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#Usmovie thread *spoliers* So here's our attempt/essay on the complex/rich @JordanPeele visual narrative/film. First let's #citeasista @NotYoAfrodisiac editor/writer @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj as foundational text researching Black survival in horror
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@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj First the review title 'The manufactured inequality of #Us was our entry point as a storytelling platform for Black digital humanities/popculture studies interested in reclaiming creative/cultural capital thru the sociological lens of race, gender, labor, tech, theater & theology
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj When we read the phrase 'manufactured inequality' this got our sociological spidey senses. We saw parallels between #UsMovie referencing hands across america as toxic capitalism/disparity cited extensively (especially re: redlining & 'Life beneath NYC') by @NotYoAfrodisiac review
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj Yet @NotYoAfrodisiac ponders 'this world often forces us to kill parts of ourselves in so many ways & maybe sometimes killing parts of ourselves is necessary for our survival' led us to cultural studies on dramaturgy/ ethnomethodology to frame how Red/Adelaide survive as Tethered
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj So heres our theory(ies) in context of #UsMovie & 'The manufactured inequality of Us' cited in thread re: the amazing character study @Lupita_Nyongo did embodying Red/Adelaide surviving developmental trauma & organizing the Untethering by literally taking on the role of the other
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 1 #UsMovie spoilers
Taking the role of other a social theory by Mead is three stages learning, play & game @JordanPeele uses easter eggs (The man w/two brains, CHUDs & Goonies ea fits a concept from @NotYoAfrodisiac review) & foreshadow role reversal between Red/Adelaide
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 2 #UsMovie spoilers @JordanPeele reimagines role reversal what media studies calls the 'heroes journey' in this mystery drama about Red/Adelaide surviving elements of tragedy (character, thought, speech, spectacle) & unities (time, action, place) via the doppelganger plot
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 3 #UsMovie spoilers the doppelganger plot led us to catharsis (the spectacle/tragedy surviving disparity) specifically theater studies pedagogy of the oppressed made the Red/Adelaide plot twist embodied by @Lupita_Nyongo as storyteller/interpeter of the Tethered cathartic
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 4 this point about Red/Adelaide as storyteller/interpreter is pivotal to role reversal. Real Adelaide says there was Us 'born special' revealing how both survived trauma as Tethered both assimilated language/identity/memory as hyperpolyglots thru neuroplasticity heres how
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 4 cont'd #UsMovie thread neuroplasticity is brain function adapting/remapping to stress/trauma which both learned thru 'the miracle' of dance/body movement leading real Adelaide to find faith organizing the Untethering this required learning to sign language w/ea Tethered
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory4 cont'd #UsMovie real Adelaide said by the end of the kinetic/tortured dance the Tethered community saw her as different delivering them from misery (Untethering/catharsis) by adapting/remapping language processing skill both learned to survive/fit roles above/below ground
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo Theory 4 cont'd #UsMovie real Adelaide survival skill to adapt/remap language/self identity to fit life below ground surpasses Red above ground. Scene below real Adelaide communicates 4 different ways ASE to the Wilsons & directional hand/voice signals to Abraham, Umbrae & Pluto
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo #UsMovie thread prior/during scene below both show affinity to adapt/remap language skill as hyperpolyglots reimagining role reversal/plasticity of image re: Black femme archetype survival/identity. Red is bilingual w/Zora. Adelaide multilingual signing w/Tethered visual language
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo #UsMovie finally the fight dance choreo scored to Pasodoble (Spanish bullfight) Red/Adelaide embody the roleplay of matador & bull (shadowing the others movement/survival/identity like puppets) real Adelaide tells Red 'to think if it wasn't for you I never wouldve danced at all'
@JordanPeele @NotYoAfrodisiac @WearYourVoice @BlackYouthProj @Lupita_Nyongo #UsMovie thread thanks @NotYoAfrodisiac for your foundational text/film analysis. Also listen to @EspoilersPod Ep9 unpack the significance of Native American/indigenous song/story culture (Tawa/Spider Woman) Peele crafted for the Black femme horror/hero mythos of Red/Adelaide
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