Film Theory: What Is Us REALLY About? (Jordan Peele's Us)
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Us is a movie FULL of metaphors and hidden meanings that we will be analyzing for a long time to come. Today, I want to tackle what I think is the message at the heart of the film; the main theme that Jordan Peele was trying to drill into our minds - not literally of course, he's not a Tethered... or is he? Loyal Theorists, today we are breaking down the nightmare of the American dream that is the movie Us.
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I can’t believe matpat didn’t make a comment about the “gold” scissors they’re most likely gilded which means only coated in gold covering up a cheaper interior which also ties into the gilded age of industry where the competition and pursuit for empty wealth came from
Or how wealth can cut you down... gold is usually known as a symbol or wealth and prosperity, which can lead you to a lonely and miserable life.
Also, wealth is a part of the “American Dream” mentioned in the video.
I wonder if there was symbolism behind Jason's "Jaws" shirt. How could that movie play into this entire theme of America having layers of superficiality? Perhaps the fact that Jaws, as good a horror movie as it was, is extreamly innacurate. Many shark experts explained how sharks don't normally attack people like this, and that the movie clearly over-embelished the entire image of sharks. They're certianly dangerous predators, but for them to be bloodthirsty, sadistic and evil? Maybe the symbolism of that shirt is how the Tethers are not the evil they're made out to be, or maybe some more bizarre message about America over-exagurating some danger as an undisputed evil that must be fought or it will destroy you.
scissors are made out of tethered identical but mirrored pieces like the humans and the tethered
I had a stroke reading that
I’m surprised MatPat didn’t touch on Kitty’s phrasing of “I could’ve been a movie star.” Most actors aren’t movie stars. Most aren’t even in movies. It shows that she doesn’t want to be an actress, necessarily, but rather that she just wants the glory and fame associated with being a big name in Hollywood. That she only wants what she sees. She only wants the glamor. She only wants what’s on the surface.
I agree with what you said, but I just don’t get what you meant by some actors aren’t even in movies?
C E A S A R theatre actors was mostly what I was referring to, but a lot of actors are strictly tv or commercial actors. Doesn’t mean they’re not actors, just that they’re not in movies.
Absolutley
I agree, but I think a better way of phrasing it would be that... Nobody calls it "movie star" anymore, not unless you're talking about actors who were associated with glamor, wealth, being a household name across America, and being the person everyone either wanted to be or be with. She didn't want to be an actress, she wanted the perks, the glamorous lifestyle, that she along with many Americans, have come to associate with it. Being a "star".
Idk what that mean your being a motor mouth (no afence)
My favorite part of the Movie is when Jason killed his copy. It’s was really cool to see him realize that his copy literally does everything he does, so he just walks backwards and makes his copy burn in the fire.
"It is was really cool..."
That was a big brain move
Where can I find the scene?
Is your profile pic that cat from the 2018 ghost game on Google? If it is I love it
@@stupidloser9282 yep.
I can't believe that this was Jordan Peele's second movie. It blows my mind that he managed to make two movies that appear to be made by a director with years of experience, but was actually made by a comedian that is also a freaking cinematic genius
yes!!
Correct
jordan AND peele have been in hollywood (or a reasonable facsimile) their whole lives, well the parts you know about anyways. this is nothing new to either of them
Candymang
Can you make a video explaining 1986s Mac and Me
I love the points you made but I just wanted to point out you forgot one other moment. At the beginning of the movie the dad was so obsessed with winning prizes he did not even notice his daughter leave and wonder off. This show of competitiveness and desire to win stuff led to the switch happening
Chirstia Love Nice point! Absolutely well spotted.
Yes! Great analysis!
Notice also the game he's playing is whack-a-mole; beating subterranian creatures back into their holes
smartpig555119 that’s also a god point but I don’t think mr Jordan thought that far into it
Wow! I agree with your breakdown, so spot on!
Thank you, for your interpretation of the scissor's representation :)
Her mom noticed she wasn't the same tho. The therapist just wrote it off as ptsd but the mom knew something was different. She said "I just want my daughter back"
That statement has a double meaning. This could have been the physical person, or the behavior of the same person.
Yeah I was confused on that to I thought that they were having a divorce or something
Obviously the context was figurative, but what makes it great is it was actually literal.
And it explains why it took her so long to speak again. It wasn't trauma, she was literally learning to speak for the first time.
@@nicolelavigne1700 The ironies are so thick and genius. Above I said how *I want my daughter back* was meant to be figurative, but it's actually literal since she didn't have her daughter. In this case, she was mute because she never spoke while the real one could no longer speak after being strangled.
The Thriller T-Shirt that had a weird significance for about a minute in the movie. At the end of Thriller's music video, it's not really Michael Jackson; it's his evil version.
To Meme or Not To Meme wow! Good catch!
@@MultiFabar Thanks, but it was someone else's comment that sparked the idea in my head.
Which version of MJ was the evil one again?
@@robertjohansson5313 The one at the end, his 'Thriller' version. It shows him with the yellow eyes at the end.
HOLY JEEZ, YOU'RE A GENIUS
It's also there when Adelaide says she isn't feeling like herself at the beginning of the movie and Gabe says that "she's looking like herself"
wait i forgot abt that
it definitely means something
My mom made an interesting observation. In the final fight where the mom was facing off with her copy, it would cut to the flashbacks of when they were dancing ballet. The 'original' was dancing gracefully while the copy was not. In the final fight tho the one who we thought was the original was not fighting very gracefully at all. Instead it was the copy who had fast and fluid movements. I thought that was a very clever indication as to who the original really was
The dancing is a creative outlet.
