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- It's just not appealing to
not see yourself in a movie.

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If you watch something,

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you wanna see someone who looks like you.

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I don't know, that's just me.

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- Jordan Peele's Us is now out in theaters

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and people are talking as much about

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the film's social and cultural commentary,

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as they are its scary moments.

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So we're here in New York City

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to ask people what they think about Us.

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Who is the biggest star of this movie,

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'cause obviously you have
Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o

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or is it just the fact that
Jordan Peele is behind it?

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- I would actually say it's
Jordan Peele's directing it.

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- I think Jordan Peele.

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- I think it's a Jordan
Peele, Lupita Nyong'o combo.

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- I'm a big fan of Lupita Nyong'o,

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she's my crush and then also
I love anything Jordan Peele.

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- He's the reason why people were excited,

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the minute the trailer was released,

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everyone was tryin' to decipher it

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and figure out what the heck was going on.

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- He is a brilliant artist

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and will sort of define
media in our times.

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- [John] Some people have
been making the argument

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that diversity doesn't sell,

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but with Black Panther crushing it,

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Crazy Rich Asians crushing it,

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Us selling out,

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do you think this is a cultural moment

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in cinema or entertainment?

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- Yes, I do.

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Diversity is not something
that is just a buzzword

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and you just put one person of
color in a cast of something

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and then that counts for diversity.

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Now, it's like a full on
story about a black family.

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- Stereotypically, we're supposed to die

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in all horror movies.

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- [John] That's like the rule right?

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- Yeah.

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- Seeing this happen in media even though

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it feels like it's been
a really slow shift

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is kind of incredible.

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It's time at last and
we can't stop pushing

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just because we've had a few successes.

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- They did 70 million just
in the first week, right?

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Or opening day?
- I think

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the first weekend, yeah.

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- I mean, if that's not a game changer,

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I don't know what is.

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Black led movies are needed.

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- [John] Jordan Peele recently said

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that he's done putting white
people as leads in his movies,

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not because he doesn't like white people,

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but because he's already seen that movie.

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- I think he's absolutely right.

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You know, I'm really tired
of white male saviors.

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- Yeah, we have seen over and over again

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that specific movie,
as far as white people

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being in the lead roles.

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- I've seen it a ton of times

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and when they have a
predominantly black cast,

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it's almost insulting,

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where it's like Leprechaun in the Hood.

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♪ I come from the land
of the Irish Spring ♪

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♪ Dublin's the place
where I learned my thing ♪

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- White people should definitely

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be given different characters

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'cause I feel like white people

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are always gonna be predictable,

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you know that they're gonna run

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or that they're gonna stay there.

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(woman screaming)

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- Seems like that they're
finally reflecting

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what people actually wanna see

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instead of what they think we wanna see.

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It's being able to go out
and voting with your pocket.

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- We're not gonna believe the
narrative that we don't sell,

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it's just not true.

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If you're not casting
black people in films now,

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we know it's just because
you're not doing your job.

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