Jordan Peele Tells Perfect Get Out Joke To Celebrate Historic Win

Last night (March 4), Jordan Peele made history because the opening black writer to win Best Original Screenplay at the 2018 Oscars. Throughout the backstage press conference, the Get Out director slipped in a tongue-in-cheek reference to his award-winning film.


"Am I about to be auctioned off now mentioned Peele. "This is creepy."


Fans of Get Out will recognize the joke as a central segment of the satirical film any time it is revealed the Armitages auction off the bodies of blacks so their white friend and relative can transplant their consciousness into them. Peele went on to explain how he almost didn't become a director, due to the lack of representation he saw growing up.


"It's a renaissance," mentioned Peele. "I almost never became a director, because there was such a shortage of role models. We had Spike, we had John Singleton, we had the Peebles, we had the Hughes brothers, yet they felt like the exception to the rule. I'm so delighted to be apart of a time of the starting of a movement where I feel like the perfect films in each genre are being brought to me by my fellow black directors."


Jordan also posted a brief, yet hilarious tweet about winning a Academy Award. According to Twitter, it was the most retweeted Oscar-related post of the night. Even Peele's comedic partner-in-crime was delighted to be able to see his partner win. Hopefully, this historic moment will inspire more studios to give diverse directors and screenwriters a chance.