Right brain controlled & one of it's only ways to express itself (can express through any creative outlet) since right brain has no speaking ability.
Corpus Collosum.🧠✂️
Look into it!
Rae true😂 never thought of that
The two had already swapped before she started dance classes. The parents took her to dance because she, the copy, could not speak and they wanted her to use it as a form of expression. The original was in the tunnels dancing and the copy was above on the stage. So the graceful dancer was the ungraceful fighter and the dancer in the tunnel was the one with the fluid movements during the fight. I think you guys have it swapped. Ballet is a choreographed and structured style of dance. Every single sequence or step has a name and because of this you can literally watch a ballet and write down the exact dance on a piece of paper. Having the copy be a ballet dancer and following a structure through steps that were told to her shows her lack of creativity and individualism. The original is doing a beautiful and unique version of the dance in the tunnels that shows the anger and heartbreak of being trapped within those walls. She is doing a contemporary improvised version of the dance above her and the tethered audience sees the emotion and individualism within the dance and knows that she is unique. This is why she is chosen as their leader. That is also why the original in the fight scene can move gracefully within the fight. She can think independently and creatively. The copy stumbles and struggles because she needs to be told what to do and needs a choreographed version to be graceful. The original can improvise the copy can not.
@@abigailchloe828 Yeah this is a much better analysis. I was trying to understand the dancing scene and how it related with the fight
@@abigailchloe828 mmm this is the best yt comment i've seen in my entire life, thank you.
Why do I feel like matpat could be an English teacher
Jake Ramsey he could be any teacher he's so smart lmao
He'd be horrible, he's insanely arrogant and short sighted.
@@moohahuh his online persona is, offline he's a sweethearted dork. I met him at a con and we got pizza
why do i feel like feeling like?
@Aquaa that's what I was going to say so I'll just agree xD
I never thought Jordan Peele, a comedian who I watched on Comedy Centrals Key and Peele, would have such a dark, twisted, but deep mind. Get out was deep, but Us dragged me to the core. Can’t wait to see what comes next
They
He actually showed this side of his character in Key and Peele. After watching these movies, watch some of their skits. Some are pretty dark and twisted.
Often times comedians suffer from depression.
@@3amDayDreamer Yeh, they were deep and the best
For me it was the exact opposite...if you watch Key and Peele they touched on race and some social topics with very deep undertones...🤔😊
Theres something else to the whole "her switching doesnt matter" metaphor. The symbolosm seems to imply that the tethered represent those who are on the "wrong side" of capitolism and materialism. She actually gets the rare oporunity to escape her shitty situation and become a part of the "good life", but in the end it means nothing, nothing is different, it doesn't matter.
And for her to escape to the "good life", it costed someone else suffering the "bad life".
@@MilesCrispTV sounds to me Peele read a bit on Marxism.
it also explains how Red was the only "Tethered" able to actually speak english. Did nobody else notice that?
that was the first thing i noticed since all the other shadows were all just making animalistic noises
True true but that’s why her teacher was able to speak the others hadn’t been around real speaking humans
And when her parents were at the doctors for addie, they said something about why won’t she talk to us, that’s because she was never able to talk
Yeah, too bad she has to talk like that since the clone chocked her unconscious.
@@mihailmarin4683 Red’s voice becoming extremely scratchy is actually the psychological result of having her life ripped away and being forced down into the tunnels of the clones where everyone is completely hollow, not from being choked unconscious. I’ve never understood why Adelaide was able to talk to though, since all the female tethered are completely mute and the male tethered can only make animalistic noises.
The scissors represent two symmetrical sides coming together to divide
You my friend,
Are a genius
D E E P
The scissors are also a mirror reflection - each side is the reverse of the other; the same but not exactly identical.
Sunita Moses you're pushing it
O k
That is deep
My throat hurt just listening to that intro-
Lol
Same
RamonaRilla So true
I didn’t appreciate the intro at all - but it was effective and that’s the goal so GG
How though?
Rewatched the movie today, and a line that Gabe says caught my attention. Addy and Gabe are in their room, after the day at the beach and she tells him how she feels unlike her and shares her fears and he can only reply with "You look the same to me". So the replacement part of this theory just fits like a glove on this scene
I think that Jason wasn’t OK with his mother being a tethered, I think he was just thinking “Mom, you’re... suspicious. I’m gonna keep an eye on you”.
Mum kinda sus ngl
@@dan.alguera 😂
@@dan.alguera im voting mom, she’s SUPER sus 🙄
Why would he be scared though? Since she switched when she was a child, that means that she's his real mom, the only version he ever knew until the events of the movie. To her family, she is the real one.
@@awesomecat42 I mean she kidnapped and dragged a child underground and took her place. Everything about the tethered is unsettling and her sanity and normality seems like an incredibly thin veneer over something dark and unhinged
Everyone: theorising in the comments
Me: lowkey feeling sorry for matpats voice at the start of the video.
All I could think is like "do you need a cough drop or something my guy🤣"
@@SkyNinja6 lol yeah
When people do that voice it gives me anxiety I'm like "sToP yOu'Re rUiNiNg yOuR vOiCe"
Lol 😂
When you get a sore throat just for the video
When she's telling her husband about her experience on the beach she says that she didn't know why she walked away from her parents. It sounds like she just doesn't remember but it really is because she had no idea
Ye foreshadowing
But SHE did have to walk away from HER parents
@@christianmcnally4323right. my brain was hurting for a sec trying to understand but i think this original commenter is confused
maybe she was synced with her tethered counterpart which led her to the funhouse?
