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Us : Adelaide Confronts Red

Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) confronts Red (Lupita Nyong'o) who has captured her son, Jason Wilson (Evan Alex). As Adelaide creeps up behind Red, weapon in hand, Red begins a monologue about her life as a tethered. The monologue is overlayed with images of Adelaide and Red as young girls. The twist that Adelaide was originally a tethered is revealed.

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acting, beat, action, beat, emotion, camera leading, close-up, crosscutting, cutaway, dialogue, diegetic sound, dissolve, dolly shot, ellipsis, extreme close-up, flashback, following shot, generic sound, leitmotif (sound), monologue, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, music, semidiegetic, pan, performance, point-of-view shot, sound bridge, split-diopter lens, symbolism, voiceover narration

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"Adelaide Confronts Red" in Us. Directed by Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures, 2019, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2348

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Abigail Vetrone

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