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Kind of Blue

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Thu Mar 28, 2019, 03:13 PM Mar 2019

Jordan Peele went there. [View all]

This after his smash hit movie "Us" broke the opening week box office record for "Get Out."
"I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don’t like white dudes,” he said, nodding over to his moderator pal Roberts. “But I’ve seen that movie.” The line drew loud applause and shouts of agreement. “It really is one of the best, greatest pieces of this story, is feeling like we are in this time — a renaissance has happened and proved the myths about representation in the industry are false."

I'd add that I've heard/read Peele say that with the normal ups and downs in life, the every day experience of being black in America is a horror show.



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Jordan Peele went there. [View all] Kind of Blue Mar 2019 OP
"But I've seen that movie." John Fante Mar 2019 #1
LOL! For me, at least 500 times. Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #3
omg scary! TalenaGor Mar 2019 #2
Good Gawd, the trailer is creepy AF! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #4
lol I've seen all I can take lol TalenaGor Mar 2019 #8
I know! Laughing Lupita at the end is MFN chilling! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #12
But he has a real chance to do a reverse TlalocW Mar 2019 #5
HA!!! OMG, you're so awful! No, I'm awful Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #9
Love Jordan Peele, volstork Mar 2019 #6
I'm a wimp too. happy feet Mar 2019 #7
LOL! Me, too! Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #11
I know how you feel, volstork. But I cannot view a Peele movie, since Get Out, Kind of Blue Mar 2019 #10
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