“Do they know I’m black?” Chris gently asks. But Mr. Peele is after more than giggles and shocks; he’s taking on 21st-century white racism and its rationales. VideoIt’s a jarring moment that might have been catastrophic for the movie if Mr. Peele didn’t quickly yank you back into its fiction. Our monsters, Mr. Peele reminds us, are at times as familiar as the neighborhood watch; one person’s fiction, after all, is another’s true-life horror story. Mr. Peele knows that threat, plays with it and eviscerates it with jokes and scares, only to top it off messily with full-on Grand Guignol splatter.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2017 22:12 UTC