![]() I was trying to bring a piece of the conversation I’d never seen put on film before. When speaking to this element of making Get Out, Peele noted: This inspired Peele to pen a wake up call on the subject. ![]() Peele also shared that he started coming up with the concept for Get Out not long after President Obama was elected – a time where he felt like America was claiming to be “past racism” with the country finally electing a Black president. Jordan Peele Wrote Get Out After Feeling A ‘Void’ In the Conversation About Racism But he realized that the audience was on the side of Daniel Kaluuya’s protagonist, Chris, rather than that of one race or the other, so he was able to discuss racism in a way both sides could interact with, even enjoying the often uncomfortable conversations. A well crafted story, a good story, is one of the few ways we can really, not tell somebody that you have to feel for somebody else, but make somebody feel because they are experiencing it through entertainment.ĭuring the interview, Peele shared that he was nervous that Get Out would become a divisive film that might lose white audiences because of the villainous white characters or lose black audiences because of its focus on their trauma. Built into the idea of story is the idea that you have a protagonist and when you have a protagonist, the whole trick that all of us are trying to do is to bring the audience into the protagonist’s eyes, behind their eyes. The power of story is that it is one of the few ways we can really feel empathy and encourage empathy. Peele said that he believes the power of “empathy” is a major tool at the hands of being a storyteller. While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter amidst Get Out ’s road to the Oscars, the writer/director shared that the social commentary came during the writing process. Jordan Peele’s journey into horror filmmaking began out of “fun” at a time when he wanted to write a screenplay in his favorite genre, without the objective of necessarily getting it made. (Image credit: Universal) He Thinks Storytelling Is One Of The Few Avenues For Empathy Here are some memorable things Jordan Peele has said about making his groundbreaking horror movies ahead of Nope. With Peele’s career thus far, he’s positioning himself as a powerful name amongst Hollywood’s new generation of filmmakers, and an important voice in the demand for more Black representation off screen. From there, Get Out became one of the few horror movies to be recognized by the Oscars, and Peele became the first Black writer to win Best Original Screenplay in Oscar history. While Peele broke out as a comedian known for his sketch show with Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele, as soon as Get Out came around, horror fans and everyone was taking time to pay attention to his film. Before we check out Peele’s third horror movie, let’s look back at what he has said about his unique and inspiring approach to filmmaking. After his 2017 directorial debut, Get Out, became an acclaimed cultural phenomenon, he continues to be known as a visionary filmmaker with 2019’s Us, and later this month, Nope. ![]() In the past five years, Jordan Peele has quickly become one of the most exciting and beloved horror voices working today.
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