Jordan Peele's Us Spoiler Discussion

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🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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On the March 22, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to have a spoiler discussion about Jordan Peele’s latest film Us, and hopefully get to the bottom of some of the questions. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Jordan Peele’s Us is a great horror movie, but also one that left us with many opinions, questions and interpretations. So what follows is a discussion between the /Film staff who have seen the film, providing some insights and analysis of the film. In Our Feature Presentation: 'Us' Movie Explained: Exploring the Biggest Questions and Craziest Twists in Jordan Peele's Film Everyone’s brief reactions to the film Who are the tethered? What do the tethered represent? The final twist Our greatest fear is ourselves The Haves and have nots The Escalator What does the guy with the 11:11 sign mean? What is going on with the dance? What’s up with those rabbits? Where Did the Tethered Get Those Matching Red Jumpsuits and Scissors? What does the recreation of Hands Across America mean? Other Articles Mentioned: ‘Us’ Spoiler-Free Video Reaction: A Tense, Well-Directed Horror Film With Some Unexpected Twists ‘Us’ Director Jordan Peele on Being Inspired by George Romero and Universal Monsters [Interview] All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at [email protected]. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Slash Film Daily for Friday, March 22nd, 2019.
0:05.0	On today's episode, we're going to have a spoiler-filled discussion of Jordan Peel's new film, Us.
0:11.0	This is Slash Film, editor-in-chief Peter Peter Sorretta and joining me on today's
0:14.0	podcast is slash film managing editor. Jacobal. Hello hello. And weekend editor
0:19.4	Brad Omen. Hey that's me. And senior writer, Ben Pearson.
0:24.0	Hey, what's going on?
0:25.0	Okay guys, you know, us comes out in theaters today.
0:30.0	I think it's probably fair to say that we all like it and that we recommend that
0:36.0	everybody out there go see it. What is going to about to follow is a spoiler-filled
0:41.0	discussion on our you know we have many opinions we have
0:45.0	questions we have interpretations so what follows the discussion between us
0:49.7	the slash of staff that has seen the film, but it's going to dive into major
0:56.5	spoilers for this film. So I would highly recommend seeing this film before
1:01.4	listening to this episode.
1:03.0	There's no reason to listen to this episode before seeing the film.
1:07.0	So there you have it.
1:09.0	You have been properly warned.
1:12.0	With that, let's start off with our brief reactions of the film.
1:18.0	I'll get things going and saying,
1:20.0	I actually think this movie, Us, is a better horror film than Jordan Peel's get out.
1:26.0	I'm not sure it's a better film overall. I feel like this film is maybe not as consistent as get out.
1:32.0	But I... not as get out. get out.
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