Get Out Explained: Symbols, Satire & Social Horror 

ohh shoot I just noticed, at the beginning he said he doesn't wanna get chased off the lawn with a shot gun, and thats what exactly happened at the end of the movie

I was so sure he was going to get arrested in the end but i did feel a relief when i saw his buddy

Thank god they changed the ending I would have been destroyed inside if Chris got arrested

This isn't exactly symbolism, but when the black male worker starts running it was hinting at the fact that he was Rose's grandfather since her grandfather was an Olympic sprinter who lost to a black sprinter. I think that was really good foreshadowing.

i always found it extremely creepy and ironic that the art dealer guy who buys chris' body talks as if chris' talent literally comes from his "eyes" and not his perception, experiences, taste, ect. It just goes further into discrediting black talent and intelligence.

Two things that break my heart about this movie: 1) Throughout the movie, Chris continues to say “no, it’s okay, it’s alright, I’m used to it” when faced with racism. Maybe because he doesn’t want to be the angry black man, or because he doesn’t want to upset Rose. This negative view on people who get angry at injustice works to keep them in place, and his attempts to put on a smile keep him in the house. 2) Rose’s parents ask him about his parents, but they fucking knew he was an orphan, and that’s why they targeted him. He wouldn’t be missed

That part when he goes upstairs and everyone suddenly stops talking and looked up creeped me the fuck out. Amazing on Peele's part.

“even well intentioned individuals can’t resist the rewards of an unequal society that favors them”. What a way to sum it up !

I think you missed the symbolism of the "silver spoon" in the tea cup and how the mom/therapist uses it to control him. She's using her "wealth" as a method of power. Considering they're shown as a moderately rich Caucasian family.

It's a shame there's no mention of why Chris went back for the grandmum. He didn't do it because he knew there was another person possibly worth saving. He did it because nobody was there to help his own mum when she was struck by a car, and he didn't want to be the one to do that to somebody else.

The most powerful moment for me came when the body they'd given to Grandpa regains consciousness & shoots himself in the head. To me that moment said "I'd rather die than have a White person controlling my body." Extremely powerful!

I knew Rose was crazy when she ate cereal and drank milk from a glass...

Daniel K's facial expressions were so phenomenal in this film. Its almost as if Jordan peele pulled him aside and told him to literally think of every time in the past he may have had such a horrifying feeling or racist occurrence and bring it ALL to the surface.

Just realised Rose stopped the cop from getting Chris' ID because that might interfere with the body snatching when Chris is reported missing...

Who else just seen "Us" and can't stop admiring Jordan Peele's genius mind.

it struck me as odd as to how a groundskeeper, Walter is welcoming the guests at the party by hugging them. turns out he wasn't a groundskeeper at all

I think it was really interesting that they hit the deer and when the parents learn about the deer they hit, the dad says something along the lines of “oh yes I hate deer they damage the ecosystem there’s too many of them haha can you tell that I feel passionately about this?” . Then it is revealed that Chris’ mom was killed in a hit and run. I think Peel might have used the deer as symbolism to show there deep rooted racism that may not be so openly shared, but is there. Just my thoughts

Loved the film analysis. Just goes to show the effort Jordan Peele put into this movie. I even got to meet him because of it when he came to my college discussing the film. He described it as the film he never saw being made but wanted so he decided to make it. It was really great seeing it and knowing his insights on everything. Also as a black male who grew up around white people, he really nailed a lot of the social interactions between characters down. P.S.- Also as a quick disclaimer, to anyone who felt offended by this movie, you're probably one of the people it's talking about.

The Armitage was a slave ship too

while i was watching this movie i noticed that the eyes of the “slaves” always seemed sad or scared so i started covering the lower half of their faces to test this and damn, it gave me chills

i don't really watch horror movie in theater or at home i don't like them but i watched this film in the theater because of all the positive reviews from the critics and i did not regret it!!

This analysis was very insightful and I really like the graze on how hypersexualizing black men is still in and of itself a form of objectification and dehumanization and promotes the idea of using that to the advantage of a white person

Thank you for being the most thoughtful and intelligent film analysis on RU-vid

It's interesting to add that, intentionally or not, Rose's character reflects on how we see the Southern Belle's archetype versus real life. The Southern Belle is usually a woman is the fish out of the water who knows the horror of slavery and be the progressive one in the white privilege family. But it turns out that in reality, most of the women were just as bad and vicious as their male counterparts who own and abused their slaves. And this personified in Rose in the modern time.

