Is Netflix's "The Strays" a COPYCAT of JORDAN PEELE? | CHAT WITH AUZI 5
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2023
- Netflix's latest original "The Strays" borrows a few things from Jordan Peele, but does it take too much? Here are my thoughts.
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All I can say is “WOW” what a phenomenal critique of this movie, after dissecting it the way you have, I’m compelled to go back & watch it again, thank you!!!
Thank you for watching ☺️❤️❤️❤️
I thought that the purpose of the manhood stuff between the brothers, and also the outburst between Dione and Mary, was to show the internal conflict they both had of being jealous of them for living the life they didn't and the longing they had for the sibling relationship they missed out on. I felt that Carl was somewhat going back and forth on deciding if he wanted to hurt his brother or not, and it was both a brotherly hazing/rite of passage type of thing and a genuine struggle on acting out his aggression towards him. In the end, I think the brotherhood part of his struggle won because he ultimately helped him with his bully.
This makes a lot of sense and is pretty much what I figured, I just didn’t realize that the arch ended with him helping with the bully. But I guess they goes to my other point that their original intentions were to be a family. Thank you for watching my interview!❤️
@@Auziahtv Absolutely! Yours was the best review I found about this movie, and I didn't even realize the Jordan Peele similarities at all. You got a new subscriber out of me
This film had great potential but it was a bit stupid, with too many 'stereotypical' moments, and many unexplained plots.
@@binfacelardgod1906 I agree, but only because of run time. I think this would have done better as a miniseries, especially since it was already separated into chapters. They needed more time to flush out certain elements and at times the pacing seemed a bit rushed.
@@AmadeusAlmighty true I agree, that a mini series probably would have worked much better.
In regards to Carl and Sebastian's relationship, (big brother, makes little brother a man scene) do you remember towards the end of the movie when Carl told Cheryl that he peed on himself until last year (or this year...I cannot recall what he exactly said). Rewind back to when Carl made Sebastian walk to the edge of the roof and Sebastian began to urinate on himself. Carl goes from being angry and jealous to empathizing with Sebastian. So my thoughts are that both brothers shared bed wetting in common. I don't know if that clearly conveys him making his little brother a man, but it does show that he had some sort of compassion for him, and later Carl does help Sebastian beat up his bully (or did he kill him?!) Which was suppose to make Sebastian prove himself as a man.
Yes that’s a very good point. The bed wetting was an important part that I definitely forgot about in the review lol thank you for reminding me and thank you for watching! ❤️
What a great analysis. Thank you. I do think it was literally about race, but not necessarily ONLY about race. I think she left her white-passing family because they had now become "tainted" by blackness and by her past.
Whoa! What an angle! That’s definitely one way to look at it! Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️ and thank you for checking out my video ☺️❤️
I think she left at the end for she didn’t want to be a single mother. She wanted comfort, not struggle.
Exactly. She didn’t leave her kids -she left what they symbolized (blackness). The only white thing in her home was killed.
@@TFCFMINNISTRY12 she didn’t even know the dad was dead, she didn’t even care nor try to ask the delivery man for help - she abandoned them all.
Let’s not forget how she mentioned how fathers leave their families all the time. I guess she felt that if fathers can step out on their families why is everyone making a big deal about her doing the same thing.
I wanted to see that particular scene. I must’ve missed that line. Can you refer it to me please
@@BiznessBoog I think it’s the scene when her husband is talking to her after the whole gala incident and trying to get more information about her past and why she left her black kids.
Very fair observation
Yes she’s right, it happens shortly after the gala scene
This movie was amazing. That ending? Dayum, left me with my mouth hanging open. I was suitably impressed.
I thought it was so well done! But a lot of people are hating it 🫠 thank you for checking out my review ❤️❤️
wow not suitably inpressed i am going to start saying that
I agree with your assertion that this was not about race it was about the woman getting the life she wants. I think it is also about highlighting the double standard of mothers having an inherent intrinsic connection to their children. I believe the woman states something along the lines of “ men leave their children all the time in search of a better life I did too”
This is spot on! If this were about a man leaving his children there’s no way this story would be as meaningful because we expect women to be maternal! Excellent point. Thank you so much for checking out my review! ❤️
Wow I noticed that and was actually rooting for Cheryl to leave and start over lol
How is it a double standard? Women naturally have that which is why they have the biological ability to be pregnant.
@@Jeremy-wp4yhnot all women are maternal. It’s a double standard because men leave their children all the time and we’ve accepted it as a societal norm, where as when a woman does it like Cheryl we are horrified
@@Auziahtv if a woman isn't maternal she probably has issues. But this is not societal. It's biological. The body naturally does without being taught. The human race would die out if both men and women didn't have that instinct.
