Get Out

Another one of those we must watch Get Out for class. With each class always talking about it I forget how amazing it really is and how every piece of this from the themes, to Daniel Kuluuya’s performance, to the way suspense builds is done pretty much perfectly. It really is one of the most important and influential films in a long time. Rod’s the goat. I do have a problem with this being the only real example we get of American black directed and black lead film’s being talked about and screened in majority of these classes though. To me the white professors showing this film and only this film is equivalent and saying “I would have voted for Obama a third time.” We should absolutely discuss this film but when 90% of the people have seen the film and rewatched it numerous times I’m sure our time could be better spent watching films inspired by Peele or some that predate him. Movies like They Cloned Tyrone and shows like Atlanta that still for some reason aren’t being talked about enough as well as countless others that take the struggles of minorities and tell them in surrealist and other ways that aren’t just centered around the problems onscreen deserve acknowledgment as well and Get Out is starting to feel like diversity inclusion being checked off a list with no further discussion. We can’t dive into other perspectives and dissect other media on deeper levels because we must watch Get Out again. Maybe i just want Donald Glover’s writing to more appreciated that might just be me.