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Get Out: An Analysis *LOTS OF SPOILERS!!!!*

I finally saw this season's hottest movie, Get Out by Jordan Peele. I'd been waiting to see the film for months. The trailer showed up on my Facebook feed, I don't know, months ago, and I could not wait to go see it. After a lot of hint-dropping and guilt-tripping, I convinced my cousin to see it with me. I'd already read about how brilliant the movie was and had accidentally stumbled upon some spoilers in comments. I live with the King of Spoilers, though, so I was undaunted. Also, this allowed me to turn my analytics up in an attempt to catch any clues the writer threw to the audience. And damn if I didn't feel like part of Mystery, Inc. I have so much to say about this movie I just don't know how to organize it. So I figured I'd just make a list of everything that I noticed and maybe just expound a bit on each point. Chris: Sensitive, artistic, young Black man. Holding onto a childhood drama that has him, quite literally, often paralyzed with guilt. I