BODY
Horror
Examining the Use of Body Parts in Black Horror
Eyes
Nope
Nope explores what it means to watch and be watched. Gaze is weaponized against black people by creating spectacles out of trauma. Throughout the film, animals are shown to rebel against being watched, thus showing a resistance to the status quo.
Get Out
The plot to remove autonomy and steal Chris's unique perspective as a black man paralells white society profiting off of black art, movements, and ideas while attempting to remove and discredit their black origins.
"I want your eye, man"
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Hands
The back story behind the Candyman's iconic hook is not clearly disclosed in the movies. However, iterations of the character often feature him as a blackartist so the removal of his hands is a way to remove his identity, thus turning a man into a legend.
Candyman
Us
Us culminates in realizing Red's plan to unite the Tethered through linking hands. Linking hands can symbolize the unity of oppressed individuals towards a common goal. The visual of the Tethered linking hands creates a sense of trappedness for those who witness it, similar to that of a metal chain.
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Reproductive Organs
Bloodchild
The horror of this short story lies not only from the bloody imagery, but the systemtic removal of reproductive autonomy . This paralells the many attempts to remove the agency of black people over birth and reproduction.
I knew birth was painful and bloody, no matter what. But this was something else, something worse.
Sorry to Bother You
This statement by the leader of Worry Free assumes that a black man would see becoming a horse as beneficial due to penis enlargement. This statement belittles black men by equating theeir worth to their reproductive organs.
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Voice
Sorry to Bother You
The most important aspect of Sorry to Bother You is Cash's white voice. White supremicists society disadvantages you if you refuse to assimilate with whiteness, thus leading to code-switching. When Cash decides to lead a revolt, after learning of WorryFree's plan, he uses his natural voice, thus no longer agreeing to assimilate.
Red's strained voice results from her vocal cords being crushed by her surface-dwelling counterpart. Despite this attempt to silence her, she could regain her speaking ability. This mirrors how oppressed groups can and have revolted despite the violence enacted by their oppressors, in attempts to silence them.
Us
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Legs
Get out
One iconic scene in Get Out is when the grandfather runs full speed at Chris. This rigorous running practice is motivated jealousy and rage that accompanies him being out run by a Jesse Owens, a black athlete. This implies that he took over a black body in hopes that he would be more able to run as fast as Owens.
The Devil's Knot
One section of the film focuses on a runaway from a plantation in search of a Quilombo. The dangerous act of running away is a resistance to slavery and a search for hope in a world where hope is stripped from black people.
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Blood
Good Manners
In Good Manners, Clara puts her blood into spaghetti to satisfy her white, blood-thirsty boss. The implications from this dynamic are that of a black woman being influenced to enact pain on herself for the benfit of her white boss. This relationship is inherently exploitive.
Black Vampires
Black vampires are often seen as a subversion of the typical pale-skinned vampire. However, the first story by an American featuring a vampire is "The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo" published in 1819. In this short story, a slave killed by his captors resurrects as a vampire and exacts revenge.
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BODY
Horror
Examining the Use of Body Parts in Black Horror
Eyes
Nope
Nope explores what it means to watch and be watched. Gaze is weaponized against black people by creating spectacles out of trauma. Throughout the film, animals are shown to rebel against being watched, thus showing a resistance to the status quo.
Get Out
The plot to remove autonomy and steal Chris's unique perspective as a black man paralells white society profiting off of black art, movements, and ideas while attempting to remove and discredit their black origins.
"I want your eye, man"
Return to Body
Hands
The back story behind the Candyman's iconic hook is not clearly disclosed in the movies. However, iterations of the character often feature him as a blackartist so the removal of his hands is a way to remove his identity, thus turning a man into a legend.
Candyman
Us
Us culminates in realizing Red's plan to unite the Tethered through linking hands. Linking hands can symbolize the unity of oppressed individuals towards a common goal. The visual of the Tethered linking hands creates a sense of trappedness for those who witness it, similar to that of a metal chain.
Return to Body
Reproductive Organs
Bloodchild
The horror of this short story lies not only from the bloody imagery, but the systemtic removal of reproductive autonomy . This paralells the many attempts to remove the agency of black people over birth and reproduction.
I knew birth was painful and bloody, no matter what. But this was something else, something worse.
Sorry to Bother You
This statement by the leader of Worry Free assumes that a black man would see becoming a horse as beneficial due to penis enlargement. This statement belittles black men by equating theeir worth to their reproductive organs.
Return to Body
Voice
Sorry to Bother You
The most important aspect of Sorry to Bother You is Cash's white voice. White supremicists society disadvantages you if you refuse to assimilate with whiteness, thus leading to code-switching. When Cash decides to lead a revolt, after learning of WorryFree's plan, he uses his natural voice, thus no longer agreeing to assimilate.
Red's strained voice results from her vocal cords being crushed by her surface-dwelling counterpart. Despite this attempt to silence her, she could regain her speaking ability. This mirrors how oppressed groups can and have revolted despite the violence enacted by their oppressors, in attempts to silence them.
Us
Return to Body
Legs
Get out
One iconic scene in Get Out is when the grandfather runs full speed at Chris. This rigorous running practice is motivated jealousy and rage that accompanies him being out run by a Jesse Owens, a black athlete. This implies that he took over a black body in hopes that he would be more able to run as fast as Owens.
The Devil's Knot
One section of the film focuses on a runaway from a plantation in search of a Quilombo. The dangerous act of running away is a resistance to slavery and a search for hope in a world where hope is stripped from black people.
Return to Body
Blood
Good Manners
In Good Manners, Clara puts her blood into spaghetti to satisfy her white, blood-thirsty boss. The implications from this dynamic are that of a black woman being influenced to enact pain on herself for the benfit of her white boss. This relationship is inherently exploitive.
Black Vampires
Black vampires are often seen as a subversion of the typical pale-skinned vampire. However, the first story by an American featuring a vampire is "The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo" published in 1819. In this short story, a slave killed by his captors resurrects as a vampire and exacts revenge.
Return to Body