![]() Of course this just raises more questions. They were given new purpose by “Red” ( Lupita Nyong’o), who led an uprising where everyone was set to kill their double and then join hands across America, inspired by the real 1986 benefit event, “Hands Across America”. The doubles lived off rabbits (a food source known for its vast replication) and then the program was abandoned. These doubles were created to control the above-ground population, although how this was supposed to happen is never explained. There was a government program where everyone got a double and these doubles lived underground in tunnels. The text of the doubles is ultimately unsatisfying because it just leads to more questions. But these questions miss the more interesting and engaging subtext the doubles convey. When it comes to Jordan Peele’s new movie, Us, I can understand the temptation to solve how the doubles work, how they relate to the people above ground, and so forth. A far more interesting and lasting picture doesn’t ask for solutions, but instead looks for interpretations. They may have mysterious aspects that lead to an answer, but if your movie just asking you to “solve” it, then the film dies once the movie has been “solved”. For the most part, movies are not puzzles.
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