The scene where rose is on the bed she is eating cereal with the colored cereal and the white milk separated who else caught that :0

Oh yeah i just remebered that he said "what if your dad chases me with a shotgun" before they go to their house and the ironic thing is that his "girlfriend" was the one that chased him

"STAY OUT" sequel coming 2020.

*The dad speaking about deers and how they need to eliminate them is speaking more peoples perspectives on immigrants and minority, he also takes about hiding the "BLACK" mold which was a foreshadow of Chris being put in the sunken place and taking him out of his state of mind and Rose not wanting Chris to not show his license wasn't to defend him but so that when he is taken for supposedly forever, he would't connected with being with Rose and their family, Also it wasn't just a coincidence that all the visitors had black vans*

I am from India and I belong to a tribe . It's so strange that even in India the " light brown " people call us black .they denied us freedom education everything and they tied us with the strongest chain called "caste "

This movie was so meaningful... I love my blackness but it is also a never-ending struggle

I'm still at a loss for words on the depth of this movie and my feelings toward it. I guess the best way of putting it is that I love how...deliberate it is. There is nothing extraneous in the movie--it all serves an explicit purpose. From the placement of omegas at the front of the house (barely visible for a quick second at the beginning of the movie) signifying the end of blacks that enter, to the cereal consumption at the end, in which the colored (cereal) had to be separate from the white (milk) and no cereal piece could be eaten whole--it had to be broken, snapped in half first--every image, sound, movement served a purpose that actually ADDED to the main idea. Even the manner in which they flipped traditional jumpscares on their head in the sequence featuring the movements of the maid around the house and the gardener's "Get Out challenge" run, accompanied by very sudden jolts of music, as if they were the impending threat, and the quiet as Chris walks back in the house and is accosted by the mother--signifying that not all true threats come with bells and whistles. I could go on about this movie and its symbolism all day, to be honest (the carrying of Chris to the bottom of the house, strapping up, and conversion process and the parallel to slave process and assimilation was insane), but this comment is already far too long 😂 I just really appreciate this film and all the effort out into it.

when georgina goes to clean chris's room, is there any theory around her trying to disable the flash on the phone?

another note worthy thing that i and others have noticed is that in the film, during the gathering at the house, we notice theres one asian man there amongst all the white people. the asian man represents how asians too have participated in anti blackness. also, this was the best video i've seen on analyzing of a film!!

I remember feeling my heart sank when the cop car rolled up. The way the theater ERUPTED into applause, joy and RELIEF seeing the friend was exhilarating!

10:19 - Chris and Rose's outfits resemble the American flag.

you were right on about most of it. But her denying the policeman to see his ID wasn't an act of tolerance what so ever. We already know she's tolerant, or she wouldn't be with a black guy, or they wouldnt of had the "do your parents know im black" talk. He denying the police officer was technically the first hint she's a villain, thats one less witness who isnt in on it, especially since hes someone who could do something about this operation and would recognize the guy if he turned up on a missing poster.

The plot did not break out into an "full out race war" 5:13 as you put it. Chris was fighting for his life.

this video proves that I wasn't really paying attention to the movie

An irony of Get Out is that it was filmed outside of Mobile AL, where I was born. Mobile was the very last city to officially shut down its slave trade, they held out and kept selling slaves for as long as they could. I'm sure it wasn't a conscious choice, but it ads an interesting factor.

I thought the ending was brilliant. He could have gone for the bleaker alternative and that would also make a good ending. But the fear we feel for Chris when we see the red and blue lights before we know it's Rod is quite enough to convey the message. Making him go to jail would just hammer that down even further. The ending is good because it takes us on a roller coaster of emotions: fear of the cop car, relief for seeing Chris catch a break and laughter at the idea of TSA being badass.

This analyzation was insightful and well put. Amazing video.

This was a really interesting perspective for racism. Those white people didn't hate black people, they were actually amazed by them (and fetishised them like crazy lol) . Like when Grandma was looking herself on the window, she clearly liked how she looked.

So at the beginning he says "I don't want to be chased off the lawn with a shotgun" referring to her father... isn't it ironic that at the end SHE ends up chasing him off the lawn with a shotgun? I need to watch this whole movie again.

He had such beautiful skin

One of my favourite scenes from this movie is when Rose is eating fruity loops and milk separately while looking up promising black athletes. In movies and in our societies as well women are never perceived as creepy or inappropriate when they make sexual advances, but this scene managed to give me the creeps with 0 dialogue. Just showing her perversion of fetishizing black people was enough to convey that creepy feeling. Absolutely great!