OHHHH
another thing i noticed is at the beginning of the movie, when theyre listening to i got 5 on it, adelaide starts snapping her fingers to the song. however, her snapping is slightly offbeat. i think that this was one of the clues that something was 'off' with her.
"No one could tell the difference"
*ignores therapy sessions when parents knew something was up*
Like the part where her father does the thing with her hair and she doesn't react.
At the time,all the parents thought was wrong was that something either spooked her or something bad was -nearly- done to her. They never thought that she had been replaced.
Who knew?
Mitch Price They still didn’t know that she wasn’t her.
She seems to have forgotten also.she didn't realize it until she was older
It's America, It's us.
Me, an Australian: Well yes but actually no
Oh, hi neighbor!
How do you live upside down
Me, a french boi: Would you like a croissant?
me from Belgium: wow America sounds like a real shithole
kill me
i feel like he’s trying to say something about America because of his two movies “Get Out” and “US” as if he’s telling us to Get Out of the United States
Woahhhhh
ey another Kermit
SipOfMemes Oof
kermit-ception
The next movie "BEFORE U DIE"
Tamer Abu Eid bro that’s when you really have to slide out
Elisabeth Moss even said in an interview that her character Kitty was one of those women who blames her lack of fulfillment on the fact that she has a family. So things like vodka o clock and plastic surgery are the only things that give her life even a crumb of enjoyment
It’s America Us
Us=U.S
It literally says what it was about
My brain exploded
Yeah cause when the man said what are you she says we are Americans
*THIS IS AMERICA...*
_don’t catch you slippin’ now_
Think about it... first he makes Get Out, now Us...trippy lol
Anne Bird Get Out of the US 🤯
You goddamn genius
I can't imagine how MatPat's throat would feel like after the intro. I wanna drink water.
Water, lozenges, and hot tea. It made my throat hurt.
"That's why it's called the American dream. Because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
-a rich guy who makes his money in the most hypocritical way with that quote
@@marley7868 So the mere fact that he made allot of money off of good comedy makes him a hypocrite... What a brain you have...
noice
@@marley7868 look, I'm all for eating the rich, but at least George Carlin did something to earn it. People like Jeff Bezos did nothing to earn their money, the only thing people like him do is exploit people. Eat the rich, yeah, but we need to know who we're eating before we do it.
@@coal1818 and that makes it hypocritical cause he earned it in the way is insulting so still bullshit
I love how Kitty refers to her plastic surgery as just "an itsy bitsy thing." Literally referring to the song being whistled in the fun house, manifesting the American nightmare.
"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
I don't remember the name of this person that said this, but I'm sure he would have liked this movie if he saw it with this video's perspective.
George Carlin
@Derek Ni Tell us how
@Derek Ni I don't think it's a joke
Andre Ingram aka DJ Screw RIP lol “tell me why~~”
Milk Calcium ain’t nothing but a heartache
In all fairness, the tethers were the victims to imagine being stuck underground your whole life linked to another who enjoys life while they suffer
@Harris Syed,
Yes, they were. Sadly, they went after people who had no idea they even existed.
You stop being the victim once you friggin murder an entire nation who didn't even know you existed in the first place
@@itsPlasma06 the real villain was united states
@@nanoteal3773
The government, yeah. The civilians didn't deserve to suffer for that
@@itsPlasma06 they share a bit of the blame though by doing it unconciously
i finally watched the film today and really enjoyed theorising on it and there’s one thing matpat didn’t mention that i thought was cool: after telling us how the Tethered were forced to do everything the real ones did but do it themselves (Addy got a c-section, her tethered had to cut open herself, the woman getting surgery and the clone having to do it herself) makes another point on how the upper middle class/upper class that can afford these sorts of things, is built on the back of someone poorer than them experiencing something worse. going through worse hardships.
By learning this, the terthered are feeling more like victims to me
The clues that made me go "why didn't I see this coming?" in the plot twist:
- Red (Adelaide) is clearly a real human since she's the only one who can (hardly) speak, since her larynx was damaged years ago, Adelaide (Red) didn't speak after the carnival incident, shadows can't speak, but she was able to adopt to becoming a regular person, forgetting she was a clone
- Red told her son to go with beat with the music on the car, the son did good, but Red's finger snaps weren't, knowig the Tetherd are always off
I watched this on my TV and my cat kept trying to attack Matpat's face during the intro 😂
I wanted to attack his face too. Cringe af.
@@DivineMind222 lol
I mean your cat was trying to probably save you from the scary man talking to you via computer screen. Even cats know about all the shit going on y'know?
Im not gonna ruin that likes
Why does your comment have 666 likes
The idea of “tethers” and scissors dates way back to Greek mythology, too. For one thing, the Greeks believed there were three Fates who knit the fabric of our lives, and once they snip the final thread, our lives are over. For another, the Greeks believed that we’re all connected to our soulmate-with whom we literally share a soul-by invisible red strings tied from our pinkies to theirs.
So the tethered are the other half of the above-grounders’ souls who are trying to kill their counterparts. This movie is just fantastically layered.
That is so cool
The red string of fate mythology actually stems from Chinese mythology, not Greek, but that's still a very interesting point!
I knew about the fates but not the red string that cool
Like Hercules?
The Red String part is about Chinese mythology. Specifically, it signifies the bond between two people, primarily the love kind.
Deities tie these onto our pinkies, much like cupids (Minus being passive aggressive on shooting us) and they also have scissors to cut them should the bond ends (Unlikely unless divine intervention)
The tunnel, the rabbits. Alice in wonderland.
