Thesis: Get Out’s use of color, acting, directing, and script help further the narrative of racial tension via the use of socioeconomic status. There is a subtle use of the colors blue and white throughout Get Out as a representation of the dichotomy of the two races: blue symbolizes African Americans and their plight with racism, while white symbolizes control over another person or race. Blue is seen throughout the movie as clothes on the protagonist, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), throughout his apartment in the opening scene, as lighting on Chris when he is hypnotized by Missy Armitage (Catherine Keener) and clothes on most African Americans (if they had not undergone the Coagula procedure). This is done to establish a connection
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While most horror or thriller movies aim to just scare its audience or hold its audience in suspense with jump scares or music that becomes increasingly unnerving, Get Out adds a layer horror by asking the question: Is racism truly over? In a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peele answers this question with an emphatic no: “I wrote the movie primarily during the post racial lie. So, the Obama era when everyone was saying we were past racism…the movie [the original ending] was originally meant to be a more direct, brutal wakeup call” (00:02:44-00:03:05). Peele believes that this movie was not just only meant to be entertaining, but a resounding confrontation to the majority’s thinking that racism is no longer an issue in modern society. Peele uses the Coagula procedure to show that racism comes in new forms, but it is no less racist. Williams, who portrays Rose, stated in an interview with Seth Meyer that Rose was “one of the worst people [she] could imagine... because [Rose] literally is a white supremacist” (00:02:27-00:02:40). The actor who has to embody the character notices how racists she and her family actually are. Furthermore, in the same interview, Williams added how Caucasian people would make excuses for Roses behavior. To try to excuse the acts of a women who wants to rid the world of an entire race is inexcusable and racists in itself. To …show more content…
Make sure to add the running scene and equate that to white people being afraid of black people [Alternate Ending] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJKtoj_HCk
Works Cited
“Allison Williams Reveals What White People Ask Her About Get Out.” YouTube, uploaded by Late Night with Seth Meyers, 1 December 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE0tMvL-aM.
Erickson, Steve. “Get Out.” Cineaste, vol. 42, no. 3, 2017, pp. 51–54. Accessed 12 March 2018.
“Ethnic and Racial Minorities & Socioeconomic Status.” American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/minorities.aspx. Accessed 17 March 2018.
Get Out. Directed by Jordan Peele, performances by Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, and Caleb Landry Jones, Universal Pictures, 2017.
“Jordan Peele, 'Get Out' Was ‘Meant to be a More Direct, Brutal Wake-Up’ | Close Up With THR.” YouTube, uploaded by The Hollywood Reporter, 28 November 2017,
While most horror or thriller movies aim to just scare its audience or hold its audience in suspense with jump scares or music that becomes increasingly unnerving, Get Out adds a layer horror by asking the question: Is racism truly over? In a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peele answers this question with an emphatic no: “I wrote the movie primarily during the post racial lie. So, the Obama era when everyone was saying we were past racism…the movie [the original ending] was originally meant to be a more direct, brutal wakeup call” (00:02:44-00:03:05). Peele believes that this movie was not just only meant to be entertaining, but a resounding confrontation to the majority’s thinking that racism is no longer an issue in modern society. Peele uses the Coagula procedure to show that racism comes in new forms, but it is no less racist. Williams, who portrays Rose, stated in an interview with Seth Meyer that Rose was “one of the worst people [she] could imagine... because [Rose] literally is a white supremacist” (00:02:27-00:02:40). The actor who has to embody the character notices how racists she and her family actually are. Furthermore, in the same interview, Williams added how Caucasian people would make excuses for Roses behavior. To try to excuse the acts of a women who wants to rid the world of an entire race is inexcusable and racists in itself. To …show more content…
Make sure to add the running scene and equate that to white people being afraid of black people [Alternate Ending] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJKtoj_HCk
Works Cited
“Allison Williams Reveals What White People Ask Her About Get Out.” YouTube, uploaded by Late Night with Seth Meyers, 1 December 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE0tMvL-aM.
Erickson, Steve. “Get Out.” Cineaste, vol. 42, no. 3, 2017, pp. 51–54. Accessed 12 March 2018.
“Ethnic and Racial Minorities & Socioeconomic Status.” American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/minorities.aspx. Accessed 17 March 2018.
Get Out. Directed by Jordan Peele, performances by Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, and Caleb Landry Jones, Universal Pictures, 2017.
“Jordan Peele, 'Get Out' Was ‘Meant to be a More Direct, Brutal Wake-Up’ | Close Up With THR.” YouTube, uploaded by The Hollywood Reporter, 28 November 2017,