Great breakdown especially Carl image in the mirror, I didn't notice that but it's a beautiful shot. I think the manhood part up on the roof to me was kind of Carls way of adding some element of fear to Sebastians perfect life. Him being forced to live without his mother going through all the hardships of life without the comfort of a mother and because of her, it feels like it was his way of having him face something traumatizing. I agree that for me it wasn't about race, to me she was more so disguising herself because she didn't want to be recognized from her previous life. She never denied being black, I think the issue she had from her daughter wearing more ethnic styled hairdo's was wondering where it was coming from. She did everything to get as far away from anyone in her past finding her, so where would her daughter pick up these styles? She knew she left children behind, children that would be of a certain age by now and could possibly (and did) show up during any part of her children's lives be it dating, going to highschool and or college at some point. I think when she saw Carl, she knew who he was as he could have favored his father a lot. I think that would explain her behavior of wanting to keep him far away because she didn't know if he himself knew who she was but in her heart she knew her past finally caught up to her. I think the siblings were going back n forth on if they should carry out what they came there to do. Possibly meeting their new siblings could have been a factor in that. When Carl said maybe we should leave but he's then reminded by Dione that she never went to prom, so the plan was back on. Then another deciding factor was her behavior when they showed up at the partr. Then her handing them money to leave, that scene was great. The look Carl and Dione shared, though silent, spoke volumes. I knew at that moment they were definitely going to do what they came there to do. When Neve ( which is Even backwards which stood out to me) mood suddenly changed at the family reunion this to me was part of her protective personality of herself, whenever she's stressed out this personality kicks in and she's ready to run. I felt bad that the father paid the price for her poor decisions in life. I also don't get the feeling that she was the abusive parent when she whooped him with the slipper, I actually think it showed that her blackness started to show. I'm not saying this is the case for every black household but when we did something out of pocket we got whooped for it and again not for everyone but a lot of white households don't believe in whooping children. So for me and this is just what I got from that scene is that in all her getting away from that life, she in fact still had that ingrained in her. The only indication of her being abused was the belt and his abruptness in his voice message demanding she picked up the phone, so I don't know how badly she was abused but it at least does say she might not have been lying and at least for herself she felt abused. I will say I thought this movie would end way differently than it did but I loved it. I thought the acting from everyone was great and I don't get to say that often. The actor Bukky who you pointed out... OMG her performance was amazing and I could feel the sister and brother connection without knowing their story, besides them being left. You can tell he took care of his sister and always made sure she was good. Sorry this is a long comment but there's a lot to the story to unravel lol. I don't understand the negative reviews this movie is getting but I thought it was fantastic.
I wish I had time to respond to everything you said. But I read it all and I agree you really got it right here. To your point about hitting the son with the shoe, I think that corporal punishment in the black household is becoming more generational. While I got whooped sometimes, I’m sure it wasn’t as much as my parents did when they were young, and I won’t do it at all as a parent. So when I saw it in the movie I didn’t automatically associated with black child rearing, but you make a very valid point. And I agree Bukky was phenomenal! That actress is going places. I have no idea why people hated this film I thought it was for the most part brilliantly done.
I'm a director and I really enjoyed this review!
Some notes, things like using ECU to capture emotion, motifs, using color to foreshadow or share info, those are basic things taught in filmmaking. So I disagree that those things specifically make it similar to get out. I think it's the stylization of it that makes it similar to Get Out, if that makes sense. That being said, the director of this film straight up said he watched Get Out the same year he thought of this idea, and was "inspired". I feel like in his quest to capture so much of the tone of Get Out and also US, he missed some opportunities to show his personal style as a director.
Other thoughts. You mentioned about the mom being potentially abusive. I agree. I believe the mom lied about the dad being abusive. I believe she was mentally ill. I believe Carl said he was sanctioned as a kid/ committed to a psyche ward. The mom mentions she left them with an aunt, who gave them up right away so I think they inherited their crazy from her.
The brothers -- I felt like this was a typical male ego thing of showing off bravado. Carl was jealous and wanted to prove, that he was more of a man than his baby brother. I thought similar to your mom, that maybe he was setting his brother up to be a killer of someone else in the family, by killing/hurting (was the bully killed?? lol) the bully. I also think the siblings were torn, especially with them being mentally ill themselves, between loving and hurting.
