Monday, October 23, 2017

Get Out is one of my favorite movies from 2017. Spine-tingling moments, perfectly insane antagonists, it has everything a sarcastic, satirical horror film could embody. The man in the picture, Chris, is basically kidnapped and used by a wealthy, white family. They exploit his attraction to a girl in the family, and eventually break him down to physically use his body for themselves. As sick and disgusting this sounds, the film strikes at how this somewhat does appear in society today. People say we live in a nation where white and black are finally equal. Whether it be blacks from the ghettos, whites from the high-class communities, apparently we now understand one another. Yet, as we dive deeper into the movie, we see this idea that black and whites are still worlds away. On the outside, we show ourselves to be kind to each other. Essentially, to speak with manner and a smile whenever a social interaction occurs. The other, genuine part of kindness however, is what is really lacking. That sense of emotional and mental equality. This movie portrays how beyond the masks are far, overarching thoughts that people hide, evidently due to law. Many whites still hold blacks to this notion that all they are is a physical body of flesh with a different colored skin. In other words, another species that will never be the same.



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