Body Snatchers: Parasitic Monsters in FilmMain MenuBody Snatchers: Parasitic Monsters in FilmWhat is a Body Snatcher?Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)The Progenitor of the Body Snatcher CrazeRosemary's Baby (1968)A Quiet TerrorThe Exorcist (1973)The Loss of InnocenceAlien (1979)An Extraterrestrial Embodiment of Primal SexualityThe Thing (1982)A Masterpiece in Body HorrorGet Out (2017)Racialized Body-Snatching... And Many, Many More!Why Body Snatchers?CitationsClayton Meyer9f8f32a5f41ed8ced76f54c2672bfdcc44a67d85
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12020-05-14T16:44:17-07:00Get Out (2017)5Racialized Body-Snatchingplain2020-05-14T18:02:54-07:00Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out addresses the different forms that racism takes in our country. In this film, the protagonist, Chris, meets his girlfriend's parents. Despite her parents taking every opportunity to attempt to convince Chris that they are "progressive" and that they do not care that he is black, they are actually planning to perform a brain transplant to the highest bidder, selling him off for profit. The action of white people occupying black bodies may be a representation of white appropriation of black culture. Despite the Armitage family appearing to be accepting at first glance, they demonstrate that explicit racists are not the only threats that minorities face. Even self-described "liberals" are capable of racism.
Another central theme in Get Out is the sexualization of black bodies. Many of the people bidding for the chance to have a brain transplant with Chris are looking to occupy his body because they envy his athleticism, appearance, or his artistic ability. These characters do not see Chris as a being with agency, but rather as an empty husk, ready for them to occupy.