![]() As I spoke with others who saw the movie, we focused on different titles that stood out to us. In the ‘80s scene, when young Adelaide walks into the mysterious attraction, the sign welcoming her is that of a Native American in a headdress above the name “Shaman Vision Quest.” When the family returns to the beach, the sign has been replaced with a more PC-friendly sign bearing a wizard advertising it as “Merlin’s Enchanted Forest,” a bandaid solution to hiding the racist exterior and the horror inside its halls.Īs he did with “ Get Out,” Peele pays significant tribute to the films that have influenced him in “Us.” Though this time, there doesn’t seem to be a consensus. Perhaps Jason’s “ Jaws” shirt is a reference to the rocket sweater the little boy wears in “The Shining” or it could be a warning about the film’s oceanside dangers. In the film, the Jeremiah 11:11 Bible verse appears twice before pivotal moments, and there are plenty of other Biblical references to dig into, including an analogy to heaven and hell. No doubt the movie will give audiences plenty to mull over long after the credits. Part of the appeal of “Us” is how you interpret what all of this information and images mean. After one small scare and a few strange coincidences on the beach, the family returns home for a quiet night in, only to have their peace broken by a most unlikely set of trespassers lined up across their driveway: doppelgängers of their family. Her husband, Gabe ( Winston Duke), thinks her reaction is overblown, but he tries to make her feel at ease so they can take their kids Zora ( Shahadi Wright Joseph) and Jason ( Evan Alex) to the beach and meet up with old friends, the Tylers ( Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker) and their twin daughters. The little girl has now grown up to be a woman, Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o), nervous about returning to that spot on the Santa Cruz beach. The movie shifts to the present day, with Janelle Monae on the radio as the Wilson family is heading towards their vacation home. Her eyes find an attraction just off the main pier, and she walks into what looks like an abandoned hall of mirrors, discovering something deeply terrifying-her doppelgänger. She separates from them to walk out on the empty beach, watching a foreboding flock of thunderclouds roll in. “Us” begins back in 1986 with a young girl and her parents wandering through the Santa Cruz boardwalk at night. Peele’s film, which he directed, wrote and produced, will likely reward audiences on multiple viewings, each visit revealing a new secret, showing you something you missed before in a new light. Like “The Shining,” there are a number of different ways to interpret Jordan Peele’s excellent new horror movie, “Us.” Every image seems to be a clue for what’s about to happen or a stand-in for something outside the main story of a family in danger. ![]() ![]() The other two see evidence that the 1980 film indirectly references either the genocide of Native Americans or the Holocaust. One theory fixates on the possibility that “The Shining” was Kubrick’s way of confessing he faked the landing on the moon footage, and another obsesses over the details of the hedge maze. In Rodney Ascher’s documentary “ Room 237,” four theorists attempt to explain the hidden messages in Stanley Kubrick’s movie “ The Shining.” The ideas about what the movie is about range from the possible to the downright bizarre. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.” - Jeremiah 11:11 “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. For a growing resource list with information on where you can donate, connect with activists, learn more about the protests, and find anti-racism reading, click here. ![]() We are republishing this piece on the homepage in allegiance with a critical American movement that upholds Black voices. ![]()
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