During its brief and bright run, Key & Peele managed to package some of the most biting racial commentary on television as goofball stoner humor. You don't have to look far to see the duo's brilliant takes on racism and modern society. "Negrotown," the hilarious and telling Willy Wonka-esque musical number, was one of the show's finest moments.
So, it should come as no surprise that his post-Key & Peele career, Jordan Peele has made a slapstick genre spoof (the action-comedy Keanu) and is now following it up with another genre spoof, the racially driven horror Get Out.
Directed by Peele and starring Catherine Keener, Allison Williams, and Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out follows a young couple as they go meet the young woman's parents. But things start to get weird when her white family meets her black boyfriend.
They're ominously drinking tea, spinning lacrosse sticks, and offering to provide him with hypnotherapy to fix his smoking habit. But, there might be something even more sinister going on.
"Apparently a whole bunch of brothers have gone missing in this suburb," a voiceover says.
In an interview with Forbes today, Peele explained that he's always been a horror fan, specifically of films like Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives that tackle social problems.
"It's a horror movie that is from an African American's perspective," he said. "It very quickly veers off from anything autobiographical, but I think what interested me most about this movie was dealing with racism, really everything from the subtle racism that many people may not know exists on a day to day basis, or for a lot of people."
Get Out opens 24 February in select cinemas. After that, you'll never think of BINGO the same way again.
