NO SPOILERS.
For a while now, I’ve said that I won’t see Jordan Peele’s Us. It’s not that I’m avoiding supporting Jordan Peele or Lupita Nyong’o, it’s just I’m a massive scaredy cat. I absolutely know in my soul that if I see Us, I will have nightmares for weeks, if not months, if not years. Forget nightmares, I probably won’t even be able to go to sleep for weeks. But… as the excellent reviews pile up (95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and everyone talks about how Lupita needs another Oscar, I’m starting to wonder if maybe I should see it? I don’t know.
Jordan Peele has been doing wardrobe homages to horror films throughout the press tour too – he’s worn a Freddie Kruger scarf, and he homaged Jack Torrance in The Shining. Jordan is next-level. I’m so happy for him that he didn’t have a “sophomore slump.”
— a common dog name (@MaxCorn) March 20, 2019
Here’s something that I seriously didn’t realize – Us is Lupita’s FIRST lead role. She won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 12 Years a Slave, a film that came out in 2013. People slept on Lupita for SIX YEARS. I mean, they offered her movies and she took some interesting work, but this is the first time she’s played a lead role. Ever. In her career. So yes, people are saying “Lupita needs another damn Oscar.” Will Lupita get another Oscar, this time for a horror film?? I don’t know, I HAVEN’T SEEN IT. Should I? How scared will I be, peeps?
— DAWN (@DawnRichard) March 22, 2019
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) March 22, 2019
— Ira Madison III (@ira) March 20, 2019
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) March 22, 2019
— John Squires (@FreddyInSpace) March 22, 2019
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