WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST STARRED IN THE HIT TV SHOW "KEY & PEELE" AND
DIRECTED THE SMASH HIT MOVIE, "GET OUT."
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
>> I CAN'T MOVE.
>> YOU'RE PARALYZED?
NOW SINK INTO THE FLOOR.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT-- >> SINK.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JORDAN PEELE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> DID YOU TELL THEM TO STAND?
>> Stephen: NO, WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
>> THAT'S NOT A THING?
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT A THING.
>> YEAH!
THANK YOU!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YOU JUST GOT A STANDING OVATION.
YEAH.
WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE WE SHOT A LITTLE PIECE FOR THE SUPER BOWL
SHOW TWO YEARS AGO.
>> WE DID.
>> Stephen: AND WHILE WE WERE SHOOTING THAT YOU WERE TELLING
ME ABOUT THIS MOVIE YOU WERE WORKING ON.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND I SAID, "WHAT IS IT ABOUT?"
AND YOU SAID, IT'S KIND OF CRAZY TO EXPLAIN."
>> IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.
>> Stephen: HE SAID IT'S CALLED 'GET OUT'" AND YOU TOLD
ME WHAT THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT.
AND I SAID I WILL DO SEE IT.
YOU MADE YOUR DEBUT WITH "GET OUT," HIGHEST GROSSING DEBUT
FILM BASED ON ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY EVER.
CONGRATULATIONS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S INFLATION.
IT'S INFLATION.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, HIGHEST EVER.
DID YOU GETTIER BEAK WET ON THAT ONE?
>> DISOME COCAINE ON SET.
>> Stephen: OH, GOOD.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT.
>> YOU DID NOT GET MY BEAK WET.
>> Stephen: YOU DID NOT GET YOUR BEAK WET ON THIS ONE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: LET ME REP YOU NEXT TIME.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOT 99% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES WHICH IS NEARLY
UNHEARD OF.
BUT I HAVE TO ASK WHAT WHO IS THE 1% WHO WENT, "I'M OUT."
>> RACISM IS...
>> Stephen: RACISM GETS TO REVIEW THINGS NOW?
>> RACISM HAS A COLUMN, AND REVIEWS THINGS, AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT 1%.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
>> BUT, YEAH, LOOK, I'M JUST-- I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT HUMBLE 99.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU'LL GET THEM NEXT TIME, MAN.
>> I'LL GET THEM NEXT TIME.
I'M HOPING FOR THAT ONE DONUT, DONUT NEXT TIME.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE ONE DONUT, DONUT?
>> ONE DONUT, DONUT.
>> Stephen: THE ONE DONUT, DONUT.
>> IT'S 100.
>> Stephen: OH, ONE DONUT, DONUT.
I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> IT'S A BLACK THING.
THAT'S-- IT'S AN URBAN -- >> Stephen: THAT'S NOT A BLACK
THING.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A BLACK THING?
>> YEAH!
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T KNOW.
SPOILER ALERT: NOT BLACK.
I KNOW I SEEM SUPER WOKE AT TIMES.
I CAN IMAGINE YOU MISTAKING ME FOR BLACK.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN WHITE FACE WHEN I CAME OUT HERE.
>> Stephen: NO, I DON'T PLAY LIKE THAT.
>> GOOD, THAT'S NOT 2017.
>> Stephen: NOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE SUBMITTED THIS TO THE
GOLDEN GLOBES AS A COMEDY.
>> I-- I SUBMITTED IT AS A DOCUMENTARY.
( LAUGHTER ) I DIDN'T KNOW-- YOU KNOW, IT
WAS-- IT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND I -- >> Stephen: IT WAS SUBMITTED?
>> IT WAS SUBMITTED.
IT WAS -- >> Stephen: DON'T USE THE
PASSIVE TENSE.
YOU'RE A BETTER WRITER THAN THAT.
>> IT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED.
I TONIGHT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: IT WILL HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED?
>> I THOUGHT-- HERE'S THE THING.
>> Stephen: YES.
YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOVIE, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND AT
THIS POINT.
>> THE MOVIE IS TRUTH.
THE THING THAT RESONATED TO PEOPLE IS TRUTH.
SO I THINK-- FOR ME, IT'S MORE OF, LIKE, A HISTORICAL BIOPIC.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> THE ORIGINAL TITLE WAS "GET OUT: THE KANYE WEST STORY."
BUT I HAD TO LOP OFF THE END.
>> Stephen: IS THE TITLE A REFERENCE TO THE RICHARD PRYOR
JOKE?
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU MIND TELLING THE PEOPLE THE JOKE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PRYOR OR EDDIE MURPHY I THINK THE ONE YOU
ARE REFERENCEs IS THE "AMTIVEAL HORROR."
IF THE BLACK PERSON WAS THE PROTAGONIST OF A HORROR MOVIE IT
WOULD BE A VERY SHORT MOVIE.
AND AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO GET A PRIOR LAUGH.
SO THAT'S WEIRD.
BUT, YEAH, THE BIT WAS THE BLACK FAMILY COMES INTO A HAUNTED
HOUSE-- I THINK IT'S EDDIE MURPHY-- "THESE GRAPES DRAIPS
ARE GREAT."
"GET OUT!" "TOO BAD WE CAN'T STAY, BABY."
IT'S NOT MY BIT.