I thought I was the only one that got that reference
No
And now I’m going to go move to mars. This theory can be shoved in with anabel and every other horror movie
totally thought of that too when I saw the money
Could also be refering to 'of mice and men'
I also thought it was weird that when Adelaide stabbed Red, Red dropped to the ground. But when Adelaide hit Fake Josh on the head, Fake Josh looked like he didn't feel anything. And same goes with Umbrae when she got stuck up the tree.
Red was human
@@montie9421which explains why Adelaide could get stabbed and beat up by Red and still stand up. And how she was able to choke Red to death so easily.
She was also wearing a MJ Thriller shirt
which if you saw the music video shows at the end that MJ was one of the monster that they were originally running from
@Bilbo Ballbag simply watch the Thriller Music Video to the end :D
😵Oh Shittt Didnt Even Think Of That, Lol That Music Video was Terrifying When I Was Younger
I think we all should rematch the ending and pay close attention 🤔
Fecap Gaming OH SHIT
It’s probably a sign that Jordan peele making a connection to get out🤔 i mean think about it...I think the girl that’s chained up and wearing the hand across america is the original girl. So maybe there’s three Adelaide??
MatPat: “rabbits have no purpose and are useless.”
Me: *gasps and looks at my adorable pet rabbit* Wow so rude Mat.
Aesthetic.
Rabbits get eaten in ud
Did it look back at you with its sociopathic eyes?
_Minecraft rabbit stew intensifies_
Ah yes, and the creature's entire value to you is that it's adorable. In other words, it's something completely superficial and ultimately pointless, wow, it's like you never even watched the video; after all: "everything will be the same as it was before".
Y'know, I just realised that Umbrae's name is also symbolic - it's Latin for "shadows". How I couldn't tell before I don't know 😂
Wait...
UMBREON
Well no, that’d be obumbratio because of grammar and declensions, but it’s still the same idea and concept
YAS I'm so glad someone else picked up on that!
And Pluto is a forgotten planet. Both Umbrae and Pluto have names that mean "shadows" and "forgotten".
@Markdiepie Roman* the Greek version of Pluto was Hades
I definitely agree with what Matt said about Gabe using luxuries solve his problems. But in a typical home invasion, the assumption is that the thieves are there for your material items, so he's not totally wrong to offer up his valuables.
Notice also how the scissors are also gold. Gold was always a symbol of wealth, and the scissors were used as a weapon in the movie....
You're pushing it now
In some shots they were silver
@@BeepBeepRayya Gold and silver are worth a fair bit of money
That's deeper than the stab wounds
Stop the presses!!
Seems like a lot of Alice in Wonderland symbols too, rabbits, mirrors. Or is that just me?
@Johnny Fry I think they mean the real people and their copies are so similar on the outside they are mirror reflection of each other
@Johnny Fry could symbolise all the doors in that particular room
And tie "Wonderland" to "America"
But I feel like Alice is much more a coming-of-age story than one about being superficial (and all the other themes presented in the video). I don't know how you would tie those two together. But if you can, I'm curious to know how =)
in the final scene right before the battle someone said "we all went mad down here"
Next theory: how can screams be used as electricity in monsters Inc?
And laughter
It's either the scream is an increase output of carbon dioxide, or they generated energy from sound waves to electrical energy. I just thought of that as a possibility
Can’t you just convert sound waves into energy then
Ooo i would love that
PopularParzy The Great that would be very cool!
A few years ago, while in college, I wrote a paper explaining that the tethered represented the unconscious thoughts and desires of the human mind that were being suppressed by the conscious mind. My three biggest examples were Gab and Aberham disagreeing over material desires, how Red and Abeline differ from how they treat their children plus the way Pluto and Jason are the only two copies that can directly connect with each other to influence their behaviors. Personally, I really loved the film overall and was happy that my professor showed us this movie in class. :D
"it's America,it's us"
I'm canadian
I'm Asian
Yeah
i'm lesbian
@@pain7434 no it was a reference from a vine lol
@@pain7434 wdym you don't know this one?
The title "US" means United States... It all makes sense now!
yes, but another meaning, "Us" is also plural, implying together and more than one
You both have a point here.
You all are blowing my mind.
legit when i saw the trailer and it showed the title i thought it said U.S
I saw pus at first but then again I'm a very weird 14 year old
Also!!! In the ballet scene they’re dancing to pa de deux (my favourite from Tchaikovsky btw), and a pas de deux is a dance in which two dancers perform! And both Adelaide’s danced to it!!
Aaaa I love symbolism
Isn't it about a black swan and a white swan? It's light and dark. Like the movie... 🤔
@@shadowstorm125 that two, I was thinking more about the literal meaning of the name. But when you think about it neither of the are light or good, both characters are dark
I didn't even know that, but I loved that scene! Seeing how one was dancing perfectly in time, and the other was chaotic and unsure of what moves to do, but entirely confident in what she was doing.
In french pas de deux means not the two
After reading all the comments and watching the video, uncovering all these hidden symbols and ideas it's amazing to see what Jordan Peele was able to come up with with so many different outlooks and clues to things. Being a director like this is not easy and this movie really shows it.
Get out was more about race, US is more about privilege, politics & freedom/free will
Lil Loudy, yes indeed
THIS IS AMERICA
He should make a scary movie about pro life and pro choice next
Elaborate on that.
...... Hahaha free will hahahaha freedom hahahaaaa
One small hitch: Gabe didn't kill Josh's Tethered with the flare gun; he missed. He killed him in a fight off screen.
