Production is halted and suddenly it’s clear that this is a very different episode of The Twilight Zone.įrom there we are introduced to Sophie Gelson, played by Beetz, who is the writer of the episode we were just made to believe we were watching with Rogen. That’s because Peele stops his monologue halfway through to look at the camera people filming the episode to explain that the lines he’s reading just aren’t flowing right for the story. Cue Peele stepping into view to give his opening monologue with layered meaning about artistic social responsibility and – wait – no, actually, that doesn’t end up happening. Just as he writes the final line – dealing with a nuclear apocalypse – he peers outside with his wife (played by Betty Gabriel) to see that what he wrote has actually come true. From the synopsis alone it’s already clear just how meta “Blurryman” truly is, as the audience is allowed a backstage view of what is really happening in The Twilight Zone on a variety of levels.Īt the beginning of the episode, the audience is made to believe it’s watching Seth Rogen play a novelist who is trying to finish his book. The story follows Sophie Gelson, a writer on Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone, who is being haunted by a mysterious dark figure on set as she tries to finish writing the opening monologue for the latest episode. The episode was directed by Simon Kinberg ( Dark Phoenix) and written by Alex Rubens ( Keanu). The episode stars Zazie Beetz ( Atlanta), Betty Gabriel ( Get Out), Seth Rogen ( Long Shot), and Jordan Peele himself going beyond his usual narrator role. It’s an extremely self-aware episode that hits many of the right notes. It serves as a figurative love letter to the original Rod Serling series, a challenge to viewers to embrace the new reality that is this Twilight Zone, while daring us to understand the significance of such storytelling in our current society. In the tenth and final episode in season one of the reboot, the series closes out on an extreme high with “Blurryman.” This writer would argue that this episode is the best of the season, but only because it builds upon all of the themes and spirit of the episodes that came before it. Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone is currently airing weekly on the streaming service CBS All Access. “Did I learn the wrong lesson?”- The Twilight Zone All the other whites who fight and argue - Mayor, the wife, etc.Zazie Beetz in The Twilight Zone episode 'Blurryman'Įditor’s note: A review and analysis of Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” episode ten. Alien disguised as an Asianīad characters - White police chief. And the white guy who is trying to save everyone is murdered by all the multiple races at the end? Just bizarreĮp 3 - Good characters - African American Lady and her son and the Uncle, and all black people at the end.īad characters - White cop, and all the other white cops at the end.Įp 4 - Good Characters - Alaskan Indian police officer and her brother. Jordan Peele must really hate white people.Įp 1 - Good characters - Indian man and woman, African American womanĮvil characters - Fat white guy that drunk drove into a bus stop, The wife's former college teacherĮp 2 - Good characters - Black US Marshall, Russian soccer players, Air hostess (not sure of ethnicity but maybe middle eastern?), White PilotĮvil characters - White middle aged man who hijacks the plane and crashes it. I have watched 4 episodes and breaking it down ep by ep. It's almost like reverse racism from the episode I have seen.
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