BUT, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET A BLACK
PERSON BE THE PROTAGONIST IN A HORROR MOVIE, AND IT TURNS OUT
YOU HAVE A MOVIE THAT HAS A-- A PROTAGONIST THAT IS AWARE THAT
HORROR IS GOING DOWN.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S NO WALKING BACKWARDS
INTO A DARK ROOM IN THIS MOVIE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, I MEAN, IT IS
A FUNNY MOVIE, BUT IT'S ALSO A SCARY MOVIE.
DID YOU-- DO YOU-- DO-- DO WHITE AUDIENCES AND BLACK AUDIENCES
GET FRIGHTENED BY THIS MOVIE IN THE SAME WAY?
DO THEY EXPERIENCE THE HORROR IN THE SAME WAY?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, I THINK BLACK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE SECOND--
THE MOVIE COMES UP, AND, LIKE ARE THE PROTAGONIST IS DATING A
WHITE GIRL.
THEY GO, "OH, HE'S IN TROUBLE.
I DON'T LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING!
HE'S IN AN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIP.
GET OUT, BROTHER."
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
WHITE AUDIENCE GOES, "THAT'S VERY PROGRESSIVE.
THAT'S VERY PROGRESSIVE."
>> YEAH, THAT'S COOL.
IT'S NOT UNTIL LATER IN THE MOVIE THAT WHITE PEOPLE GET
FREAKED OUT.
THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
I THINK I'VE SAID THAT.
I THINK I SAID THAT THING THAT THE VILLAINS ARE SAYING IN THIS
MOVIE."
SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING.
AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE-- IT DOESN'T FIT INTO A GENRE.
YOU KNOW, IT SORT OF SUBVERTS THE IDEA OF GENRE.
BUT IT IS THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT, LIKE, BLACK PEOPLE CAN
LAUGH AT, BUT WHITE PEOPLE NOT SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU LAUGHED A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: NOT AS MUCH AS PROBABLE YOU DO.
>> NO, NO.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE WRITING PAPERS ABOUT THIS MOVIE.
KIDS IN COLLEGE ARE WRITING PAPER.
>> THERE ARE COLLEGE COURSES -- >> Stephen: WHOLE COURSES?
>> YES THERE IS A BLACK CORE COURSE --
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN "OKAY?" >> Stephen: WHEN YOU SAID,
"THERE ARE WHOLE COURSES?" AND I SAID "ON THIS MOVIE."
AND YOU SAID "BLACK HORROR MOVIES.
>> THIS IS THE ONE.
>> Stephen: THERE IS NO OTHER BLACK HORROR.
>> BASICALLY NO.
THERE IS PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS.
THERE'S CANDY MAN, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD-- THERE ARE A
COUPLE.
>> Stephen: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THERE IS ONLY ONE
BLACK GUY.
IT'S NOT BLACK HORROR.
>> HE'S THE MAN.
>> Stephen: HE'S THE REASONABLE CHARACTER IN IT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HE'S THE REASONABLE CHARACTER IN IT.
>> IN "NIGHT OF THE LIGDEAD," HE IS THE GUY WHO IS READY TO FIGHT
ZOMBIES BECAUSE HE'S BEEN FIGHTING WHITE PEOPLE OFF HIS
WHOLE LIFE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NO!
NO!
OKAY.
>> OKAY?
>> Stephen: SO, I UNDERSTAND YOU WENT TO ONE OF THESE
CLASSES.
>> YES.
SO I -- >> Stephen: DID THEY KNOW YOU
WERE THERE?
>> SO I WENT IN WITH A HOOD.
LIKE, THEY WERE PLAYING THE MOVIE-- U.C.L.A., THEY WERE
PLAYING A CLIP FROM THE MOVIE.
AND I KIND OF SNUCK IN.
I WAS IN THE HOOD.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER SAID, "WHAT DO
YOU THINK THE DIRECTOR WAS THINKING WHEN...?"
AND I JUST RAISED MY HAND AND I WAS LIKE, "I HAVE AN OPINION ON
THAT MATTER."
AND THEY TURN IT WAS LIKE-- IT WAS, LIKE, THE BEST WELCOMING I
EVER HAD.
THEY WENT CRAZY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> I GOT EYE GOT IN FRONT OF HIM THEM, I WAS LIKE TEACHING THE
LECTURE, AND THEY STARTED SAYING THINGS, RAISING THEIR HANDS
SAYING, "LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THIS TYPE OF
OPPRESSION-- WAS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT?"
LIKE SOME REALLY SMART THINGS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXCITING.
>> I HAD TO BE LIKE, "YEAH...
THAT'S... WHAT I MEANT WHEN I DID THAT."
>> Stephen: WAS THIS THE MOVIE YOU INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING
OR DID IT SORT OF LIKE CHANGE IN THE CREATION?
>> NO.
IT WAS THE MOVIE.
THIS IS THE MOVIE-- THIS IS THE MOVIE I WANTED TO MAKE.
I WANTED TO MAKE A MOVIE THAT WAS FOR A VERY LOYAL BLACK
HORROR FAN BASE THAT WE GO TO SEE HORROR MOVIES, AND WE-- YOU
KNOW, WE DON'T GET REPRESENTED.
AND THIS WAS THE MOVIE I FELT LIKE BLACK PEOPLE WERE WAITING
FOR.
AND I'M THRILLED THAT EVERYBODY ENJOYS IT.
BUT TO BE HONEST, IT WAS-- IT WAS-- IT WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE
THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN.
>> Stephen: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: "GET OUT" IS AVAILABLE NOW ON DVD.
JORDAN PEELE, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK