Jordan Peele
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'Get Out' Sprang From An Effort To Master Fear, Says Director Jordan Peele
Peele says that his turn as the director of a horror/thriller film comes from a "deeper place in my soul" than his previous comic work. Originally broadcast March 15, 2017.
'Get Out' Sprang From An Effort To Master Fear, Says Director Jordan Peele
The new film, Get Out, defies easy classification. Though it has funny moments, it's primarily a horror film, with racial anxiety at its center. Writer-director Jordan Peele tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that he thinks of Get Out as a "social thriller."
For Key And Peele, Biracial Roots Bestow Special Comedic 'Power'
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele each have a white mother and black father, and a lot of the jokes on their Comedy Central show are about race. Peele tells Fresh Air that their backgrounds allow them to do characters others would feel uncomfortable doing.