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And so, even the throwaway minutiae ofUswarrants pause, deliberation, and some attempt at analysis.
(In aninterviewwith Polygon, Peele also admits a little personal thing: My first girlfriends father directedC.H.U.D.)
And was probably a little reference toGet Outin there too.
The Right Stuff:Okay, on this one, your guess is as good as mine.
(Gabe is right, come to find out; itwouldtake a shit load of coordination.)
(That shirt better not give her nightmares, her mother warns her father.)
(The coveralls also recall one of the best villains in horror cinema,Halloweens Michael Myers.)
The Man in the Mirror.
You should see if theyre looking for extras.
It foreshadows the uprising of The Tethers later in the movie.
ButUsis replete with 11s.
AdelaidesThrillershirt is prize number 11.
Jason points out that the time is 11:11 during his tender bedtime scene with his mother.
Jaws
One of the easier references to spot, since Jason is first seen wearing aJawslogo tee.
But there are two other visual references inUsto Steven Spielbergs blockbuster.
I am done with boats!
(Also, Orson WellessThe Lady From Shanghaiconcludes with an oft-quoted sequence set in a Magic Mirror Maze.)
He also uses, for both comic and sinister effect, a pair of identical twin girls.
Abe, one ofUss four home invaders, meets with the same grisly fate.
And to make it survive, it has to take over … Move us out so that it can live.
I remember reading it somewhere.
Each of us has a twin in this other world, an identical twin.
After all, these could just be some of those crazy coincidences that Elisabeth Mosss Kitty Tyler mentions.
But just to be safe, I should probably go watchThe Right Stuffagain.
Maybe Im just missing something.
