“i may not believe in god, but i believe in you and therefore i speak to him through you” is a fucking insane thing to say fox mulder kiss me on the mouth right NEOW
have you heard that jordan peele said steven yeun's character is the one that has the most in common with him. have you thought about how most of his cinematic career has been built around discussions of race and the traumas that come from racism. have you thought about how any media handling real and personal topics is a sort of emotional self-disembowelment on the part of the creator. have you thought of the glory and horror of being Seen. have you screamed
Have I? HAVE i. Have I thought about how Peele has discussed being objectified and tokenized on set, especially early in his career? Have I thought about what it’s like to suffer real-life trauma in a space created for make-believe? Buddy, I haven’t thought about anything else for days!!
I think one thing that makes this movie so visceral to me is that it’s an exploration by a great popular artist on the human cost of making popular art. The link between the auteur and the cult leader–both are people consumed & defined by stories, people who are compelled by a narrative and feel an urge to spread that narrative to an audience.
