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The first few weeks of this course have been more than what I had expected in terms of the variety in the type of black horror that we have already covered. Before taking this class, the only black horror I had experienced was Jordan Peele’s films Get Out and Us. For this reason, when I found out about this course which was titled “The Sunken Place,” I knew I had to take this class before I graduated. When I first saw the film Get Out, the Sunken Place is something I thought a lot about. I wondered what it would feel like to fall into this place. Missy’s echoing voice saying “Sink into the ground,” would run through my head when I would think about the Sunken place.
This interest drove me to write a paper in my film course my third year, where I only slightly learned more about the Sunken Place and began to feel more intrigued about the rest of the film and its many layers. The more I watched Get Out, the more racial themes I discovered. For this reason, last week’s lectures have been one of the most interesting because I was able to learn more about them, as well as more of them. One of these themes being the convening of black bodies. I previously only saw the surface level of the Coagula procedure, I only saw this as a form of slavery. Especially due to the fact that Chris is auctioned after the party scene. While the procedure remains a symbol of slavery for me, Professor Due has taught me about the true deeper meaning behind the procedure being that they believed black people were only useful for their physical capabilities and the rest of their existence did not matter to them, so much that they could be gotten rid of by being sent to the Sunken Place. Something that Professor Due mentioned in class that stuck to me was this idea that American culture battles between its “need for black bodies'' and its “ desire to control them.” I believe that Peele effectively demonstrates this theme without explicitly stating it which is one of the many reasons that I enjoy watching the film. It is sort of if you know, you know. And I think you will only know if you have experienced this or know about the experience of being a minority in society that has historically discriminated and belittled you.
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