'US’ and The American Dream: What It Means – Wisecrack QuickTake


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  • TomMe
    TomMe  3 days back

    Everyone should watch E;R's analysis of this. Really goes into depth on how this is a movie that valued messaging over its story, and suffered for it.

    • Kadie Johnson
      Kadie Johnson  4 days back

      The CIA is now watching Jordan Peele. (I am serious)

      • The true Lovely Lady
        The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

        99:99 End of time!!

        • The true Lovely Lady
          The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

          And another thing Jeremiah 11:11 is in reference to the Hebrews being captured and brought into slavery for following other god aka as white Jesus no god didn’t deliver us from slavery but we are not forsake even in our sins we can repent and turn the way we should have been in the first place. It cost too much not to service the blk god I repent from following white Jesus

          • The true Lovely Lady
            The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

            O’Neil reminds me of and alien from men in blk! I asked him was he an Extraterrestrial. He may just be, or a clone, or possibly a shapeshifter!

            • The true Lovely Lady
              The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

              I stay woke! You putting all in the movies to message your peeps, but I am like hello from the other side!

              • The true Lovely Lady
                The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                Your better judgement should have told you that this wrong but for the love of money you will go to hell quick playing with me!! Side eyeing noprah because I know this stemmed from her and her book followed a path made clear! Really after the mercy I should you not even considering your character! I had nothing but tried to help with the much wisdom I got! I never met anybody that could be potentially treacherous to kill me after I help them so I couldn’t call it what it was! Now that it was revealed through trial and error I know what a treacherous person is now! Thanks for showing me what a false idol was , following other god’s were and a true definition of treacherous! I had no clear definition of what error I could be in so how can I be punished by god for me not knowing evil and identifying it! I repent to god because I always wanted to right with god even in my sin I knew I had to shake it off! The lotus flower is what I think about when I feel that I cannot be forgiven! I can be forgiven and I can be restored but I will have fight for it! Sometimes I think death is better than life! No costume on the other side we are what we really are! No more troubles from these wicked mfers in this world! Plus even in the midst of y’all shanagins grace as been granted not for the stake of the wicked but for the righteous that are here!!

                • The true Lovely Lady
                  The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                  You cowards never stand a chance! I don’t fuck with Lupita either after this bs because she had the nerve to act this shit out after all that success they had in blk panther movie! The audacity for you to murder a blk woman on camera! You know what the fuck that means treacherous tenacity for a few dollars! That’s her last movie I am watching.

                  • The true Lovely Lady
                    The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                    I saw what was up before the movie drop I can read ppl that are around me and sometimes I play alone to see what the fuck is really up!

                    • The true Lovely Lady
                      The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                      And your day is a coming.. even for the shit you are thinking and thought about doing to me!!

                      • The true Lovely Lady
                        The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                        Psalms 37: 12 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth, But my Lord just laughs at them because he knows that their day is coming.

                        • The true Lovely Lady
                          The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                          The audacity for y’all to try this shit with me!

                          • The true Lovely Lady
                            The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                            you know I know exactly what this is but I will show mercy for now!

                            • The true Lovely Lady
                              The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                              She got a driving glove on meaning she is the driver do the clone kills her! Not in my mfing watch! I give you enough rope to hang yourselves!!

                              • The true Lovely Lady
                                The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                                Remember god said I will never leave or forsake you! This is what I believe!

                                • The true Lovely Lady
                                  The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                                  The devil is a 🤥 liar! I will never leave are forsake you is what god promised me! I must repent and retract you vile sorts!!

                                  • The true Lovely Lady
                                    The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                                    I tell you what it was about they call themselves having their clone O’Neil O’Hara catch a ride with me and he stabs me to death from the back while I am driving! They used Jeremiah 11:11 to justify why they did this too me but because I know shit he is luckingI didn’t fuck him up first! Jordan peele will not have me at another movie of his for this bs! What god is going to do to the false idols that mislead us Israelites! Plaques and more plaques on your heads for trying it!!