Flare gun disoriented
Sorta like a flash bang /smoke grenade
Idk I feel as though it had an effect
Jithin Jacob true
Absolutely dull machete
@ AlfonzoG AUS What would be the golden chainsaw then?
The failed flare gun is another example of the hollow dream metaphor. It looks like a weapon but it fails to work like one. It’s also another “keeping up with the joneses” object discussed at the beach. It fits nicely.
"Giving the appearance of having everything you want..." This is literally what people do on Instagram and other social media.
I mean u wouldn’t post the bad stuff
When I was 17, I had an existential crisis listening to the part of Afraid by the Neighborhood that goes "when I wake up I'm afraid somebody else might take my place" and at the end of Us, I fell back again into that existential crisis: will anyone ever truly know the real us?
No one has answered you in 4 months. They may never get to know all the dimensions of you, but they can still piece together the bigger piece of the puzzle. You just have to give them enough pieces.
Film theory idea can a young Gaston actually eat four dozen eggs and survive
random Channel 360 Not without contracting Salmonella.
I believe he was strong enough to circulate his blood past cholesterol blockage...
And avidin
random Channel 360 of course he could. He’s roughly the size of a *BAAAAAAAAAAAARGE*
*Every morning* to help him get *large*
Matpat: some smart solution to a films plot.
Writer of the movie he's talking about: why didn't I think of that.
Peeles movies are wayyyyyy to complex for him to be dumbfounded by a TH-camr like matpat
@@elonnamcpeters674 Lol... sooo because he does YT videos matpat is dumb or something. I'd venture to guess he is much more intelligent then Peele dude.
Lmao Peele definitely thought of all this. MatPat even points out how obvious some of this stuff is. Peele is a master at selling subtext, always has been since the K&P days.
Peele definitely intended for it to be shown like this. His movies in his own words revolve around "social demons" as he puts it. And Us was pretty much the embodiment of that statement.
@@elonnamcpeters674 lmao shut up bitch
Great breakdown! I do have to mention that you say NO one could tell the difference, but her mom could tell a difference. She knew that Adelaide was different. She just didn't know it was a clone of Adelaide. Her father was dismissive of her mom and wanted to just forget that his daughter went missing. There is a theme in the movie of men not listening to women as well. Adelaide's husband for instance. And the Tyler's marriage isn't great either, due to what seems like a self absorbed husband.
You didn't said "hey it's just a film theory" which means..... IT'S TRUE
😱
i would like the comment but its at 69 and i dont want to ruin it
@@digitalb4th435 -_-
Well pretty much cause the symbols are obvious as you see them numerous times in the movie not as a hidden easter egg.
@@actuallyaboutthat...2522 he's young, that's normal for them.
One of my teacher once said "America is like a sinking ship yet people line up to buy the tickets"
@@Meta.noia_art mostly what the human experience is in a nutshell. Imagining something is always better than the reality of having it. America Rome Ancient Eygpt Persian empire just about any and every human civilization has one thing in common humans. People who complain about violence in america dont see the rising acid attacks in the uk or the gays being thrown off roofs or stoned in sadi arabia. High suicide rates? Look at asian countries or really anywhere else. There is a reason why humans are considered the most evil creature on earth. We are and always will be the architects of our own destruction.
That must be one long sinking ship
America suffers in union but thrives toward justice and human rights. Our country is a magical place. Our people? Not exactly..
Your teachers probably a Marxist piece of shit, ungrateful asshole who's directly led young impressionable kids to become nihilistic.
Nathan Hatter Not to mention, we have the highest mortality rates.
I watched at and immediately thought: "Why does this remind me of Plato's cave?".
Underground, people are chained (Tethered) and can't get out. One person from outside comes in (real Adelaide) and continues to teach everyone about the world, so one day they can see it together.
Platos cave allegory was indeed on my mind as well
hashtronaut 710 well in Plato’s cave the cavemen kill the person from the outside
@@giorgiop890 true, because he came back. Here, cavemen kill everyone outside of the cave.
Yes I thought the same thing! After watching the movie all I wanted to do was talk to my intro to philosophy professor about this lmao
Alex Demirov they kill the person from the outside because he showed them that what they thought was life was actually imprisonment. He crumbled their reality, they’d rather stay comfortable with what they believe is real than have to deal with the discomfort of reality
You can also notice some anti social behaviours in her children. Her daughter is always on her phone and her son hides around the house and wears a mask. The beach scene really shows it. Both kids are on their own
“It’s America, it’s US”
Everyone: Well yes but, actually no
Then what is it.
Yes but actually no
@@POTPachyOTP They're referring to the fact that not everyone watching this is American. But most of them are.
@Tommy's House of Vlogs wait only 0-5% of people said they’d accept a person of colour as a neighbor? That’s messed up
@Tommy's House of Vlogs You missed the point and used your misunderstanding of those stats as evidence.
“ it’s America, it’s us.”
Me, a Canadian: well yes, but actually no
Canada is in America though :)
Bartas it’s in North America a continent , not the United States OF America, also called America...
Bartas no it’s in canada
Bartas are you okayyy?? Was this a joke
Bartas lol canada is in canada
The reason the tethered used scissors is because scissors have two parts, kind of like how each family member has two parts
And both parts are connected and can’t function without the other. Or it could be said that their major effect happens when both sides meet.
scissors cut just as good when taken apart
bekah saxon wel it’s not like the others in the movie actually stop functioning after the opposite dies. But it could be said that the optimal effect, in this case cutting, happens when the meet each other.
Woah that just blew my mind
Why did they use the song I got 5 on it?