Side note, did ANYONE think the bathtub scene with baby sister playing with the afro pick in the bubbles was weird? It was literally under the bubbles and then it emerges like she was... nevermind. lol. I know the "pick" was a secret. As a director, I would have never shot that scene like that. Just felt like he wanted to show a woman in a hot tub for hot tub's sake. It also seemed like she was attracted to her sister in some scenes. But, I don't know. Maybe it was just me. Just felt weird and unnecessary.
There were some missteps in the film. There were open loops that weren't closed. But I loved the ending. I also liked the different chapters. I'm looking forward to seeing what else the director does.
PS- I know you mentioned you were a storyteller. Are you writing? If not, you should be!
Brilliant review. You’re a great storyteller.
I enjoyed the movie, not for its storytelling per se but for its brazen attempts to provoke the audience.
Also, there’s a whole cultural context that I could relate to that many non-UK audiences might not appreciate as much.
Thank you so much! ❤️ I would love to know the UK context. I was think maybe the newspaper clipping in the beginning of the film? I haven’t seen a UK perspective on it yet
They really should've just not spoiled the mom connection so early. It took away from the ambiguity and suspense. The performances were strong though and the intensity at the end made it disturbing. Something as simple as the faucet running and not being able to turn it off. Watching them slosh through the house made me so uncomfortable.
I still don't know how to feel about the race part because it seems Cheryl has other issues. But I do think her distress at the "ethnic" hairstyle was included for a reason. She's so deep into assimilating but we don't have much to go on other than her having unambiguously black children. I wish maybe they weren't introduced with negative behaviors, playing into her prejudices, but then still confront her with the same rage.
I honestly knew from scene 1 that they were going to be her kids, but I agree that holding off would have made for a much more terrifying story! Also someone mentioned earlier that Cheryl’s disdain for seeing blackness in her kids has less to do with the blackness itself but more about not wanting to see any part of her past reflected. I tend to agree with that. The faucet was so brilliantly uncomfortable! Thank you for checking out my review!❤️
Wow! This was a fantastic analysis and I think you are spot on! I watched this film last week, and it has stayed with me. I got elements of Jordan Peele from the first scene. I do think that Nathaniel White used a lot of those elements in a unique way to tell this story, and I especially loved that the second chapter told the events from the children’s point of view. I think both of her first children were very conflicted about whether they should be angry or make peace with the new family.
I also agree that even though race was a part of the film, it wasn’t the main point. It was more about a woman who was adept at doing what she had to do to survive, as you said.
One thing I wanted to mention regarding race was Neve’s wigs and how she kept scratching under them showed that she wasn’t completely comfortable as Neve, or who she created Neve to be. Her husband even asked why do you cover your hair, showing that he lived her for who she (thought) she was. So she wasn’t trying to make herself more white per se, but trying to look what she thought would make her more sophisticated. And, it was something she imposed on herself. I also was confused by her reaction when she saw her daughter with the curly ponytail. She seemed upset and not sure how to respond. Was it jealousy over her child’s natural hair? And later she was upset when her daughter’s hair was braided. I think she wasn’t completely sure of who she was and her identity in general. That was a big hint at how she had no sense of self to me.
This is a great observation! The scratching representing that she was never comfortable with the character she created! I believe she hate the blackness in her children not be cause of the blackness itself, but because she literally wanted to remove anything that reminder her of her past. Thank you so much for checking out my review! ❤️
@@Auziahtv I think you are right about her attitude toward the children, both sets of children, reminding her of her past. I am subbing to your channel, and looking forward to more interesting analyses. 🙂❤️
As a horror manga reader I can see that Jordan Peele was inspired by manga with the way things are framed and what we don’t see.
Yep! Very true. Thank you for checking out my video! ❤️
Definitely. Especially see it a lot in “NOPE”
I was honestly very disappointed in this movie because the potential for it to be really good was there. The cruel portrayal of Cheryl’s other children furthers the stereotypes of dark skinned black people as being aggressive and in that I was most disappointed. There’s so much more to the culture they could have had them show her younger children but instead it was all mainly negative habits. I just feel like they could have done so much better with the script instead of going down that route, very tone deaf in my opinion
This is 100% fair and I had this thought myself. In fact the whole movie could have been done without discussing race at all. It could have simply been about a woman who abandons her children due to narcissism. I get exactly what you mean. Thank you for checking out my review!
@@Auziahtv The whole premise of the movie is about race and the fact she is light skinned and able to pass for white, which afforded her a whole new life. Cheryl's mixed kids were portrayed as sympathetic towards the original kids. Yes they were spoiled but it makes sense as they're wealthy. Can a dark skinned actor act beside a light skin character without y'all making it about colourism? It's not everyday and it reveals your own inherit biases
@@itsNaomi_Ruth Agreed! AuziahTV appears to be missing the point of the movie. This movie represents what happens in families in real life, only it's usually the Black males who abandon their Black families for families with White women and other non-Black women. The problem with most Black people, they want to keep colorism and racism hidden under the rug, and not address it, as if life is hunky dory.
