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Comedy or not, ‘Get Out’ is a unique Oscar contender

By JAKE COYLE nal title was ‘Get Out: The
AP Film Writer Kanye West Story’ but I had
NEW YORK (AP) — The to lop off the end.”
movie year seems destined Most experts believe “Get
to conclude the way it es- Out,” which made $253.4
sentially began: With every- million worldwide on a
body talking about “Get $4.5 million budget, is a
Out.” favorite for a best picture
Jordan Peele’s horror sen- nomination at the Acad-
sation is again the subject emy Awards. Universal
of debate after it was re- has mailed for-your-con-
ported that Universal Pic- sideration screeners, and
tures submitted the film an awards campaign has
for Golden Globe Awards been mounted.
consideration as a com- If “Get Out” were to be
edy, rather than a drama. nominated, it would be un-
The film’s classification will usual on many counts. Sel-
ultimately reside with the dom are directorial debuts,
Hollywood Foreign Press February releases or horror
Association, but whatever films nominated for best
the outcome, the contro- picture.
versy shows how “Get Out” (Among the few horror films This image released by Universal Pictures shows Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from, “Get Out.”
is already challenging the that have been are “The Associated Press
conventions of Hollywood’s Exorcist, “The Silence of screen commentary on the though Peele (half of the the likes of Amy Schumer’s
prestige movie season. the Lambs” and “The Sixth real horrors of black exis- comedy duo of Key and “Trainwreck,” and thereby
Peele, himself, has showed Sense.”) And then there’s tence and the hollowness Peele) is a comic veteran. finding an easier route to
no desire to quell the back- the Academy of Motion of liberal progressiveness. Calling it a comedy in a taking home hardware.
lash, only to slyly prod it. Picture Arts and Sciences’ It’s a monster movie where way trivializes the racism When “Martian” star Matt
“Get Out,” he said simply poor record of nominating society, as seen through it’s depicting. “Was this a Damon, who won best ac-
on Twitter, is a documen- African-American-led mov- African-American eyes, is joke?” wondered Lakeith tor in a comedy for his per-
tary. Appearing on “The ies and the “OscarsSoW- terrifying. Stanfield, who co-stars in formance in “The Martian”
Late Show” on Wednesday hite” protests that have ac- “It doesn’t fit into a genre,” the film. returned last year to pres-
night, Peele stuck with that companied several recent Peele told Colbert. “It sort of The Globes have previously ent, he called his comedy
label for his race-savvy so- Academy Awards. subverts the idea of genre. confounded with their divi- win “funnier, literally, than
cial satire. The hard-to-define “Get It is the kind of movie that sions between drama and anything in ‘The Martian.’”
“The movie is truth. The Out” is poised to be an Os- black people can laugh comedy, most recently But “Get Out” is a unique
thing that resonated with car contender unlike any at but white people not so with the award-winning sci- case.
people is truth,” said Peele, seen before, but not just for much.” fi adventure “The Martian.” And nothing on Mars is
before seguing into a joke. those traits. That’s why many reacted Judd Apatow and others nearly so scary as what lies
“For me, it’s more of a his- Peele’s acclaimed film is strongly to simplifying “Get objected to Ridley Scott’s here on Earth in Peele’s
torical biopic. The origi- an uncommonly sharp big- Out” as a comedy, even film being lumped in with film.q

Carpenters returns with vinyl remasters of hit albums

By MIKE CIDONI LENNOX cause a number of people, by vinyl’s resurgence.
AP Entertainment Writer of course, believe that CDs Carpenters has been a
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Ca- aren’t as warm (sound- best-selling recording act
lif. (AP) — Carpenters fans ing),” Richard Carpenter ever since its 1970 break-
have a dozen reasons to said in an exclusive inter- through “Close to You” and
be on top of the world this view with The Associated remains popular.
week. Press at his home earlier this The duo’s music last year
Nearly 30 years since the week. The new Carpenters climbed to No. 2 on the UK
last LP album of new Car- releases are made to ac- pop-album chart with the
penters material was re- commodate those with compilation “The Nation’s
leased, remastered vinyl pricey sound systems. Each Favourite Songs,” tied to
versions of 12 of the duo’s record is pressed on extra- the popular TV series. Car-
albums will be released Fri- hefty 180g vinyl, which is penter has spent most of his
day, offering fans clearer less prone to warping and life following sister Karen’s
versions of tracks including offers potential benefits 1983 death from compli-
the pop classics “We’ve such as less noise. cations of anorexia ner-
Only Just Begun” and “Top Vinyl is no longer just for au- vosa, as caretaker of the
of the World.” diophiles. Carpenters legacy — pre-
A&M/UMe will be selling Records are expected to serving the integrity of the
the albums individually, as generate approximately Carpenters brand and re-
well as in the box set, “Car- $1 billion in sales for the first cordings, and assuring the
penters — The Vinyl Collec- time since the 1980s, repre- estate is compensated.
tion.” senting about six percent of In this Nov. 13, 2017 photo released by Sujata Murthy, Richard (In January, he filed a $2 mil-
“I know there’s been inter- all global music revenues, Carpenter of the singing duo The Carpenters, poses in the lion lawsuit against A&M/
est in it, certainly for the according to a January re- record library of his home in Los Angeles. UMe for non-payment of
audiophiles, ever since the port by Deloitte. Associated Press royalties — a case settled
CD (format) came out, be- Carpenter, 71, has collect- ed records since childhood and said he was delighted in May.)q