Us: The Tethered Explained | Everything We Know About Jordan Peele's Latest Terrifying Characters
966Us by Jordan Peele sees the rise of doppelgangers known as The Tethered. These terrifying beings leave a lot to unpack about them so throughout this video I will be breaking down everything you need to know about them. This Us: The Tethered Explained video may contain spoilers so if you don't want to know anything then I highly recommend that you turn off now.
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Us is set to cement Jordan Peele as one of the best modern day horror directors in existence due to the unease and undertone set by his latest creation: The Tethered.
Those who have seen Us know that it is one of the most unnerving horror films of the last decade and that is partly due to the villainous characters that stalk the Wilsons.
Throughout this video I'll be breaking down everything that you need to know about The Tethered as well as the meaning behind them. This is full spoilers ahead so if you don't want to know anything about US, then I highly suggest that you turn off now.
With that out the way, I'm Deffinition and welcome to the channel where I explain it so you don't have to!
Us: Plot Summary
Ok so first I'll break down the plot of Us to give some context to the mysterious Doppelgangers. I won't be spoiling the ending or anything so don't worry about that.
Anyway, Us is set in present day and it follows The Wilsons who are returning to the mother of the family, Adelaide's childhood home for a summer getaway.
Adelaide has a lot of unresolved trauma from her childhood and at the vacation spot she's slowly reminded of some of the things that happened to her due to some eerie coincidences. This creates the paranoia in her mind that something bad is going to happen to her family and after a tense day at the beach, with her friends The Tylers, Adelaide and the rest of the family return home only to be confronted by a group of doppelgangers.
Us: The Tethered Explained
So who exactly are these? Well, Jordan Peele when speaking frankly about the creatures stated the following:
"We're our own worst enemy, and that idea created this monster, The Tethered. I wanted to forge this new mythology that explored our duality and the duality of the characters. I think what was a fun challenge for actors, was finding the connections between the characters and their counterparts."
So from that we can assume that perhaps The Tethered are birthed through subconsciouness and trauma that manifests in the film to torture the protagonists.
At the premiere for the film, when questioned the director said:
“On the broader strokes of things, this movie is about this country. I was stricken with the fact that we are in a time where we fear the other, whether it is the mysterious invader that we think is going to come and kill us, take our jobs, or the faction that we don’t live near that voted a different way than us. We’re all about pointing the finger. And I wanted to suggest that maybe the monster we really need to look at has our face, maybe the evil is us.”
This makes a lot of and though this may be a reach, perhaps the title US actually isn't just 'Us' but it is also 'U.S.'
If correct this could also mean that perhaps we must look at ourselves to be positive in order to create a better world for tomorrow. No, this is an anti-America hate rant, it's just that perhaps the film is putting the responsibility on us for letting the world get to the point that it is.
The Scissors too hold their own significance to Peele which is conforms to the overall message of the film. He stated that:
"When we talk about the scissors and the rabbits, for every choice like that, there are several different reasons that clicked to me but the first test that anything passed was the genre test. So does it conjure the horror genre to me, which is a limitation that I feel very dedicated to working within. I think rabbits and scissors, they're
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