Barbaric struts and cosmic indigestion in Jordan Peele's Nope
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In that moment the audience and Emerald are each abolitionists, and in that moment at the Blacktown drive-in where I witnessed Nope, everyone in that carpark, however briefly, behind their tinted car windows, desired the absence of police, for the police to fuck right off, and in the infinite violent possibilities invoked by Peele, we all wanted to see the police, the dutiful henchmen of capital that they are, gone for good.
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Nope: Let's Unpack Jordan Peele's Wild Ending
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Review: Jordan Peele's 'Nope' is Imperfect and Jaw-Dropping
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Jordan Peele's NOPE Announced For Home Entertainment - Monster
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Precis Archives - Overland literary journal
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Jordan Peele's Nope implicates audiences in exploiting spectacles