                                    • The true Lovely Lady
                                      The true Lovely Lady  6 days back

                                      They are cloning ppl I know this for facts! I work with a bunch of soulless blk clones

                                      • RealOrbit - Australia
                                        RealOrbit - Australia  7 days back

                                        Movie has a lot of plot holes but is one of the best

                                        • ohem
                                          ohem  7 days back

                                          I’m mexican, so please be kind with my question, but what is “black culture”? Or for that matter “white culture”?

                                          I thought I understood “american culture”

                                          • ohem
                                            ohem  3 days back

                                            TomMe I think I get it, there’s a lot of diversity here, people from the north are radically different from people of the south, but we’re both Mexicans, like segregated blacks are still Americans.

                                            Hopefully in a good sense and with good values

                                          • TomMe
                                            TomMe  3 days back

                                            "Black culture" is the culture of urban blacks who segregate themselves from the rest of society. This includes separate vernacular and values. Think of it like how immigrants of any nationality tend to live in the same neighborhoods as other immigrants, and retain parts of their home country's culture, but with people whose families have lived in the US for hundreds of years

                                        • WhiterThanAginger
                                          WhiterThanAginger  1 weeks back

                                          I reject the Marxist idea that moving up in society requires pushing others down, It’s a toxic message that breeds resentment and inadequacy.

                                          • I Max
                                            I Max  1 weeks back

                                            The girl wears Thriller t shert. MJ duality as black and wighte, carind for children vs pedoghilia...

                                            • skz42
                                              skz42  1 weeks back

                                              10:00 of course Oprah 🙄

                                              • Dominic jonez
                                                Dominic jonez  2 weeks back


                                                • NuCrowe
                                                  NuCrowe  2 weeks back

                                                  It was alright. Felt like a long Twilight Zone episode.

                                                  • Heather O'Donnell
                                                    Heather O'Donnell  2 weeks back

                                                    Anyone notice that the single-hand gloves of the tethered are inspired by michael jackson on the thriller t-shirt young adelaide wears?

                                                    • Sam
                                                      Sam  3 weeks back


                                                      • Jr Writer
                                                        Jr Writer  3 weeks back

                                                        Jordan Peele is just a creative genious. Love his work.

                                                        • Alejandra Ñeco
                                                          Alejandra Ñeco  3 weeks back

                                                          This movie really fucks with the idea of right and wrong. Yes, Red shouldn’t have gone on a murdering spree but she had her entire life and opportunity ripped away from her by “Adelaide”. Also, “Adelaide”s children are still hers, even if she wasn’t the original Adelaide. It makes you question who’s the villain and who are we supposed to be rooting for

                                                          • KennaIsAtlas
                                                            KennaIsAtlas  3 weeks back

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                                                            Nice one, YouTube.

                                                            • Carlos C3rd
                                                              Carlos C3rd  4 weeks back

                                                              I think the movie was just a bad movie and that your analysis just gives it more meaning then it really had.

                                                              • TomMe
                                                                TomMe  3 days back

                                                                Peele is the kind of Guy who starts his script with commentary, rather than a story, so its really appealing to "cultured" people, but underwhelming to everyone else

                                                            • Sagnik Chakraborty
                                                              Sagnik Chakraborty  4 weeks back

                                                              is it only me or did someone else notice that "get out" dialog in US ?

                                                              • American Dad
                                                                American Dad  4 weeks back

                                                                "Indo" weed....lol

                                                                • choboutube
                                                                  choboutube  4 weeks back

                                                                  I'd say the more you try to analyze this literally, the more it falls apart. You just have to accept it as a fantastical story. Too many things do not bear scrutiny - where do the tethered get their food? Raw rabbit would not be adequate and most would probably die of malnutrition, and not run quicker than the norms. Children of tethered would not look identical to children of the 'normals', they would be more like siblings. Where do they get the uniforms, the scissors (which look pretty expensive)? Why do the tethered know where to find the norms - is it just from the 'connection'? How do they predict where they will be? etc etc. I did enjoy the movie (having just watched it on a plane), but reading all the analyses is actually putting me off watching it again.

                                                                  • HT T
                                                                    HT T  4 weeks back

                                                                    I hope your interpretation is wrong because otherwise this film is Marxist propaganda.

