After seeing Peele’s ‘Nope’ twice, our columnist appreciates it
by Ken Makin
Aug 03, 2022
3 minutes
Did I enjoy Jordan Peele’s latest movie after I initially viewed it? Nope.
My expectations for the movie were too concrete. I’d become used to Mr. Peele’s adeptness at turning horror films into social commentaries, whether they were indictments of white liberalism (“Get Out”) or harbingers of class warfare (“Us”).
Then I thought about this latest film, “Nope,” – and the director’s intent – from a more abstract perspective. Mr. Peele, who is Black, didn’t feel burdened by the need
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