Racism In The Movie Get Out
The movie Get Out was groundbreaking in quietly displaying racism in today’s America, utilizing the public’s affection for thrilling horror movies. The movie was extraordinarily successful, becoming the bestselling horror movie of 2017. This success, however, came at the expense of the harsh reality of racism faced by people of color today. Many aspects of the movie, both literally and metaphorically, are prevalent in America today. (make comment about how humor changes the dynamic of the movie)
The movie Get Out begins with a young black man named Dre walking alone through a seemingly upper-class neighborhood, when a car suddenly starts tracking him. When the car gets closer he changes directions and is blindsided by a man in a medieval helmet and dragged into the car. The plot then switches to show Chris (a black man)and …show more content…
Once they arrive at the house Chris is greeted by Dean, Rose’ father who is an affable neurosurgeon and his strangely cold wife, Missy, a hypnotherapist. Chris can’t help but notice that the Armitage have two black helpers, Walter and Georgina and has an off feeling about them. One night Chris sneaks out of the house for a smoke only to see Walter sprinting strangely. Once Chris gets back inside he is confronted by Missy who offers to cure him of his addiction by hypnotism. He sits down and mocks the notion of hypnotism but doesn’t realize until it’s too late that Missy has already hypnotized him with her silver tea spoon. She takes him back to the day that he mother died and how he feels that it’s his fault because he did nothing when his mother didn’t come home from work. She tells Chris to ‘sink’ and his consciousness leaves his body. He wakes up in the morning with vague memories of the night before. That day is when the Armitage’s mostly white and wealthy friends start to show up for the big party. Lots of
The movie Get Out begins with a young black man named Dre walking alone through a seemingly upper-class neighborhood, when a car suddenly starts tracking him. When the car gets closer he changes directions and is blindsided by a man in a medieval helmet and dragged into the car. The plot then switches to show Chris (a black man)and …show more content…
Once they arrive at the house Chris is greeted by Dean, Rose’ father who is an affable neurosurgeon and his strangely cold wife, Missy, a hypnotherapist. Chris can’t help but notice that the Armitage have two black helpers, Walter and Georgina and has an off feeling about them. One night Chris sneaks out of the house for a smoke only to see Walter sprinting strangely. Once Chris gets back inside he is confronted by Missy who offers to cure him of his addiction by hypnotism. He sits down and mocks the notion of hypnotism but doesn’t realize until it’s too late that Missy has already hypnotized him with her silver tea spoon. She takes him back to the day that he mother died and how he feels that it’s his fault because he did nothing when his mother didn’t come home from work. She tells Chris to ‘sink’ and his consciousness leaves his body. He wakes up in the morning with vague memories of the night before. That day is when the Armitage’s mostly white and wealthy friends start to show up for the big party. Lots of