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Jordan Peele - Horror is pulling back the curtain - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

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.  from  Jordan Peele - Actor, Producer, Writer I like to watch a good horror film as much as the next person.  I am fascinated that a genre which exercises the amygdala  has the bones to layer on creativity.  BOO! becomes ingenious, revealing, thought provoking, and cathartic.  Jordan's film, Get Out , was kitschy, creative, funny, and exposing while being entertaining. I picked today's blog topic because I just finished listening to Jordan's interview on NPR:  Jordan Peele Looked Into The Mirror And Saw The Evil Inside "Us."  ( stupid, idiotic American grammar rules ).  One of the quotes that I liked was:  'So that is what this movie is about to me, is that: Whatever your "us" is, we turn "them" into the enemy, and maybe "we" are our own worst e...