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The Big Picture

A Deep Reading of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ (Feat. SPOILERS) | Exit Survey

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.35.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We react to ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated follow-up to the social thriller ‘Get Out.’ We give a spoiler-laden explanation of the ending, analyze Peele leveling up as a filmmaker, and parse some of the cultural (but largely personal) themes that peek through in the film. (Disclaimer: there are spoilers in this podcast.) Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:04.0

March Vandice is here and to help you with your bracket, make sure you listen to one shiny

0:07.7

podcast with Mark Titus and Tate Frazier.

0:10.6

Also be sure to check out the Ringer's YouTube channel to watch Tate and Titus build their

0:14.3

bracket and break down every matchup on their selection show, as well as Roger Sherman

0:18.7

who offers his three Cinderella picks for the NCAA tournament.

0:22.6

You can find those at youtube.com slash the ringer.

0:30.0

I'm Sean Fantasy and I'm Amanda Dobbins.

0:50.0

And this is the big picture a conversation show about the movie us, the new film, the

0:54.5

second film from writer director Jordan Peel.

0:56.9

I'm going to say right up front, we are going to spoil the hell out of this movie.

1:00.9

So if you have not seen us, please walk away very quickly from this podcast.

1:05.6

Can we just reiterate, we are spoiling us, turn it off if you don't want to hear spoilers.

1:11.4

I'm and then I right before we begin recording this podcast had a philosophical debate about

1:15.2

the essence of spoiling it is we're in complex times because a movie like us is essentially

1:20.1

bound by its spoilers.

1:21.6

The whole story is it's impossible to talk about without it.

1:24.7

I wrote a whole column on the ranger.com.

1:26.2

You can read that in which I danced around the idea of the ending of the movie, but really

1:30.7

was much more about the kind of movie that Jordan Peel makes.

1:34.1

This is only really his second movie, his first being of course, get out, which was nominated

1:38.1

for best picture was an international phenomenon.

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