and much more, by Black women. Nevertheless, although not dealing with this issue in particular, the film nonetheless explores various types of black male sexual objectification, some more apparent than others.


One way Get Out takes this objectification to the next level is by showing us a science-fiction version of what I refer to as “symbolic cannibalism.” By that I mean that the film articulates a form of anti-Black male heterophilia* that seeks to adore, acquire, fetishize, and conquer the Black male body (it is hetero in that these bodies are used for the sexual gratification of White women). (*Black Male Heterophilia refers to the perverse desire to obtain and control Black male heterosexual bodies for the purpose of exploitation in heterosexual contexts.)

This appropriation and consumption of mostly Black male bodies is sexism…and Black men have been hyper-subject to it for generations. In other words, this misandrist, racially-sexist, anti-Black male heterophobia ain’t new (defined by Dr. Ron Neal as “the constructed idea that heterosexual Black men are wicked, evil, and to be feared. This viewpoint is promoted by white heterosexuals, gay men, lesbians, and women. FYI: White heterosexuals are relieved from this perspective.” )
 
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the movie is very successful. my question is, why are cacs supporting it so hard? all that money isnt from us :patrice:
 
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I finally watched yesterday, not the kind of movie I would watch again and again to justify buying blu-ray. Besides, the movie is a box-office success, they've received enough support. Hollywood has taken note, between now and 2018 they will produce a whole bunch of movies just like Get out. They might switch it up abit....asian man visits his white girlfriends parents..,brace yourselves for the Hollywood onslaught.
 
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Gonna take my aunt to see this on Tuesday, what should I be on the lookout for on a third viewing?
 
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