That's what I was thinking. I did not like that her children, particularly Carl, had to turn out to be violent. That just perpetuates The stereotype that black people are violent. It took away from the empathy you developed regarding the children being abandoned by their mother
@rhondae8222 I couldn’t disagree with you more. I actually think anyone who thinks this movie is about race is completely missing the point. But I appreciate your comment none the less!
Nooooo it didn’t come close to GET OUT. Strays was awful . They borrowed some things to suck in viewers but …..the movie was trash. Definitely saw the Jordan peele influences but I just wasn’t a fan of the story told - I will credit the writer with the effort to put something different out here but there was no one in this film that was really likable. The bi-racial kids were punished for their mom’s lies, they both thought that had a new friend- and wanted to actually have a relationship with their siblings, their father was killed by their brother, and to top it off their mom leaves them as well. I agree - it was solely about race but it just left me asking more questions by the end but not questions I’d actually want answered in a sequel. More like questions I wish the movie actually addressed. I appreciate your review but not enough to go watch it again lol - this is a story I could do without. Cheryl was an opportunist -hence her sister’s tone when they were on the phone. You can also see how she manipulated her white husband when buying son his birthday gift to throwing the gala. Yes she worked but you can tell he was the breadwinner. Not a maternal bone In her body. Just looking for her next mark to use and maybe give him a couple more babies. The black kids had my sympathy until they kidnapped the other family. I’d been completely fine if they kidnapped their mom. She was wrong, she was guilty. The performances by the abandoned kids was good but I just thought the castings was off. Pulled me out of the story.
What did you think of the comparisons I made for how the movie tries to mimic the story telling techniques of Jordan Peele?
But I do agree that Get Out is FAR more the better film
Never watched your videos, but I subscribed now. You explain things very well. I haven't watched strays, but I was thinking about it. I hate copycats and copied trends we see alllll theeee timeee. So, it's good to see this take and show this isn't a copy, but just using a technique.
Also, you're awesome! A lot of videos I watch like this seem overwhelming and like the creator is attempting to idk outshine the topic... really bring up nothing new to the topic. You did! Adding your opinion while also just showing the information plainly and letting us see for ourselves. Well done!
Thank you so much! I put a lot of working into making sure my critiques are fair❤️❤️ I’m so glad house found me. More reviews are coming in the future!
To me it wasn't about Race really. They used it to help tell the story of Cheryl/Neve's old life coming back to bite her on the ass. The moment she is told that two black people have moved into her local area, she immediately shits herself because she knows immediately that they are her kids coming to look for her, before she even sees them.
She explains later on that she didn't think her white husband would take on her two black children. It just goes to show what kind of character she is. She's more concerned about her new idyllic life and new husband than she is about her own children.
In this movie, Cheryl/Neve isn't likeable at all. You know very early on that ages a selfish woman who won't take responsibility for her actions.
In Get Out, you feel really bad for the main character because he is a really sweet, lovely guy who gets forced into a situation that's going to put him in imminent danger. He didn't deserve it and he only ended up in that situation because of his girlfriend suggesting to him to come and meet his family
In Get Out, it's about a Cult who lure black people into their community and then enslave them by using hypnosis and by surgically removing a part of their brain so they can be functional but also be completely submissive. They are used because black people are seen as being faster, stronger and perhaps smarter than a white people.
I also agree that Cheryl/Neve would have taken on ANY type of identity and life if it meant she got to live how she wanted. The first life got hard so she ran, the second one got hard so she left again.
Thanks for educating us.
Love it. I've been studying screenwriting! I'll be following FoSho!✊🏾🙌🏾
Thank you Bruce!
She was the abuser because the older son said that she wasn't perfect neither because of her allegation of their father's abused. The older son was trying to make the younger son strong because he knew that she would flee again whenever she is faced with challenges.
Love this take! Very plausible. This makes sense. Thank you for checking out my video ❤️
This was so entertaining and informative to watch! I feel like rewatching this movie just to see the elements that u have missed😅
It would be interesting to see you do one about the movie “NOPE”.
Definitely subscribing!!
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ I’d love to do one of Nope but I fear that the algorithm wouldn’t push the video because it’s been out for so long 😔. I really appreciate your support! ❤️
I believe self hate played into how she treated her hair and her daughters hair. She contributes her blackness to her past suffering. But once the ish hits the fan she is ready to move on. I do believe that she would move on to what ever suits her. And in this case whiteness suited her. Even when her husband embraced her hair she didn’t. That’s self hate.
