Script Analysis Of The Film "get Out"

10/05/18Ryan Sweeting Script Analysis“GET OUT” AnalysisThe film “Get Out” is the story of one African-American man’s struggle against his external and internal demons, as well as a story that depicts and portrays at a deeper level the shameless, modern-day racism in America. The script is saturated with in-depth layers of symbolism, as well as real-world references, played by multiple, ever-shifting character archetypes. “Get Out” has extremely obvious and blatant overarching themes such as the cost of inaction, the value of intuition, the wheels of racism, the mother-son bond and so on. As I present and articulate my analysis of the hero’s journey, the multiple character archetypes and the three-act structure of the script, I also envision this story as if it were an actual series of events in today’s America. While I believe the “legal” resolution depicted as the film concludes to be a relatively positive one and a great relief in relation to the protagonist, I also believe that such a relatively favorable outcome would, unfortunately and sadly, be rather unlikely and unrealistic in our real world today. Considering the ongoing state of divisiveness, embedded racism and prejudice that still exists, and the