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Oct 12, 2017, 8 tweets

.@JordanPeele in today's #BlackHorror class at @UCLA on The Sunken Place: "I realized it was the prison industrial complex." So many lives.

"It's the entire system that keeps us down, external and internal." --@JordanPeele on The Sunken Place in today's #BlackHorror class.

Today we snuck @JordanPeele into a back row while I was screening a scene from Get Out in my #blackhorror class. Then he raised his hand.

Recreation of my students' reactions as @JordanPeele walked to the front of the #blackhorror class to field questions.

Me: "What do you think the director was trying to say about the coveting of black bodies?"
*@JordanPeele raises hand*
Me: "You in the back."

There's so much to unpack from his visit to the class. I'll continue the thread with more of the content Friday.

My sister sent me this link. An article about @JordanPeele's visit to my #blackhorror class at @UCLA today: ew.com/movies/2017/10…

I will say this tho: @JordanPeele didn't just answer questions and conduct the class. He took the class to church.

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