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Jordan Peele subverts expectations (again) with 'Nope'

If you think you know what to expect with Nope based on the previews, you're wrong.
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Brandon Perea in <em>Nope.</em>

When the for dropped, viewers almost immediately swarmed social media trying to interpret the opaque montage of shots – shots which revealed virtually nothing about the plot of the movie. This is partially of Jordan Peele's own doing, because his first two feature films as a writer-director, and , set up high expectations for twisty, multilayered social commentary by way of popcorn thrills. Even more so it's a product of the current cultural landscape, where seemingly every big movie or TV series is laden with twists and Easter eggs and spoiler-y

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