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Student's Theories About Jordan Peele's Film, 'Us'

This box office record breaker has people in awe, so I asked UK students about their take on the meaning of the plot.

Neha Yousuf

May 02, 2019

University of Kentucky

Student's Theories About Jordan Peele's Film, 'Us'

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Jordan Peele's latest film, "Us," had people left speechless all around the world. This movie is responsible for all the memes about "your tethered," and how you may not want to know who your doppelganger is after all. This horror film will have you on the edge of your seat all throughout and will leave you questioning EVERYTHING about the movie at the very end. The ending is what makes the film and, honestly, had me initially confused. I asked students what they think the movie's meaning was and the following quotes below are what they had to say.

"Classism"

"The tether represents the poor, even though they look like us." - Kendall

"'Us' is about how people tend to blame outsiders for all of our problems instead of looking to our roots."

- Anya

"You are definitely your own enemy with your shadow."

- Tessa

"You are your own worst enemy."

- Bradley

"The duality of man for sure, good and evil."

- Zach

"Honestly I don't know but the fact that Fu** The Police was playing in a white household tells me race [is involved]."

- Jordan

"Your past never actually goes away no matter how hard you try and move forward."

- Rachel

"The American Dream ain't all that."

"Poor people be leaving their poor homes but end up getting isolated in America just as bad, or even worse. The American Dream needs to die." - Isaac

"How politics has compressed the poorest of people."

- Sasha

"We're killing ourselves with our own negativity."

- Ryan

"Trump."

- Felix

When I watched this film, I loved it, but then became so confused once I got to the ending. Once I grasped what the ending was, I totally appreciated the complexity and originality of the piece itself. According to Jordan Peele in an interview with The Root, the following is what inspired him to write the screenplay: "[When] I decided to write this movie, I was stricken with the fact that we are in a time where we fear the other, whether it is the mysterious invader that we think is going to come and kill us or take our jobs or the faction that we don't live near that voted a different way than us. We're all pointing the finger and I want to suggest that [when] making a monster, we really need to look at our face. Maybe the evil is us."

Let me know what your theory is. DM me on Instagram @neehaw19

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Student's Theories About Jordan Peele's Film, 'Us'

This box office record breaker has people in awe, so I asked UK students about their take on the meaning of the plot.

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"Classism"

"'Us' is about how people tend to blame outsiders for all of our problems instead of looking to our roots."

"You are definitely your own enemy with your shadow."

"You are your own worst enemy."

"The duality of man for sure, good and evil."

"Honestly I don't know but the fact that Fu** The Police was playing in a white household tells me race [is involved]."

"Your past never actually goes away no matter how hard you try and move forward."

"The American Dream ain't all that."

"How politics has compressed the poorest of people."

"We're killing ourselves with our own negativity."

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It's not just business as usual.

Constantly having to dress business formal.

Group projects.

Applying for internships.

Being told your major is easy.

You just want to be rich already.

Explaining to people why you're a business major.

Using LinkedIn like it's Facebook.

You grow up too fast.

Trying way too hard to make a good impression on companies at career fairs.

Many of your professors have foreign accents.

You don't want to graduate, but you know that you're more than ready.

10 things that most incoming college freshmen have no idea about.

Your Schedule

The Library

Time Management

Registration

Housing

The Dining Hall

Teachers

Clubs

High School Friends

Finals

It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

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