Wow this is your best video. So insightful. When I rewatch this movie I will be on the lookout for the symbols

This is amazing!!! Your breakdown is so precise and analytical. Man, the comparisons to Stepford and Rosemary were brilliant because of how much inspiration Jordan drew from them. I love him so much- such a talented man. This really isn't a movie you can only watch once. Truly chilling. This why you my favourite channel♥️

I’ve never seen a horror film where the “monster” isn’t your typical cliche of demons, vampires, serial killers, etc but rather the “monster” was racism itself..I feel this movie opens the door to explore what we as a society really deem as “scary”..can’t wait to see if or when other movies follow suit

No wonder Peele won an Oscar for this screenplay.

After the operation.. Grandpa: always wearing a cap Logan: just wearing a hat Grandma: always sure her hair on point

Best film of 2017 so far.

Sorry for my lack of better vocabulary. But this video was fucking bomb! Analysis on point. Just fucking BOMB.

very interesting movie, far better than I expected.

In the theater watching this, at the end everybody started clapping when his homeboy showed up in the end.

i thought it was really interesting that he used the “innocent” deer to kill the evil patriarch, or the representation of what he’s escaping from. it kind of highlights the bible quote “the meek shall inherit the earth.” theres probably a deeper connection there, and i’d love a conversation on it

I've seen a lot of people break down this movie and talk about it's hidden meaning but this video is the best one so far. I'm really impressed the depth you went into explaining and showing the symbolic nature of this film. This video is a 10/10 for me. Most definitely going to subscribe and favorite this video. Great job guy's 👍

This was a really great analysis! Now I have to see Rosemary's Baby and the old Stepford Wives for context!

I'm pretty sure commentaries like this one are almost as important as the movie itself. Thanks for a great video, I'm subscribing 👍🏾

This movie is a LOT about mk ultra, or trauma-based mind control, as is the movie Stepford Wives. If you know about it its pretty obvious as all the elements are there (Trauma, disassociation, triggers, programming, mental breakdowns, monarch butterfly...). The fact its not even mentioned in this video shows how little is known about it still.

Wonderful job! When I got to the end and saw the cop, my already pounding heart dropped. I thought for sure it was a white cop so I was VERY relieved. Everyone regardless of race knew that if it was a white cop, the ending would not go in the protagonist’s favor. Perfect ending, but brought up disturbing emotions.

Wow this was a beautiful observation..OMG wow

can you make one about the show Atlanta

apart from the amazing visuals, Get Out is as good as Rosemary's Baby, The Shining and The Exorcist maybe with a bigger budget Jordan Peele can make a better looking movie

"We kept a part of her in the kitchen" says Rose's father while the maid (which had rose's grandmother on her) is standing there... Dude, this movie is packed with foreshadows

It's not a horror movie....it is a psychological thriller.

This is the best one I've seen from a white person!(Please don't take that the wrong way), All the other are sooo off - you gained a subscriber!

"Not paranoid enough" I was at paranoid level 8. I just increased it to 9.5

Never meet your girlfriends parents after just 4 months of dating

They mean to Get Out of America

Also there's a lot of mind control symbolism,such as personality splitting through trauma and hypnosis. This movie is the work of a genius.

One of the Best Film of 2017 that I've seen along with Logan.

I understand when he said he wasn't arrested in the end, but it still bothers me. He still had his hands around her Roses neck, and he touched the gun. just because he got away doesn't really mean anything. Once any police officials find their bodies and check for DNA, It's Chris that they will find. Plus there was witnesses at the party (rich white people) that knew about Chris, and the cop who saw him with Rose in the beginning. Maybe that will come up or not hmm... if there's a part two it would explain that. oh and if Rose died or not. But this movie was amazing, he did a great job!

I wonder why no one ever says anything about how the movie skeleton key gave this movie ideas too

Watched this at 1am and now I can't sleep to save my life... 🤤 JORDAN PEELE, I WANT MORE MOVIES!!!

This was a great analysis, but there are so many more things to analyze, and things you left out of the video. That just shows how detailed, and well thought out this movie is, and how important it is. Jordan Peele is a genius!

YES I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS THANK GOD

That was pretty impressive. I liked your views on the subtext of this great movie! Gave me alternative insights, thanks!

