Making Jordan Peele

Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jordan Peele is responsible for modern classics in the horror genre, including the films Us, Nope and the Oscar-winning Get Out. Before all that, he was a self-described nerd. He majored in puppetry in college before dropping out with his friend Rebecca Drysdale to pursue a career in comedy. Hear from Drysdale, Peele’s early collaborator Brendan Hunt and cultural critic Aisha Harris about Jordan Peele’s rise to comedic and horror genius.

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0:00.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Making. I'm Brandon Pope.
0:07.0	This is making my fellow Americans. Now, before I begin...
0:10.0	And no, this is not making Obama. We already did that.
0:14.0	I just want to say that I know a lot of people out there seem to think that I don't get angry.
0:19.0	That's just not true. So, just so there's no more confusion, we've hired Luther here to be my anger translator.
0:25.0	Luther? Hi. I just want to say to my critics, I hear your voices and I'm aware of your concerns.
0:32.0	So maybe if you can chill the hell out for like a second, then maybe I can focus on some shit, you know?
0:42.0	Jordan Peel. When he's not impersonating the president, he's a TV comedy icon.
0:48.0	Oh, move over Colin Makery. There's a new face in the biz.
0:53.0	And a scary movie pioneer.
0:56.0	The Oscar goes to Jordan Peel.
1:01.0	Today, we're charting the years that made Jordan Peel.
1:05.0	How did he make the leap from his early days doing live comedy?
1:08.0	Oh, they don't even know. I'm gonna fuck with him yet.
1:10.0	To his memorable roles on Mad TV and Key and Peel.
1:14.0	Ooh. Continental breakfast.
1:16.0	To his feature films that have reinvented the horror genre.
1:20.0	He came to be known for comedy, but then he said, you know, I am more than the sum of the things that you've seen me do.
1:27.0	And let me show you what I can do it.
1:30.0	He had been practicing to be Jordan Peel since the high school.
1:36.0	The Making of Jordan Peel. Coming up.
1:46.0	Making is supported by Neil Gerber Eisenberg, a Chicago law firm committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
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