Progressively Horrified

There are no good white people in this movie. That is not a thing which is up for debate. But it is a damn near perfect horror movie and should be required watching for white folk. Don't understand why? Listen to the podcast.

Show Notes

Fear Level: Terrifying
Trigger Warnings:  Racism, gaslighting, mild gore
  • Director: Jordan Peele
  • Writers: Jordan Peele
  • Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Betty Gabriel, LaKeith Stanfield, Caleb Landry Jones, Lil Rel Howard, Erika Alexander
Topics of Discussion:
-Racisms
-Pay attention to how your black friends want you to act re: cops
-Incorrect ways to eat cereal
-Biting across the kitkat bar
-What happens to a nod unacknowledged?
-Connecticut: threat or menace?
-Redbone or "oh, so this IS for black people"
-The Dap shake: a horror undreamt of
-nonononononono, that's not my experience
-Does Jordan Peele owe Jay life rights?
-Sarah Lawrence?
-I see you running, I'm running. We'll figure out why later
-Chris can't even drop a spoon anymore
-The TSA, unlikely heroes?
-Detectives who are or were Living Single
-Bring a portable charger if you plan on being in a horror movie

Recommendations:
-Step-Up 2: The Streets
-A Black Lady Sketch Show
-Astronomy Club
-Key and Peele
-Telltale's "The Walking Dead" Videogame
-Attack the Block
-The Muppets Take Manhattan
-Sorry to Bother You
-Us
-Horror Noire
-The Sunken Place Course
-Lovecraft Country - By Matt Ruff
-Grand Army
-Roots (2016)
-Hatfields and McCoys

Follow our guests:

Aaron Amos
Twitter: @aaronjamos
Podcast: Talking Comics Podcast

Emmanuel Lipscomb
Twitter: @elipscomb2

Jay Joseph Jr.
Twitter: @CynicalAngst
Website: NetworkJay.com

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Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58
Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com

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What is Progressively Horrified?

A podcast that holds horror to standards horror never agreed to. Hosts Jeremy Whitley, Ben Kahn, Emily Martin and guests watch, read, listen to, and check out movies, tv shows, comics, books, art and anything else from the horror genre and discuss it through a progressive lens. We'll talk feminism in horror, LGBTQ+ issues and representation in horror, racial and social justice in horror, disability and mental health/illness in horror, and the work of female and POC directors, writers, and creators in horror.
We're the podcast horror never agreed to take part in.