At it's core, I like to think that this film was ultimately trying to show the world that there are these glaring issues in the world with race, etc. with the intent to change that. Make this world a better place. But yet still I see so many hateful and racist comments on here. It's so sad. We will never truly move on and grow as a society when still all of these people have this huge ego problem. They were brainwashed at birth to think one way and that's it. This film really was too smart for some of you.

movie is one of the best i’ve seen in a while but i low key could not stop admiring how beautiful his skin is

havent seen the movie, but this analysis was so dope. now i have to

Love Jordan's take on both the horror & the comedy being the same. Both definitely give you a chill when you miss the target (笑´・艸・) HeHe !!!

I love the people that measure or "prove" their lack of racism by how much they love Obama and talk about it like why are there so many of them 😭😭

the end scared me so much when i thought they'd arrest chris

This movie is based on Sex Slave and the admiration of Black people. The family and everybody else were curious racist weirdos. The hypnosis was to brain wash the blacks to becoming House sreggiN. White people always admired Black people, that's why the hatred for us exist in the first place. Get Out was based about the Whites wanting the physical advantages like the Blacks! The narrator is full of shenanigan about this movie and Jordan Peele is not publicly being honest about his own movie either. Let's keep it real y'all!!!!

The whole time I was watching Get Out I was thinking of Stepford Wives - can't believe I didn't realise that both protagonists were photographers! What an interesting detail.

This movie was so chilling to me. It was really interesting to peep the double consciousness that the film projected for white and black audiences respectively.

I very much liked the use of the tea cup in the film and the explanation for it here. Civility and refinement on the outside; repression and savagery that lies underneath ...

You tried but kept going too far back to slavery. All of the themes alluded to present day fears, realities and concerns that have nothing to do with slavery. Take the reference to Jesse Jackson proving Hitler wrong. That's the movie in a nutshell, not because of that obvious image but because Jesse Jackson came back to the US and was still a second class citizen. The US used his body like a vehicle and claimed the victory. Democrats pushing black people to vote for them but turning a blind eye to two-thousand police shootings that year. People watching the NFL NBA etc day and night then resuming to their racism immediately after. Even with Colin kneeling recently and becoming the NFL's enemy. His body was a vehicle and his brain or consciousness was a hindrance. Plus, there's actually a thriving modern day industry of harvesting black people's organs world wide and in the US. Hell, on a lighter more ridiculous side look at the Kardashians. I think going back to 'slavery' has almost become a distraction as if that dynamic began and ended with that version of it.

One element not mentioned that hit me hard was when the TSA guy is talking with the police. The black police officers show all the similarities of the Stepford black characters. When the TSA guy (sorry im bad with names) starts talking to her in his cultural language, we see an immediate disconnect. Although the TSA guy is smart and competent, his culture language is used to judge his credibility. We see a real situation of "respectable/white-accepted" black people that have assimilated into white culture in order to achieve success in society. Now that they are "respectable" black people, they have lost touch with any cultural identity and see their own black culture as a defect of the TSA guys mental capacity. Sure, his story would sound ridiculous to anyone that heard it, but the judgement of his lunacy comes before his ridiculous story.

I love the way it's subtle racism most white people are like this, but don't realise most times.

Also, I think a key symbol here is the "Black buck" stereotype/slur as represented by the deer. They were considered a threat to society and thought to like white women and mistreat them and a bunch of other fucked up things. I'll be honest, I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'd be interested in seeing if the movie touches on other stereotypes. It seems maybe there's a "mammy" type in the movie too.

12:15 - 12:25 . . . . Sinister Absurdity? Ummm . . . this may have very well happened to Kanye West ( on a different scale ), once he became a part of the Kardashian family. Even Kim's ability to influence Trump on releasing a few prisoners, speaks to "something there" . . and not just an absurd concept.

also, in the end, rose died "cold and alone" just like his mom.

what about the scene where the protagonist goes upstairs during the party and all the white people go silent? creepy as hell. does anyone know what that scene implied?

Excellent overall. One point: Lacrosse may seem white today, but it originates from the Native Americans. So the stick looses some power as a symbol. No real white sports? Maybe cricket or polo would have worked better as metaphor.

Great analysis! I am so glad they used the ending they actually used. The alternate (original) one was so obvious and expected...

Double duty on the Rose vs cop asking for ID: in confronting the cop and not letting Chris show his ID, she's playing the liberal but also preventing the cop from making any record of Chris being there.

well explained 👏👏

"I don't wanna get chased off the lawn with a shot gun" well yikes

I noticed one Asian guy among the white folks. What did he symbolise?