One of my favorite thriller's of all time! That orchestral rendition of "I Got Five On It" was amazing, and unexpected
MatPat: hands across America
* Covid has entered the chat *
Imagine it Takes place on March 12th and then someone starts coughing
Luu_Buu Don't. Please don't! 😳
@@lukelodeon7750 My Birthday is a curse--
The ways he protects himself from getting copyrighted is legendary
i'm from croatia. can you please explain what you mean with that?
@@galacticboost3156 lol, no response
Hey Snitchy McTattletale mind your own business. How would you know? Do you have any direct knowledge of wrong doing or legal statue being broken? Even if there was, Who is the victim? Who is hurt by the free advertising exposure and increased sales from this video? You're a motard.
So i found my clone as a kid at a carnival, we became friends. Kinda anticlimactic.......
He told me where he comes from everyone is polite and eats bacon.
I found my clone and he told me to have sex with somebody else’s clone to see if the child would develop a soul Zero Exodus. The child acts human and behaves it has a soul. So, do the clones. So, I think no one has a soul. ‘Cause it stands to reason people who have souls would behave differently. Now our kids are half human half clones. So, now we’ve created a new breed. Whoops 🤷♂️!?
@@BDLabs2 good for you?
Zero Exodus, so yoyr clone came from Canada?
@@BDLabs2 what?
idk but i think its canada
The first clue that the tethered Adelaide was the real one was when she got choked in the beginning of the movie, and when she comes back her voice sounds like her vocal chords are in a vice from the choking.
I just watched this movie today and there is a line that pretty much sums up your "surface level" point.
Adelaide: "I don't feel the same."
Gabe: "Well, you look the same."
I knew there were many references and symbols throughout the movie but it was hard to narrow it down to a simple message. But after the explanation was revealed that the Tethered were failed U.S. experiments (I had to look it up on Wikipedia because it was a bit unclear to me when Red explained it), it does line up with the failure of the American Dream theme in a way. And who is to blame supposedly? Us/U.S. Thanks for being my favorite channel MatPat!
C.DatAZNguyoverthere okay, so usually I just ignore typos, but given the context, this one kinda creeps me out. You used “we’re” (we are) instead of “were,” so you effectively said “... the Tethered, we are failed US experiments...” Which if you think about it, you would be referring to the Tethered in the first person as real and you would be one
@@elim3319 It's definitely a typo haha. I can assure you that I am not a Tethered.
That exactly what a tethered would say.....
@@greysenashcraft5921 But Tethereds don't speak...
@@C.Dat.guyoverthere that's just what they want you to think...
Can you please do a theory about whether screams can really be used for electricity in monsters inc?? 🙏🙏
and laughter!
That actually sounds really cool!
👌👌👉☝️
Whoa! I really wanna see that!
*HOLY---*
“It’s America, it’s us.”
Me, an alien: Wëłł ÿèš, bût æçtūåłłÿ ñœ.
Wait wut
You know that response is still from the alphabet right?
Random Pickles it’s a joke.
Random Pickles r/whoooooosh
Some of it is danish
Saw it today. The scene where Elizabeth Moss' tethered cried then laughs is nightmare inducing. I'm throwing away my flouride toothpaste
I don't think fluoride will induce mind control, but it will help your teeth stay strong. Fluoride is in the water too, so don't stop drinking water.
MsTuliplady acting was phenomenal
@@gozinta82 Just don't swallow or it'll give you Ostio porosis.
@@gabrieleberle4422 I'm not talking about concentrated amounts, here.
@@gozinta82 Small amounts can have an effect over time.
my dude you forgot to mention the part where there’s a literal uprising of an underclass. class struggle is one of the core themes of the film
Hey MatPat can you make a theory about Pet Semetary? Mainly could you answer the question about how the burial grounds could bring back life? Sincereley a curious fan
Yea I think it would be a good theory.
IDK Lxord Read the book.
@@sherikrupp there's a different between a book and a film
IDK Lxord the cemetery was made above a ancient Indian temple and the ancient temple resurected them I think
IDK Lxord there isn't really a logical explanation other than that they are ancient Indian burial grounds that have been tainted and cursed by the spirit of a wendigo.
0:12 man needs a cough drop or something
I'm Asian (not Chinese), raised and studied in Europe. Never been to the US or have any American friends. From my perspective, this movie was empty and boring. All because I've never really understand what is "The American Dream" and in fact, I didn't even see the theme while I was watching the movie.
Thanks to MatPat and his brief explanation/theory, I did some research regarding The American Dream and gave this movie another watch.
At the end of my 2nd viewing, I was blown. Jordan Peele's way of thinking and expressing an idea is definetely creative and interesting, to say the least.
Thanks MatPat for changing the way I look at this movie and making me learn about a culture (The American Dream) that I've never really bothered to take any interest.
Awesome video as always.
It's just a theory
A FILM THEORY Arthur Morgan... aaaaand *_CUT_*
umm its not an american exclusive it might be titled "american dream" still its pretty much all over so saying i didnt get it cause im not american is just stupid
i'm american and i still hated the movie. too many plot holes
@@zeidxd6311 its not stupid what, of course its not american exclusive but just like mattpat said, it does take a lot of thinking as well as research, which is what both mattpat and this guy said.
Film theory is back!!! ❤️❤️❤️
It never went away
Haha
Noboddy else noticed the audio was dim and the video quality was shot in the cut sections of the movie? Its because The Film Theorists have used pirated footage in this video.
Matpat:**this is bout america**
Me: oooh America and scissors
Blasmations 😆. n. .nn.. .
