Discussion Film / GetOut2017

The newly added entry under Inverted Hope Spot (the police car pulling up at the end) duplicates an entry listed under Bait-and-Switch. Which trope does this situation fit better under? Mind that we could also list it as inverted Diabolus ex Machina (turning into a Deus ex Machina).

I posted this under the trope page as well:

Get Out the film is used as an example of Afrofuturism when it is not. In fact, Jordan Peele was specifically invoking the aesthetic of Rosemary's Baby and the Stepford Wives for this movie, and not anything specifically African/Pan-African. And it's not even set in the future, not even 20 minutes into the future, but in the very 'here' present. Basically, having a sci-fi (ish) horror movie that centers on black people/discusses issues affecting black people, does not make something afrofuturistic.

If there's a more appropriate trope than If I Can't Have You… played with and twisted, please replace it on the page.

Also, Sharing a Body is very spoilery and is also played with and twisted but I can't think of a trope that fits better. If you can please replace. the original owner is meant to be completely powerless in his own body but isn't..not quite, at least in Georgina's case, since the original owner manifested even while Georgina was in control...but Andre and the person who ended up as Walter also took control back.

Not for nothing, but for all the Positive Discrimination, Chris pretty much does, all by himself, fight and defeat the entire family more or less singlehandedly. Thus the "black people are stronger than white people" aspect of the trope ends up justified. Not just stronger than one white person, but a whole clan of them.

The twist ending was kind of expected, but truth be told, I kind of wish someone other than Rod was in the cop car. Maybe it could have been that cop from earlier, and it could turn out he had been investigating the suspicious disappearances in the area, thus he's able to figure out what happened and rescues Chris. Or perhaps one of the folks at the party could have been an undercover cop and rescued Chris at the end. Why? Well, TBH, I don't like Rod very much. I found his dialogue annoying and... I just don't think he's funny.

I don't actually think the Cop was racist. In my experience it's not uncommon for cops to ask for the ID's of everyone in the car.

To add my own theory. That scene is meant to represent how a White "Ally" can do more harm than good by screaming "RACIST" at not actually racist opposition.

Okay, I've watched this trailer a couple of times and looked over some discussion on other websites, and I think I might know where this movie is going, at least in part. What I think is happening is that this community of white people brainwashes and possibly lobotomizes black people to use as slaves. I'll detail my evidence for this & go into detail below:

1. Of the three black people seen in this town, two of them are in jobs that would be associated with slaves back during the heyday of slavery (namely groundskeeping and cleaning). None of these people seem happy, and one seems to shake off the brainwashing for a moment to tell the main character to "Get out," after seeing the flash on a phone camera go off, which along with the nosebleed points to some kind of mental alteration against the will of the black people affected.

2. The mother is a hypnotist, a role which, given how unrealistically effective hypnosis tends to be in fiction, could lead to brainwashing in conjunction with the repeated messages in the trailer; the father is shown getting doctor's equipment once the main character is trapped, and given the way the main character is strapped down, it wouldn't be far-fetched to suggest that brain surgery was the end result.

3. Growing from the first point, it's possible the brainwashing and lobotomization causes the enslaved black people to believe they are actually living in an era where slavery is commonplace, meaning the trance can be broken by modern technology; ergo, this could explain the "Get out!" man breaking out of the trance after seeing a smartphone.

4. In terms of the behaviour from the white characters, the scenario seems very reminiscent of a slave auction; under the guise of it being "Bingo," the community seems to gather and hold an auction on who would get the main character as a slave once he was brainwashed, based on the large picture of the main character at the front of this group.

This may all be far off, and there's clearly much more social commentary regarding race relations in there (personally I think the girlfriend has to be in on it, but that's got little basis at the moment), but I feel this'll be some of the main plot points just based off of this first trailer. Thoughts?