Cockroaches are said to be some of the most adaptable creatures on Earth, and if we follow that line of thinking into the film then the Tethered seem very capable of surviving whatever fallout their emergence from the underground entails. Cockroaches are also notable for being able to survive for a month without food and a week without water, and the limited lifestyle and resources of the Tethered reflects this. Red and the Tethered are survivors, and when they first emerge, they do so at night like their insect counterparts. Peele’s description of Red doesn’t just play out in terms of her stiff, patterned movements, and ability to hide right beneath the characters’ feet, but also in terms of the thematics of the film. “The thing about cockroaches is that they scurry and it’s so hard to hit them, but then at the same time they are so still that they can often go unnoticed.” “One of the words that Jordan used to describe her movement was the word cockroach,” Nyong’o says. In the Blu-ray feature “The Monsters Within Us,” Nyong’o reveals the inspiration behind her chilling movement. During the film’s press circuit, Nyong’o spoke a lot about what influenced her performance, particularly Red’s unique vocals and speech patterns. Nyong’o steals the film as both Adelaide Wilson and her doppelganger, Red. You can see these moments where he’s observing his mother and he’s meant to be a little step ahead of us, the most clever of us that’s sorta figuring out there’s something more to Adelaide’s story than we see.” A rewatch provides an entirely different insight into Jason’s journey. “I have this kinda concept of Jason that he can sorta see through the veil. And as for the fan theory that Jason might be a Tethered himself? Well Peele has a different theory. Gabe is the fool, even though on the surface he looks like he might be the leader or the warrior. She acts before she thinks and she kicks ass.
“I always thought of the family in terms of a certain archetypal foursome. Heat Vision has gathered the most interesting and horrifying bits of information gleaned from the featurettes.Īmong the things he addresses is a popular fan theory about Jason (Evan Alex), son to Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o) and Gabe (Winston Duke) and brother of Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph). While Peele has largely refrained from giving too many direct answers about Us, preferring viewers to take from it what they will, the Blu-ray is loaded with special features that provide insight into the mind of one of horror’s newest and most exciting filmmakers.
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