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Right, like wtf, how did you get America out of this
im iranian i think U.S.A hide something
MatPat and his doppelgänger switched right before the Sans/Ness theory
What's with the a
Mikeld that’s how you spell the word doppelgänger lol
@@orionjustmelted lol lmao
@@MikeldTSP est ist nicht englisch, es ist deutcsh, dummkopf
One could only dream
Also, in the scene where "Adelaine" and Gabe argue before going to bed, she says that "she doesn't feel like herself", to which Gabe's reply is, "You look like yourself."
Such an amazing movie about how privilege can blind or change a person. I mean, look at "Adelaine": she was one of the Tethered, but because she escaped and was able to live a normal life, she starts to become more human. The movie was in the point of view of the privileged, so they saw the underprivileged as a threat to their lives, in a way. It's a question we should all think about: if we actually help those in need and let go of our privileges, then we might actually connect the divide between "us vs. them". Privilege might actually truly become for everyone, which then leads to actual equality for all (although this might never happen what with the selfishness of humanity and our tendencies for individualism)
That really had me thinking. Thanks man🙂
That's an interesting take that I haven't heard
I love Jordans Peele's work he turns a movie into a complex work of art rather than just another horror movie with a basic storyline he turns a movie into something you'll end up thinking about life today time after time
Honestly, I was so excited for US and then the narration at beginning and end killed it for me. It never occurred to me that that was intentional too move our attention away from the minor themes to try and force us to think deeper - which admittedly is the opposite of what narration generally does (turning tropes on their head though is clearly Mr Peele's brand)
Great video but one comment! It's not that the tethered don't HAVE souls, their souls are shared with the originals.
@chloe s Is that right? I don't remember that from the movie but I was so blown away by the twist that I probably missed it.
I'm super curious about this universe that Jordan Peele is creating. Isn't part of Get Out the transferring of souls from one body to another? Perhaps the rich white people in Get Out are part of the government scientists creating the Tethered in Us! Maybe the Get Out people figured out what the government couldn't or perfected what the government couldn't in Us!!!!
Wendi Decker Miller yeah, they mentioned it in the movie. They have their own body, but they share a soul with their originals, and that’s why the tethereds are forced to do what the people in the surface do, they are forced to live in that hell.
I thought they didn't have a soul. Cause the people who created them couldn't re-create a soul. I thought I remember red saying that.
@@Fanglover441 They couldn't give them their OWN soul. It's why they are compelled to copy what the originals do. And why some of their mannerisms/desires copy theirs as well.
Maybe by killing them, they can perhaps either take over the soul or rest knowing that their counterpart isn't lingering around. The interesting thing is that they too have emotions, but maybe they live forever and that's the soul part that they lack? There's definitely some quantum theory in there.
I always thought the movie was a metaphor for the “haves” and the “have-nots”. There are those that live comfortable lives and take dance lessons or have vacations etc. And then there are those that will never have that access. They work lower wage jobs to benefit the other class. They’ll never own homes or take vacation.
It's about classism for sure
Third world countries be like xd
@@JorgeRodriguez-pd8my
LMAOOOOOOOO *cries in brazillian*
They didn't show too many have nots throughout the film in the main and supporting cast
@Zach T,
Jordan Peele said the same thing on the DVD bonus clips…
2:55 when she says "We are Americans." I believe she is referring to the fact that
*SPOILER ALERT*
When Red (the real Adaeline) was a kid she saw the "Join Hands Across America" ad and made that the idea of what life was like. Which is also the same reason they all wear red suits. And a single fingerless glove (from Thriller) which she watched as a kid.
But mj didn’t wear fingerless gloves during thriller
Shamona Fightklub u get the point
its pretty obvious
No
The irony is that the 1986 version of HAA was a joke, really. The real Addy’s version was a success.
I guess the bigger message here was lost on me since I preferred to focus on technical stuff, such as: It's completely improbable for the tethered to be force-bred at the exact same time and produce the exact same offspring as their surface counterparts; how did original Adelaide get free of the handcuffs; why in her many years did original Adelaide not escape the tunnels; how are tethered bound/controlled by the originals to do things like pretend to ride a roller coaster but not be kept from killing the originals or to be compelled to march backward into a fire; where'd they get the materials to make their snazzy red suits or food for their rabbit farm; etc.
yeah youre wondering about rly silly things like whered they get clothing materials. doesnt even seem like youre trying to watch it for entertainment, but to just ask irrelevant questions
If it's too much for suspension of disbelief to ignore, then it is not irrelevant.
The fact we couldn't tell the difference between Addy and Red symbolises the lie the upper classes tell themselves: people in bad situations are there because of the choices they made.
The clones were supposedly soul-less, but no one could tell that Addy was actually the clone; she didn't act like those still stucl underground. Addy seems "normal" because of where she was - the only clone in the real world. People are they way they are - not because of the choices they make - but because of the situation they live/are born in.
And that's only the beginning. The characters don't even bother trying to understand what the Tethered want or have gone through, just like most of the upper classes don't bother to try to understand the lower and middle classes. Sure, we, as the audience, may see their motivations and thus sympathize with them, but is that always gonna be true? Maybe that's what it means, that it doesn't matter. That, just like the Tethered had to suffer from their counterparts' ignorance and selfishness, we do the same every day in America from that same ignorance and selfishness from our own fellow humans..
I think that message isn't exactly correct though.
While it is true most poor people on the planet are poor because thats their situation regardless of choice, many of us do have the choice on how to live our life.