                                                                    • beanzert87
                                                                      beanzert87  4 weeks back

                                                                      I understand that this movie was supposed to be mysterious/symbolic, but I could not get over the poor and far fetched main plot. If the existence of the "Red" people made more sense I would have enjoyed this movie. But that's just me...

                                                                      • MoonFairy929
                                                                        MoonFairy929  4 weeks back

                                                                        So... I saw it once in theater and HATED it so much. Now... I kinda wanna watch it again... 😳

                                                                        • Eh
                                                                          Eh  4 weeks back

                                                                          Almost definitely comments on Family Dynamics and Personal Psychology and how they effect each other and how people learn to defend themselves. The fight between us and them though they are part of the same whole.

                                                                          • Casey 3-P-O
                                                                            Casey 3-P-O  1 months back

                                                                            what i wanna know is how did the tethered version of her get the Thriller shirt. I remember the scene when the game booth guy gives her dad the thriller shirt to give to her, and then the tethered versions do the same thing underground. And I'm pretty sure the clone version also hands the shirt to the cloned dad. So where did they get the shirt from down there? When they meet in the house of mirrors, she's wearing the same shirt. Is it maybe just a messed up memory? Like maybe she's remembering her clone wearing the shirt because she forgot that they switched. It's the only part of the movie that's really bothering me. lol

                                                                            anyone got any ideas?

                                                                            • don wade
                                                                              don wade  1 months back

                                                                              It's probably been pointed out before but the title of the film can be read as Us and as US 🇺🇸

                                                                              • Matthew Heckman
                                                                                Matthew Heckman  1 months back

                                                                                I didn't like it at all

                                                                                • Cardboard Jessop
                                                                                  Cardboard Jessop  1 months back

                                                                                  I've been using the same condom for a hundred years.

                                                                                  • J Lupus
                                                                                    J Lupus  1 months back

                                                                                    Was it wrong for me to half-expect the twist at the end?

                                                                                    • Tom Oliver
                                                                                      Tom Oliver  1 months back

                                                                                      This film is really interesting but has soooo many plot holes.

                                                                                      • blue6sub6remnant6
                                                                                        blue6sub6remnant6  1 months back

                                                                                        I'm not sure how intentional this was (who am I kidding, successful directors are smart; auteurs like Peele know what's all of what's going on in their films) but, I think you could throw a little bit socialist imagery into the corkboard of collective interpretation of "Us." I mean, people adorned in not just red, but also the exact same minimalist garments. Not to mention, this same group conducts a violent overthrow of an oppressive, late-capitalist system after which they literally become a monolithic socio-cultural entity. Maybe I'm just seeing something where there is nothing, but you have to give Peele credit for making a movie that resists any simple message, and indeed suggests a myriad of decodings, while still being as overt as "We are Americans."

                                                                                        ALSO, I can't think of many other films I've seen that leave me with such existential dread, albeit about secret basement people murdering me for not appreciating my privilege.

                                                                                        • Michael Sears
                                                                                          Michael Sears  1 months back

                                                                                          IT MEANS AMERICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID AND LITERALLY CHASE EVERYTHING THAT DOESNT EVEN MAKE THEM HAPPY

                                                                                          • Yoonmi Kim
                                                                                            Yoonmi Kim  1 months back

                                                                                            Definition of Code Switching is wrong (Anthropologist) :language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation. Multilinguals, speakers of more than one language, sometimes use elements of multiple languages when conversing with each other." This can also include nonverbals, including body language or knowing how to navigate between cultures. People often also code switch with change in emotionality, not just situation. Bilingual speakers might also code switchwith each other in order to express ideas that can't be expressed as well in one language versus another. In this way, many minority communities have to learn how to code switch from the minority speak to the majority speak which may include more than just race, but things like social class, etc.

                                                                                            • Tami Lambert
                                                                                              Tami Lambert  1 months back

                                                                                              Not a comment on its philosophy, but I like the way that even though you see all the imagery of that sweet American Dream through the objects and scenery, there is a lack excitement and aesthetic that normally goes with how Hollywood presents euphoric consumerism. Example, the beach scene. Despite the fact they're at a warm sunny beach with what I would assume is full of middle and upper-class citizens, it seems empty and muted.