Very fair observation. And as I mentioned in the video I definitely agree that elements of self gate are used. I just don’t think the self hate is the focal point of the film as it was in Passing. Have you ever seen that one? It just feels so drastically different that I don’t why everyone keeps making that comparison. Thank you for checking out my review!☺️
@@Auziahtv I haven’t seen Passing but I’ll give it a try. I don’t think this woman tried to “pass” though I think she wanted to benefit from being a certain type of Black because she thought phenotypical black features contributed to her struggle. I loved your review by the way lol!
Speaking of a parent moving on to create a new family remidned me of another horror thriller from 80s - Stepfather :)
The strays deserves no more than 0. It had an opportunity to explore deep social issues but misses every opportunity.
Oh no I disagree 😔 I don’t think it was trying to tackle deep social issues. I think it was just about a
narcissistic woman who never should have been a parent.
This film is TOTTALY ABOUT RACE. I wish it was given more time to marinate however it reminds me loosely based on an imitation of life. WE love sweeping race under the blanket unless it is surface. American racism is nothing more than terrorism and it affects our souls like a parasite. We all act differently. There is no right or wrong way and no one wins especially those within the black community ; INCLUDING lighter skinned and biracial people . We have become so detached to race because we have made it trendy and pop. We are literally living on stolen land and GEORGE ZIMMERMAN is still walking around while white people are still making jokes about skittles. I'll admit that the film needed SO MUCH MORE TIME TO MARINATE and it could have been very dope. We don't get enough time for character development however for alot of us especially those who are ambitious in white america ; this film is a TRUE REALITY for what it means to be an outsider in white/euro america; europe. Woman of color, black , black queer , darker skinned and LIGHTER SKINNED black people. We are all impacted
Respectfully I disagree for all the reasons I mentioned in the video. I don’t think it was about race at all. Just my opinion
Thank you for a great analysis! I couldn’t tell what exactly was similar in the little details and you did. This felt to me like reversed Get out, as she ran to “whiteness” and wanted to be reinvented. I also saw elements of “us” in the confrontation scenes. I found the water very unnerving and was relieved when she turned it off. From that moment she put her logical hat on and follow through with her plan. Fascinating character, the black kids could’ve been more fleshed out by showing more than telling: “sectioned”, “pay the baddies”, clearly a lot happened and hearing about it somehow does not have the same impact that it would if the film was about the children and their journey. We don’t get to truly know the lead protagonist, she’s always a mystery because she’s not herself… always playing a role to survive? (like you said) or enjoy her life and not caring for anyone but herself?
You are so right about the water scenes! I forgot to mention that in my video. I agree the kids definitely could have been more fleshed out!Thank you so much for watching!
That was the first thing I wondered when I watched the trailer of the movie but after seeing the movie it's entirely different from Get Out. The Strays is about the past coming back to haunt Cheryl and her old life (her kids) and coming into her new and seemingly perfect one. I like the movie. Wish it had more horror to it if you get what I mean?
I agree completely. I think the film was branded as a horror to draw us in, but to then tell a story about abandonment and humanity. Unfortunately if a real horror is what you went in for, you definitely didn’t walk away with that. Thank you for check out my review!
I found the abandoned children’s anger to be way too over the top. Look, I get it, I was abandoned in my own way as a child. However, the anger was very heavy handed to me. I also didn’t understand the inconsistency in the supernatural elements. I did enjoy this unique interpretation of passing, but I wish they had developed it more.
Maybe that’s why the girl Deion came off as I saw her before. I IMDB’d her and never seen any of her work. It must’ve been her character was eerily similar to characters of US. US is probably my favorite movie in recent years !!
Great review!
Yep that’s probably why! Thank you so much for checking out my video! ❤️
Great job with your critique. You made some interesting points I did not consider when I watched it. The movie was layered and difficult to watch at times, but you've given me a different perspective to consider. Thank you.
Thank you so much for checking out my video ❤️❤️
To be fair, borrowing from success is the greatest form of flattery. But I think it's cool because The Strays has it's own plot and climax.
I agree that the Strays stands alone as it’s own creation. Thank you for checking out my video ❤️
@@Auziahtv no problem
The ending sound (calypso) by Lord Kitchener sums up a lot about the mom in the movie...…!
The ending sound or song? For me it was the ending song/sound track that summed up the mother.
