{"id":55548,"date":"2018-01-07T23:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T23:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=55548"},"modified":"2018-01-07T23:16:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T23:16:31","slug":"id-never-seen-my-fears-as-an-african-american-man-onscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=55548","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019d Never Seen My Fears as an African-American Man Onscreen\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018I\u2019d Never Seen My Fears as an African-American Man Onscreen\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Carpetbagger<\/a>
\nThe New York Times<\/a>
\n2017-12-06<\/p>\n

Cara Buckley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nJordan Peele<\/a> said he worried that the themes of white villainy and black victimization of \u201cGet Out<\/a>\u201d would draw protests.<\/small>
\nCredit Andrew White for The New York Times<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jordan Peele<\/a>, writer-director of \u201cGet Out<\/a>,\u201d says his own concerns almost prevented it from being made. Now prize givers love it. Will the academy agree?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGet Out<\/a>,\u201d the box office smash and awards season honey, almost didn\u2019t get made, because its writer and director Jordan Peele<\/a> figured it couldn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

The broad strokes of the story line \u2014 white girl brings black boyfriend home to meet her family \u2014 evoked \u201cGuess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner<\/a>,\u201d but with a crucial and sinister twist (spoilers ensue): The boyfriend\u2019s suspicions about the white folks having it in for him become increasingly, and terrifyingly, justified.<\/p>\n

Mr. Peele, 38, is known for his subversive comedy sketch show<\/a> with Keegan-Michael Key<\/a>, and had never before seen a movie like the one he desperately wanted to make. But he worried that its themes of white villainy and black victimization would keep people away in droves. Also, being biracial, he felt discouraged by the lack of people of color in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have enough role models telling me this movie could be made,\u201d Mr. Peele said during a chat in mid-November at the Whitby Hotel in Manhattan. \u201cBut to me, it was the missing piece of the conversation. I\u2019d never seen my fears as an African-American man onscreen in this way.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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