Each one of my movies is going to be about one of these different social demons. The first one, being 'Get Out,' is about race and neglect and marginalization.
Jordan PeeleRead
We go to the theater to be entertained, but if what is left after you watch the movie is a sort of eye-opening perspective on some social issues, then it can be a really powerful piece of art.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art should entertain as well as provoke thought about important social issues.
In this quote, Jordan Peele emphasizes that the value of a theatrical experience extends beyond mere entertainment; it can also enlighten viewers on significant social issues, leaving them with a deeper understanding and perspective. This dual role of film as both entertainment and a catalyst for social awareness underscores the transformative power of art in society.
Themes
TheaterEntertainmentSocial IssuesArtPerspective
In practice
Example use cases
During a discussion about films that tackle social justice themes.
More from Jordan Peele
All quotes →I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking.
Jordan PeeleRead
I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the 'other' category on the standardized tests. You know, I had to go down the checklist - Caucasian, African-American, Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, and then, you know, at the bottom is other. So, you know, very early on I was taught, in a way, that I was somehow this anomaly.
Jordan PeeleRead
Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.
Jordan PeeleRead
I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.
Jordan PeeleRead
The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality. You have a rule or two you are bending or heightening, but the world around it is real.
Jordan PeeleRead
Similar quotes
Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonRead
When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important
Gustave CourbetRead
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.
Friedrich NietzscheRead
Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.
Michelangelo AntonioniRead
What I used to do with a passion, foolishly and vainly imagining I would change the world for the better, I no longer tolerate in myself or anyone else. But draw, always draw - and WRITE.
Ralph SteadmanRead
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
Ken FollettRead