4/4/2023 0 Comments E 40 yep nope![]() ![]() Well, let’s just explain what the movie is actually about. And so the most natural thing to do was to talk about it on the show. wesley morrisĪnd it was just one of those movies that we haven’t been able to stop talking about. And over the summer, we went to see “Nope” together. Which we’ve been doing on this show since it started. Wesley, what’s our favorite shared national pastime? wesley morris We’re two culture writers at The New York Times. Today on the show, “Nope,” proof - and what it means to get it and be believed. Like, to watch a horror movie where the two main characters are Black people, and for them to emerge without a scratch on their physical bodies - like, the crux and the tension of the movie is actually not whether or not they’re going to live or die, but are they able to talk about what happened to them and to show people what - wesley morris It’s them getting proof of their lived experience. The climax of the film is watching this giant, large format piece of film developing. The alien flies directly over the wishing well, right at the moment Keke’s able to sort of trigger the camera. She’s just, like, I got to get this handle around the rotation. It looks like she’s churning butter up there. And so you’re watching these biceps move and just, like, the strain on her face as she’s like - wesley morris So it’s supposed to be this, like, old timey gimmick in the middle of this Western amusement park. So there’s a camera at the bottom of a well. Yes! And at the climax of the movie, Keke Palmer, who is one of the major characters in this film, is at an Old West amusement park, and the alien’s about to fly over. And in this movie, in “Nope,” the point isn’t actually escape or killing this human-eating alien. In a Jordan Peele movie, the big bad is never what you think it’s going to be, and the characters are never going to engage in the way that you think, which is what makes them so interesting. j worthamĪnd I think the first movie, which was “Get Out,” which came out in 2017, and this new movie, “Nope,” are really about these myths of American culture and history - and the way that they live in us as human beings. j worthamĪnd the thing that I love about Jordan Peele as a filmmaker is, between “Get Out” and “Us” and this movie, what you’ve got is a person who really wants to explore these dark aspects of, not humanity necessarily, but this country. So what we’re going to do today is talk amongst ourselves. There are these unresolved questions that are kind of left by Jordan Peele to the audience to talk amongst themselves to figure out. I have not been able to stop thinking about it. So we’re going to talk about “Nope” today, and we’re going to spoil it. Listen, even if you know what’s going to happen, you can still enjoy a movie. Spoiler alert - J Wortham does not believe in spoilers. We’ll be here shimmering and shining and giving you all the things you love. ![]() Yes, we are back with a short season, and yes, guess what? We are coming to you every Tuesday. Hello, beloved SP-ers! We have some announcements for you. j worthamĭo you want to do another one? wesley morris Did you ask me to warm it up or did you not ask me to warm it up? I’m warming it up. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Transcript Alien Superstar Wesley Morris and J Wortham kick off a new season of “Still Processing” by grappling with the complicated questions of Jordan Peele’s “Nope.” Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 ![]()
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