Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022)

from Fear of the Dark · host staceyabaran

Happy Halloween! On the final episode of our Jordan Peele mini-season, Stacey and Matthew talk about Nope (2022), the Western sci-fi horror starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, two siblings who discover an unusual phenomenon in the skies near their family's horse ranch. Join us as we close out the season, talking about the many cinematic influences on Nope, the equivocation of the racialized human and the animal, and how the movie inserts itself into the longer legacy of American cinema. Film: Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022) Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive) Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran) Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited by Matthew Vernon. Mixdown and mastering by Stacey Baran. Follow us on Instagram @fearofthedarkpod!

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Happy Halloween! On the final episode of our Jordan Peele mini-season, Stacey and Matthew talk about Nope (2022), the Western sci-fi horror starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer, two siblings who discover an unusual phenomenon in the skies near their family's horse ranch. Join us as we close out the season, talking about the many cinematic influences on Nope, the equivocation of the racialized human and the animal, and how the movie inserts itself into the longer legacy of American cinema. Film: Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022)Intro Music: “The Army of You” (Library of Congress Free Music Archive)Outro Music: “Late Night Indigo” (written and performed by Stacey Baran) Fear of the Dark is a film podcast about race and horror, hosted by Matthew Vernon and Stacey Baran. Episode edited by Matthew Vernon. Mixdown and mastering by Stacey Baran. Follow us on Instagram @fearofthedarkpod!

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