This article contains potential spoilers for Nope.
It was a humid ninety degrees when my wife and I walked into our local, small-town theater to see Nope, but the atmosphere for the next two hours and eleven minutes was chilling. Jordan Peele’s third directorial effort was cosmic, yet close to home. Its story was otherworldly, yet introspective. The comedian-turned-master writer-and-director is back, and Nope has serious implications.
Ultimately, Nope is a cautionary tale—and philosophical survey—of exploiting something uncontainable. Nope is an indictment of attention and abuse. Making a spectacle out of something life-threatening, the characters in this film pay the price for championing death. In the same way, society at large has celebrated, exploited, and championed sin, all the while unaware that it will eventually be their downfall.
Back in 2017, Jordan Peele proved to an already-large audience (i.e., fans of his co-hosted comedy series Key & Peele) that he could be…