Here in the usa the majority of us have the ability to climb the ranks of society, its the people in 3rd world nations that truely fit the description of being born into an impossible situation.
Even then many have the ability to make something of themselves.
A large issue that is causing a decline in america is this defeatist "I was born unwealthy" attitude.
My own father started with nothing in africa and is now in america's middle class, someone born in america usually has no excuse unless they are homeless or were sabotaged by bad parents (i.e telling them to drop out of school, etc.).
@@resentfuldragon America is basically a third world country now (as is the UK), and your father is one of very few. Fair play to him though!
@@Shazzerzzzz America is nowhere near a third world country, my trips outside the nation confirms that.
We have some bad areas and suffering, that's unavoidable, but we aren't chronically suffering from a lack of food and clean water like others.
@@resentfuldragon "my trips outside the nation" to where? Both the UK and the USA only care about the rich and ways for them to make more money. What about the number of people at food banks being higher than it has been in a very long time? Even the "typical" third world countries your thinking of have an *extreme* gap between the wealthy and everyone else - remind you of somewhere? 🤷🏼♀️
"It's us, AMERICA"
Me: * laughs in Filipino🇵🇭 *
Samee
Hhahhahahah
*Screeches in Filipino*
Me as a Mexican 🇲🇽
Ey
Us is the film version of This Is America.
Dont tell me that isn't accurate.
AXioS TraLLö it isn’t accurate
@@Cj2fresh you aren't accurate
Not enough "guns in my area" in the movie.
@@Cj2fresh its capitalism in nutshell, and stupid people can't survive without material wealth
You’re a fucking dumbass
Favorite part of watching this movie was figuring out that the teenage daughter who is the same age as me literally has the same name of me. That was the scariest part of this film lol.
That moment when matpat does an entire theory about how the American dream of materialism is slowly killing us all, and the ad at the end of the video is a joinhoney add with the guy saying "I'm so bored, I need a new game and new stuff" xD dang such a good theory!!
Capitalism sucks, but I'd rather be eating under capitalism than communism
@@bruhmoment-me2hw have u ever experienced communism or just saw it on Television.
@@TyRendition I don't watch TV lmao
I've learned enough about the soviet union and Mao's China to know that communism isn't exactly the best form of government
@@bruhmoment-me2hw I don't know much about communism either and you may be right that it isn't the best way to run a place. But like what I'm saying is that we shouldn't judge things from what the media is telling us cause the media is what controls us.
@@TyRenditionit's ok lol. If you are interested in learning about communism though, you should study the Soviet Union or China under Mao Zedong (I think that's how his name is spelled).
I love Us and I am glad it didn’t repeat Get Out. A brilliant Director always bring something fresh for his audience.
"or how rabbits are completely useless creatures with no real purpose"
how dare u
I mean. Their predators have some purpose for them.
I’m LaTe I’m LaTe FoR a VeRy InPoRtAiT dAtE
Doomguy would like to know matpats location
How are rabbits useless? Rabbit meat is delicious.
sometimes i rewatch this episode because of how good it is
Same
I’ve never watched ‘Us’
Never wanted to watch ‘Us’
I have never heard of ‘Us’,
I’m gonna watch ‘Us’
Me
Watch Us do what? 🤔
I saw us i have nightmares now YAY!!!!!..yay........................
I am way to 😱 to watch
(Pusheen fan!!!! I’m bad at drawing at least to me) me in like two days
Rabbits, The American Dream, a wife dissatisfied who wanted to be an actress, this movie actually reminds me a lot of the book Of Mice And Men
Holy-
You gotta point doe
Tell me about the dream George
Also the colour red!
I can see the rabbits George!
To further this theory, there are references to Jeremiah 11:11. A bible verse where God states he will bring disaster upon the people of Judah for turning to other gods. These other gods were idols, man-made material things that the people devoted their time and energy toward. It is a verse about materialism bringing on disaster.
And god said: let’s promote genocide and mass rape
Oh yess who doesn’t love Abrahamic religion and the pure destruction it brings haha
Bring down the church from the roots
it's also interesting that it's 11:11, symmetrical just like the tethered
Its 11:11 make a wish
I thought it just meant to show gods ego.
@@tony_5156 Very edgy dude. Very edgy. Not to mention how it had nothing to do with the message.
You know, this movie and the video made me think back to my grade 12 English class; specifically the story “Of Men and Mice”; the story that George consistently tells Lennie a bedtime story which is their “American Dream” and that leads to Lennie being killed by George. Now, this video made me remember that story. Thanks, Matpat.
And specifically asks him to "tell him about the rabbits"
Imagine needing to use the restroom while doing the, "Hands across America" thing.
It was a pretty brief thing, and not everyone did it.
@HollowedJes,
In the film? No, the tethered version of HAC was not quick. The Jeremiah 11:11 tethered was out there for approximate 24 hours.
This is the first Us theory I've seen. You good.
Sarcasm?
Check out Wisecrack
You must be joking really there are so many like if the kid was teathered all along
@@frankm4404 I'm...not.
@@liammurphy3258 No, not in the slightest. This is the first Us theory I've seen. Maybe because I don't subscribe to Wisecrack.
Technically, her family wouldn’t be able to tell the difference because they didn’t meet her yet
But the tethers mention that she’s the only one with a soul... (even as a child)
Matpat probably met her parents
She could learn to have a soul but honestly it's more shocking how the mother killed so much in front of the family without hesitation no and everyone was okay with it
Emett Nerdy Nail I mean, aren’t her kids technically part tethered? So shouldn’t it be normal for them to not care?
no it’s because her parents couldn’t figure it out