![]() Now, the writer-director of 2017’s “Get Out” and 2019’s “Us” - two films that, through horror-based storytelling, offer thought-provoking commentary on the black experience - has given us a new “Candyman.” And while Peele only co-wrote this identically named direct sequel to the 1992 movie - the directorial duties are handled by Nia DaCosta (“Little Woods”) - he certainly seems to have his bloody handprint all over it. On the other hand, despite being set largely in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project, the film is told primarily from the perspective of a white graduate student, Virginia Madsen’s Helen Lyle.Īnd, arguably, it helped to perpetuate certain Black stereotypes. ![]() It was the first American horror film to cast a Black man as its antagonist and namesake character, with actor Tony Todd bringing to life what could be seen as the Black community’s answer to Freddy Krueger, a supernaturally summoned killer with a hook at the end of his right arm. It’s easy to understand why 1992’s “Candyman” long has meant something to filmmaker Jordan Peele. ![]()
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