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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
[[File:Getout.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel, and Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out. ]]
 
[[File:Getout.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel, and Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out. ]]
He's a young African American man who uncovers dark and troubling mysteries when he encounters his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage. After dating for about five months, Chris (Kaluuya) a talented young African-American photographer and Rose (Williams) are headed upstate to hang out with her aggressively white parents, neurosurgeon Dean (Bradley Whitford) and therapist/hypnotist mother Missy (Catherine Keener). Chris is a little nervous about the reaction to him by Rose's family. Her boyfriend was black, she didn't tell them. Yet Dean's keenly passionate remarks about Olympian Jesse Owens' accomplishments and his support for Obama are really sweet to him even after
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He is a young African American, and when he meets his white girlfriend Rose Armitage, he discovers a dark and disturbing mystery. About five months after dating, talented young African American photographers Chris (Kaluuya) and Rose (Williams) Upstate with her active white parents, neurosurgeon Dean (Bradley Whitford) and therapist/hypnotist mother Missy ( Catherine Keener) hang out). Chris was a little nervous about the reaction of Rose's family to him. Her boyfriend is black, she didn't tell them. However, Dean is passionate about the achievements of Olympia Jesse Owens and his support for Obama, which is really sweet to him The property employs Walter, played by Marter Henderson and Georgina (Betty Gabriel), both of whom are black. Dean forgave Chris because he felt he was shrinking from the sight of the two black servants on the white family farm.
  
The property employs, Walter played by Marcus Henderson and Georgina (Betty Gabriel) who are both black. Dean forgave Chris for feeling somewhat withdrawn from the optics of the two black servants on the white family farm.  
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For the family, things have become a rule. Everyone is enthusiastic about the next annual party, and all family members are attending. At the invitation of the Armitage family, the visitors were all white men who were already old. Except for a black man who behaved like a white man. They were so friendly, and Chris celebrated too much. It was his experience like a black man.
  
Things settle into a regular pattern for the family. Everyone are enthusiastic for a next annual gathering, to be attended by all family members. Invited by the Armitage family, the visitors were all white males, already old. Except for one black man who was behaving like a white man. They were over-friendly and Chris was excessively celebrated, something he never had as a black guy.
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Then things started to get weird. He saw Walter, the night club manager, doing strange things outside the house. When he walked into the house, he had a strange encounter with Missy. As the weekend with his family progressed, Chris discovered several secrets and discovered that Rose’s claim that he was her first black boyfriend was incorrect. When he tried to leave the house, he was stopped by Rose and her family. Rose's hypnotist mother kicked him out for hypnotism.
 
 
Then things start to get weird. He sees Walter the groundkeeper doing something odd outside the house in the night and when he comes inside, he has a strange encounter with Missy. As the weekend with her family progresses, Chris uncovers several dark secrets and also finds out that Rose’s claim of him being her first black boyfriend is not true. As he tries to leave the house, he is stopped by Rose and her family. Rose’s hypnotherapist mother knocks him out with her hypnosis.
 
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
 
[[File:95fb08714607e3bb176a045d559512d8ef69bdbb.jpg|thumb|Chris and Rose in Get Out]]
 
[[File:95fb08714607e3bb176a045d559512d8ef69bdbb.jpg|thumb|Chris and Rose in Get Out]]
This movie won many honors, but some criticism was unavoidable as well. Some of the viewers think the film is too privileged for white people and white people are always that bad.
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The film has won many honors, but it will inevitably be criticized. Some viewers think this movie is too privileged for white people, and white people are always so bad.
  
 
"''I don't care if this actually an entertaining movie or not I find it atrocious that anyone can support such outright racism. It's blatantly pushing a racist stereotype agenda against white people. But no you can't be racist against white people we're "too privileged" I've heard as an excuse"''<ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/169514/get-out-movie-controversy-film-called-anti-white-and-racist-by-some-viewers</ref>.
 
"''I don't care if this actually an entertaining movie or not I find it atrocious that anyone can support such outright racism. It's blatantly pushing a racist stereotype agenda against white people. But no you can't be racist against white people we're "too privileged" I've heard as an excuse"''<ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/169514/get-out-movie-controversy-film-called-anti-white-and-racist-by-some-viewers</ref>.
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''"White people are bad in everything, why do they always have to be the victim?!?!?" My goodness, calm down. You're acting as if no other race/ethnicity is ever portrayed as the villain. If I complained every time the only Hispanic in the movie was a drug dealer, gang member, or the help, I'd lose my breathe. Some of you need to stop trying to play the victim card when you know it isn't the same. You're not the victim. You're not being oppressed. You're not underrepresented. STOP."''<ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/169514/get-out-movie-controversy-film-called-anti-white-and-racist-by-some-viewers</ref>
 