Great breakdown... To be fair I really enjoyed the movie... It was intense and left me at the edge of my seat. The ending caught me off guard because I thought she wrote a note on the money or something to give to the delivery driver to call the police 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
I'm still a bit confused... When she saw the walls caving in, in the kitchen could this be a sign she was suffering from hallucinations? She also mentions being forced to have the second child.. Possible trauma? Pstd? Even in the beginning she looked his she was suffering from some sort of mental health illness
The jacket in the beginning scene is Michael's that's the same jacket Marvin is wearing...
There's a lot of deep Messages/hidden gems in the movie it's almost like shutter Island you have to open your mind to it... I found it fascinating
I do feel like there were certain choices made that were just unnecessary. Like Marvin and Abi having a lot of misplaced anger towards everyone but Cheryl. Marvin's decision to kill Cheryl's husband was completely unnecessary. Also Marvin almost pushing Sebastian to his death and only stopping in his tracks after Sebastian peed on himself also felt unnecessary. Overall the characters we were supposed to sympathize with oftentimes came off as extremely unlikable, even with the understanding that they were damaged, abandoned kids that just wanted their mother.
Love this review !!!!
Thank you!
Just watched this last night and I just love your breakdown! I was putting this film off for a bit but I did really enjoy it. Surprisingly I haven’t seen any of Jordan Peele’s films, but I’ve been meaning to check them out. I’m probably the last black person on earth who hasn’t seen Get Out 😅
Trigger Warning ⚠️ :
Regarding the belt scene…I processed that as her on the brink of harming herself (via asphyxiation). I could be mistaken, but that’s what came to my mind immediately.
Also, I think that manhood test was to see if Sebastian would be down for getting revenge on his attacker. It isn’t fully explained in the film, so unsure if the bully is dead, but I suspect they made it look like he fell from the roof of the building. That’s why he asked if he thought he could survive that fall.
All of this!!
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Insightful review! Very good analyzation! Why she scratched her wig so much 😂
Thank you for checking out my video! ❤️ girl I was tryna figure that out 😂
I think you where waaaay to generous to this movie.
I’m sorry you feel that way but I respect your opinion! I’d love to know your thoughts on it.
@@Auziahtv the directing was mid.
The writing was not good, a good idea but not fleshed out properly.
The acting from the 2 older siblings was really bad.
But the ending was not predictable I'll give that up .
this movie does have that "directed by" jordan peele vibe
Great in-depth review
Good analysis; definitely gave me more insight into the movie.
Thank you for giving my review a chance! ❤️
The part that irk me a lot was the fact the wasted so much water at the end
It was definitely a lot lol
I agree it gave me a lot of that Jordan Peele flare to it ..
I never knew my father, so yeah, I was affected by this film. I found it to be painful to watch.
I’m so sorry. Abandonment is a huge theme in the film so I thought it may be triggering. I don’t know your circumstances but I pray that God keeps you in His arms and that you are able to be healed. Thank you for giving my video a chance
I hope one day we can support and love two Black artists without comparison.
There’s nothing wrong with comparison. Art exists to be enjoyed, appreciated and analyzed. Thanks for stopping by tho 🤷🏾♀️
That ending, I won't ruin it but wow. I thought that was a Jordan peele movie
I believe, the movie, "The Strays", was about abandonment and colorism. Also, since most Black males (the common Black males and Black male celebrities) are the main perpetrators of colorism against their own darker skinned Black women, and the fact that the world knows how Black males worship White and light skin. In fact, this movie would have been more truthful if the story was about a Black male who left his Black family to marry and have biracial children with a White woman or with any woman who was not Black, being that this happens often with Black males. TBT
Agreed!
You did a awesome job discussing this movie. I felt a little jordan peele vibe as I watched it also...I'm new here and now I'm locked in ❤️
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This movie was weird. No reason to kill the husband. He was clueless on it all. Not sure if I liked this movie or not.
I immediately thought of US and Get Out when watching this movie. But it was interesting though simply because I enjoyed Jordan Peele's work so same Whatsapp group. I still don't get what the core message was except that some people shouldn't have children 🤣
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If I had to guess, I would say the core message is no matter how much we reinvent ourselves we can never escape the truth of who we really are and the things that we’ve done
@@Auziahtv I want to agree but she escaped in the end - AGAIN - so... 🤷🏾
Hmm something tells me it caught up with her and we just didn’t see it, but fair point lol
Guys help what Do you think was the point of Ian saying after the gala "Of course I'm upset about your 2 BLACK kids showing up"???
Not sure if the wording is right but he emphasized black but I don't get why or what it is supposed to say about him
I just finished it, and it does feel like a Jordan Peele movie.
She really said: double it and give it to the next person.
