Before Wednesday:

• First, do the required reading of Chapter 5 and watch the 2017 film Get Out (2017)Links to an external site., written and directed by Jordan Peele.
• This film is available for free on Swank Digital Campus (Links to an external site.). Sign in with your CSUN credentials!
• Note that Trigger Warnings for this film include: racism and racial violence, hypnotism, subtle body horror, hypnotism, blood + violence.
• Next, answer the response questions below (write at least 200+ words):

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1. Choose one concept from Chapter 5 – “Television and Film” that interested you the most to discuss and respond to. 
2. UCLA professor Tananarive Due, who taught a class with Get Out as it’s centerpiece film says “Peele created a space for audiences to feel empathy for the black lead character while at the same time, helping to show what some of our anxieties are as black people living as a minority in this country.”  Why is this important? What do you think this film contributes to our national discussion on race relations in the United States?

• Finally, after your response, write a thought-provoking discussion question for your group about an issue or issues brought up in our reading, Pop Culture for Beginners Chapter 5 – “Television and Film” pgs 111-134, or connected to the film. Remember: choose specific, thoughtful, and answerable questions! 

Before Friday:

• Respond  to each of the other students in your group (at least once) and answer their discussion question in a thoughtful response post!

General Tips for Responses: 

• Think/read/watch critically. Make note of your reactions as you read/watch/listen.
• Every main post should be a minimum 200+ words. Write as much as you like, but make sure it is at least 2 paragraphs and 200 words minimum.

If you are responding to a non-written text (like audio/video or film) you might also ask: 

• What social or ideological messages does this work convey, whether intentionally or not?
• What do I think of its style or its use of form?
• Which moments leap out at me for visual, auditory, or dramatic reasons?
• Which scenes or moments challenge or disturb me?

According to a poll in 2018, there is 64 percent of American regard racism as a public crisis. These surveys are done after major incidents of violence against minorities in the United States. Even in the most