Three Cheers for Jordan Peele
Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:00PM Chris here with some quick affection for one of the heroes of the season, Jordan Peele. While some (including yours truly) had predicted a Best Picture win for Get Out and its timely instant classic, it ended up being the other genre mashup to take the top prize. After Saturday's big win at the Indie Spirits and the rapturous standing ovation that greeted Peele's Best Original Screenplay win, it certainly looked like it might go all the way and you'd have to imagine it was a very close miss.
But the prize that Peele did win shouldn't go without its own celebration, triumphing in perhaps the tightest race of the night. As Nathaniel already pointed out, it's the category's first winner for an African American and horror film. Remember this time last year when people questioned if a horror film from a comedy outsider could even stay in the conversation? This win makes those reductive talking points look quite silly and serves as a trailblazer in more ways than one. Whatever Peele has coming next, you'd be a fool to doubt him any more.
Reader Comments (6)
Yes Peele is a v deserving winner but a tear for Greta Gerwig n Lady Bird who has to go home empty handed 😢
Well, if you consider Ghost an horror movie (which is also a mash up of different genres), then this is the second win in original screenplay for an horror movie.
My favorite win of the night.
Best moment. Only downside was it made me too excited to think it would go all the way.
Yaaaa..!!!!
I am so happy Jordan.
Still a long way to go .. he is a true legend,
Hatts off...
I hope he finds it easy in future.
He deserved it. Get Out will still be talked about in decades from now.