Category: get out

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+ cla, college language association, conferences, ernest j gaines, get out, iceberg slim, in my father's house, james baldwin, nikky finney

Some Reflections on CLA 2018

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In Tuesday’s post, I took the time to expand upon some thoughts, ideas, and advice for scholars and students attending academic conferences. The anecdotes I shared arose out of my experiences at this years College Language Association (CLA) convention in Chicago. Today, I want to take a moment and reflect upon some of the amazing papers that I had the opportunity to hear at … Read More Some Reflections on CLA 2018

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+ black panther, brother ali, christopher priest, everett k ross, get out, jordan peele, loving v. virginia, mixtape, parkway high school, pedagogy & american literary studies, propaganda, sho baraka, soundtrack, tinker v des moines

Top Five Posts of 2017!

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Back in August 2015, I started Interminable Rambling as a space for me to write about, and reflect upon, topics I was teaching, my pedagogical practices, my research, and my thoughts about popular culture. Since that first post in 2015, I have published 235 posts (two a week) for the past two and a half years. The experience of maintaining this blog has helped … Read More Top Five Posts of 2017!

+ bonfire, childish gambino, film, get out, jordan peele, movie, music, redbone, Uncategorized

Childish Gambino and “Get Out”

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On Tuesday, I wrote about the stuffed lion in Get Out (2017). Today, I want to look at the song that plays when we first encounter Chris and Rose on screen. As images of Chris’s photographs flash across the screen, we hear Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” from “Awaken, My Love” (2016). Countering the soulful sound of the song, the lyrics focus on the narrator’s paranoia … Read More Childish Gambino and “Get Out”

+ african american literature, american literature, arna bontemps, chris washington, film, get out, invisible man, jordan peele, lion, Literature, movie, mr kelso's lion, ralph ellison, rose armitage, the old south, Uncategorized

Stuffed Lion in “Get Out”?

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Finally, during its third week in theaters, I saw Get Out (2017). Plenty of people have commented on the film; however, there are two aspects of the film that I have not found anyone discussing: the stuffed lion that sits on the nightstand next to Rose Armitage’s bed and the use of Childish Gambino’s “Redbone”playing over the audience’s first introduction to Chris Washington as … Read More Stuffed Lion in “Get Out”?

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