Very compelling
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My thing is… as you mentioned, what were there intentions, it wasn’t made clear.
Facts lol
I liked both movies but the sound effects is what makes it seen like a get out film
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You are a great reviewer.. I especially appreciate your comments on abandonment issues as key to the movie.
Thank you so much for watching ❤️ I had the thought of abandonment because of my work as a domestic violence attorney. The lost children reminded me of some of my previous clients
@@Auziahtv I wonder if anyone ever heals from the depth of that kind of pain.
I laughed and was left agast when I saw a black woman NOT be the strong ride or die. She dipped so smooth I felt abandoned!
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She was like fuck them kids lol
Facts! 😅
wow i didn't think that deep while i was watching it. Feels like i watched a different movie
I was trained to have an eye for certain things. Now that you’ve heard a different perspective I would encourage you to watch it again! Especially the first scene. It tells us so much. Thank you for checking out my video ☺️❤️
Strays is nothing like “US” or “Get Out”, certain similarities just like any other movie of the same genre and the actors being black. Is a good movie, fast paced and entertaining. I didn’t like that they just went after the mother, what about the father? He also abandoned them.
I think I addressed some pretty fair similarities 🤷🏾♀️ Just my opinion tho! I don’t think the movie necessarily excluded the father. Tbh we don’t know if he remained active or not. This wasn’t his story so I think that’s why we didn’t see him.
Tbh, I did not understand 'Us', for me it was not comprehensible.
Your spot on
They didn’t steal anything from Jordan peele if we think about it. I used to be deeply into Manga and he definitely is inspired by that and maybe a few other things. So they were just inspired .. But it definitely made me think of get out ! 😂 . I feel like she was definitely done with her ex , whom she had problems with.. But him being a bad person is questionable seeing how unhinged she is.
Fair assessment!
it reminded me of the Apple+ tv show Surface...
I’ve never seen it! I’ll have to check it out. Thank you for checking out my review!
@@Auziahtv thank you for making it, it's brilliant!
I agree I think this movie is about survival
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An incredibly BAD rip off of Peele
Nice Interpretation!
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It's a horror movie and Cheryl is the monster.
It was the fact that he killed a boy with a basketball for me 💀
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Did he kill him or just beat his bloody eyes out?
@@ILooKs33 it's strongly implied that he killed him bit only beating him just tacks on another weird choice in a movie full of bizarre decisions
agreed. it was about classism. not about race…
did you catch in the beginning where she's on the phone and asked "is it a crime to want moor?" then, the camera gets a shot of the MONKEY W/ A FEZ on twice, mocking moors. at the same time the movie pushes the BLACK narrative in Englad.. Africans have a nationality, knowing their origns.. Americans as well have our origins here in Americas. but the IDENTITY "BLACK" is a legal construct designed by corporate govt's and pushed by the entertainment industries to dehumanize entire nations of people. we are to old not to know our colors... and to continue ignoring the fact that people mimic the disinformation that is fed to them. very serious matter bc a movie like this gets you emotionally involved with finding fault in a fictitious "BLACK" mother, who mistreats her children, while the audience is being suckered into the perpetuation of COLOR CODES and the agreed to Class system that wars against those that accept the Identities.. Black has nothing to do with skin tone.. and if it does.. then the whole nation of people have to be mentally incompetent bc BLACK has never been brown... and BROWN has never been tan...
I agree with you that “black” is not typically used as a skin tone (except for black people, because people with black skin do exist) and that normally we use black to describe a culture.
Where we disagree is the notion that “blackness” or “black” is not real. It is very real, because it extends past color. It is a private conversation. It is a secret understanding. You are either apart of the conversation or you are not. We have chosen as a society to classify it as black. That doesn’t bother me. Black is a home for me to which I quite comfortably reside.
It is when others, who can not be apart of the conversation, but wish to, feel entitled to, and demand to, that blackness becomes an issue. But that is not the issue of blackness, it is the issue of others. This is the basis in which the great Toni Morrison explored in her work. A world in which black was free of any other opinions.. I would encourage you to dive deep into her work if you haven’t already. Then my perspective may make more sense.
I disagree on their intentions... we see early in the movie they already had the murder kit.
Are you sure? From my recollection we don’t see it until well into the movie? I’ll look again! Great insight! And thank you for checking out my video ❤️
Yes a copy cat but a nice twist. Why I don't hear no sisters talking about this one
I thought it was so good. Thank you for checking out my review!
So if it isnt about race, why would she be upset about the husband hired a black woman?
