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The Warning Behind Jordan Peele's Spectacle in NOPE | Nerdy Sermon
Upon watching Jordan Peele’s summer monster movie Nope, I was… unhappy. After obsessing over Get Out and enjoying Us for years, I had high expectations for this movie to… *mean* something. But when I rolled credits on it, I felt like I had watched a summer monster movie.
Where was the scathing critique on race, government, capitalism, or whiteness? It wasn’t there. All I could think about was the haunting first five minutes of the film over and over.
And so, I took to studying; I’ve written about five different nerdy sermons on this movie. One was about flipping the optics from the watched to the watchers; the other was about owning a historical inclusion and manipulation of racial relationships and the actual presentation of the monster itself.
But, in the end, I’ve scrapped all of them. And come back to this: Jordan Peele stated from the beginning that this film was supposed to be a spectacle. And it was. The word that comes to mind for this nerdy pastor when I consider the spectacle is: miracle. Maybe it’s a bad miracle like OJ mentions in the film, but maybe not. Let’s talk about it.
Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/CheckpointChurch
We stream Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday: https://www.twitch.tv/checkpointchurch
Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb
Editor: Niki Turner
Secret Link: https://youtu.be/VL5XY8koXxU
Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Welcome!
1:39 - Scripture
2:39 - What is NOPE? (Leel Spoilers)
4:35 - The Secret B-Plot of NOPE
6:12 - Scripture Analysis
8:12 - Why Peele Chose This Passage
9:05 - What do you call a bad miracle?
10:41 - What does this mean for us today?
12:35 - Thanks for Watching!
13:24 - Quick Question
13:40 - Three Things
14:19 - Twitch Clip!
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Upon watching Jordan Peele’s summer monster movie Nope, I was… unhappy. After obsessing over Get Out and enjoying Us for years, I had high expectations for this movie to… *mean* something. But when I rolled credits on it, I felt like I had watched a summer monster movie.
Where was the scathing critique on race, government, capitalism, or whiteness? It wasn’t there. All I could think about was the haunting first five minutes of the film over and over.
And so, I took to studying; I’ve written about five different nerdy sermons on this movie. One was about flipping the optics from the watched to the watchers; the other was about owning a historical inclusion and manipulation of racial relationships and the actual presentation of the monster itself.
But, in the end, I’ve scrapped all of them. And come back to this: Jordan Peele stated from the beginning that this film was supposed to be a spectacle. And it was. The word that comes to mind for this nerdy pastor when I consider the spectacle is: miracle. Maybe it’s a bad miracle like OJ mentions in the film, but maybe not. Let’s talk about it.
Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/CheckpointChurch
We stream Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday: https://www.twitch.tv/checkpointchurch
Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb
Editor: Niki Turner
Secret Link: https://youtu.be/VL5XY8koXxU
Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Welcome!
1:39 - Scripture
2:39 - What is NOPE? (Leel Spoilers)
4:35 - The Secret B-Plot of NOPE
6:12 - Scripture Analysis
8:12 - Why Peele Chose This Passage
9:05 - What do you call a bad miracle?
10:41 - What does this mean for us today?
12:35 - Thanks for Watching!
13:24 - Quick Question
13:40 - Three Things
14:19 - Twitch Clip!