''"White people are bad in everything, why do they always have to be the victim?!?!?" My goodness, calm down. You're acting as if no other race/ethnicity is ever portrayed as the villain. If I complained every time the only Hispanic in the movie was a drug dealer, gang member, or the help, I'd lose my breathe. Some of you need to stop trying to play the victim card when you know it isn't the same. You're not the victim. You're not being oppressed. You're not underrepresented. STOP."''<ref>https://www.mic.com/articles/169514/get-out-movie-controversy-film-called-anti-white-and-racist-by-some-viewers</ref>
  
But despite all of the critics this film actually also raises the issue of slavery in modern times. This is to show that the slavery of black people by white people did not stop in the past, but continues into the present. Jason Blum as a director said that we can use every genre to tell the people about very important messages. “if you can make genre movies that make the world a better place, I think that’s a good thing.<ref>https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/get-out-awards-category-controvers-1202618267/</ref>
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But despite all the critics, this movie actually caused the problem of modern slavery. This shows that the slavery of blacks to whites has not stopped in the past, but has continued to the present. Director Jason Blum said that we can use various genres to introduce people to very important information. ''"If you can make genre movies that make the world a better place, that's a good thing."''<ref>https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/get-out-awards-category-controvers-1202618267/</ref>
  
 
==Reference==
 
==Reference==

Revision as of 03:40, 9 March 2021

Get Out Poster

Get Out is a horror, mystery and thriller film by Jordan Peele who released on February 24, 2017 United States and directed by Jordan Peele. This 104-minute film portrays the social problem in America in the form of racism toward black people. But Get Out isn't about the overtly, apparently frightening kind of racism—burning crosses and lynchings and snarling hatred. Alternatively, it's interested in illustrating how racist conduct that attempts to be aggressively unscary is just as terrifying, and in making us experience that horror, in a visceral, physical way.The stars are Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, Allison Williams as Rose Harmitage, Lil Rel Howery, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root, Catherine Keener, Lakeith Stanfield, and Caleb Landry Jones.

"Get Out" has been recognised by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of 2017. In 2018, Get Out won 39 big nominations, earning 17 trophies. Peele won for Best Original Screenplay in 2018 Academy Awards. It also Including Best Picture, Best Actor in a leading role by Daniel Kaluuya and Best Directing by Jordan as nomination.[1]

Plot

Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel, and Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out.

He is a young African American, and when he meets his white girlfriend Rose Armitage, he discovers a dark and disturbing mystery. About five months after dating, talented young African American photographers Chris (Kaluuya) and Rose (Williams) Upstate with her active white parents, neurosurgeon Dean (Bradley Whitford) and therapist/hypnotist mother Missy ( Catherine Keener) hang out). Chris was a little nervous about the reaction of Rose's family to him. Her boyfriend is black, she didn't tell them. However, Dean is passionate about the achievements of Olympia Jesse Owens and his support for Obama, which is really sweet to him The property employs Walter, played by Marter Henderson and Georgina (Betty Gabriel), both of whom are black. Dean forgave Chris because he felt he was shrinking from the sight of the two black servants on the white family farm.

For the family, things have become a rule. Everyone is enthusiastic about the next annual party, and all family members are attending. At the invitation of the Armitage family, the visitors were all white men who were already old. Except for a black man who behaved like a white man. They were so friendly, and Chris celebrated too much. It was his experience like a black man.

Then things started to get weird. He saw Walter, the night club manager, doing strange things outside the house. When he walked into the house, he had a strange encounter with Missy. As the weekend with his family progressed, Chris discovered several secrets and discovered that Rose’s claim that he was her first black boyfriend was incorrect. When he tried to leave the house, he was stopped by Rose and her family. Rose's hypnotist mother kicked him out for hypnotism.

Controversy

Chris and Rose in Get Out

The film has won many honors, but it will inevitably be criticized. Some viewers think this movie is too privileged for white people, and white people are always so bad.

"I don't care if this actually an entertaining movie or not I find it atrocious that anyone can support such outright racism. It's blatantly pushing a racist stereotype agenda against white people. But no you can't be racist against white people we're "too privileged" I've heard as an excuse"[2].

"White people are bad in everything, why do they always have to be the victim?!?!?" My goodness, calm down. You're acting as if no other race/ethnicity is ever portrayed as the villain. If I complained every time the only Hispanic in the movie was a drug dealer, gang member, or the help, I'd lose my breathe. Some of you need to stop trying to play the victim card when you know it isn't the same. You're not the victim. You're not being oppressed. You're not underrepresented. STOP."[3]

But despite all the critics, this movie actually caused the problem of modern slavery. This shows that the slavery of blacks to whites has not stopped in the past, but has continued to the present. Director Jason Blum said that we can use various genres to introduce people to very important information. "If you can make genre movies that make the world a better place, that's a good thing."[4]

Reference