Because “blackness” is the thing that represents the past she was running from. Still, the “blackness” itself is arbitrary. You could easily replace it with anything from her past that reminded her of poverty and the life she felt she didn’t deserve.
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There were so many very gendered things about this film. The whole “be a man” thing as well as the girls bonding over hair. It felt like that was intentional.
I really can't understand how this film isn't mainly about race (or gendered racism if you prefer). Regardless of moral judgments, the fact that the protagonist denies her racial identity as a black woman by completely assimilating to a white society so that she finally "succeeds" in life (even if it takes leaving her origins and darker-skinned children behind) tells a lot about a colonial and dominating system of representation that economically/socially/polically oppresses, undermines and excludes women of color from having a decent life in any modern society. Of course, there are some parallel themes to consider such as coercive maternity, but racism is central in this narrative. Cheryl's "ego ideal" (Neve) is white and not just in skin color, but also in aesthetics, ideology, behavior, expectations and so on.
I hear you. Your perspective makes sense, it’s just not how I felt watching the film personally. Her choices didn’t seem to be about race to me at all, but that’s just me. Thank you for your input!
It is about race because even her hair is concealed to hide her blackness. She doesn't even allow her husband to touch it. Even when it itches, she doesn't take it off. When she goes to the principal's office to report the older son, the man speaks on how they don't want to seem to be firing him because of. Her daughter returns home with cornrows or something and their guest calls the hairstyle ethnic. The older boy even tells the younger one that people " like us" something something...the director makes so much plot points that he fails to tie up in the end. The film feels like a big idea someone had but fails to tackle these issues....
I always thought Get Out was ok but not the amazing film that everyone goes on about. It did have a lot of similarities to Rosemary's baby for me and I kinda liked the Strays. And living in London the nuances of council flats and ruch suburbia etc was nice to see.
Whew…I got to disagree with you there 😅 Get Out is a masterpiece in my book. Thank you for checking out my review!❤️
I love your name.
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In the beginning She says "I deserve more". Then goes from a small apartment to a large house.
And maybe feels like the blackness is holding her back.
The Strays is definitely inspired by Jordan Peele’s work!🤔
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Seem like it
Wow you’re so pretty ❤
Thank you 🥹
The casting was also very distracting - let’s not make it a color issue but it was hard for me to see her abandoned kids could be her kids especially we never saw their father, they also looked very old - like her age old…..she is white passing but they made her look like Michael Jackson. It took me out of the movie.
I hear this point but we actually do see his father. There is a picture of them together on the fridge in the very first scene. However to your point from a genetics standpoint the casting still doesn’t make sense
@@Auziahtv genetics standpoint? Genetics is not 2+2=4, you can have a dark-skinned black person have children with a white person and there is still a possibility for those children to be dark-skinned as well, so two black people having dark-skinned children even tho one of them is lightskin is very much possible
@tiamoafundo Whag exactly do you think my opinion is? You make a lot of assumptions here that I didn’t say
These two movies are totally different, I don't see why people are comparing them. This movie is about a narcissist woman that can be seen as racist by soiaty. We all know rn everybody wants to use race as an excuse for every shitty thing we do and that's what the movie was showing. All of us though she left the kids because of their skin color but no, she's just a narcissist woman that will always chose herself over other people.
Did you even watch my review? I agree with you
I didn't even watch so tried of these movies
I actually thought it was pretty good!
The actress, who played in the movie, "Passing", does not look European. She has broad features (lips, nose, darker skin tone compared to most Whites). A lighter skinned actress should have played that part.
Honestly I had this same thought! When I watched it I was like wait……she passed for white? 😂 Thank you for checking out my video!
I don't really like any od those movies...idk just something about it is bothering
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Hell no. It's not
Did you actually watch my video?
The stray was totally different the whole plot isn't the same it's a black girl that don't want to be black Jordan peele is a white family that want to be black
Did you watch my video?
It definitely was about race...."wonderful morning," she practices an accent. The daughter has baby hairs. She has a persistence itch on her hair which she hides. The idea of black people in her life, makes her recoil. There are two black drawing on her side mirror...she tries to have the boy fired but the principal speaks about how they don't want to seem prejudiced...you focused mainly on the elements of the film which was insightful but I disagree that it wasn't about race...The boy does even tell his big brother that the mother wants to be white...she even mentions to the husband that he wouldn't have been comfortable raising two black children...
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Let's stop comparing..everyone was inspired by someone. It was great movie. I enjoyed it
I don’t think you watched my video lol
I was very clear that everyone has been inspired by someone else. But there’s nothing wrong with comparison. Art is meant to be enjoyed savored and analyzed
No, it isnt a copy cat. Done.
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