Nope and “The Oprah Shot”

Описание: Here is another video essay about Jordan Peele's Nope (2022) and the tendency for Hollywood and the entertainment industry to exploit black trauma and turn it around for profit. This is coined as "trauma-feeding" and plagues a lot of minority filmmaking. This was a super interesting topic to research, and I hope you learn something from it!

Works Cited:
““Trauma-Feeding”: Why It’s Not Okay to Exploit Trauma in Art.” Aesthetics for Birds, 17 Sept. 2019, aestheticsforbirds.com/2019/09/17/trauma-feeding-why-its-not-okay-to-exploit-trauma-in-art/.

“Dana Schutz.” Wikipedia, 10 July 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Schutz.
Digital Scholar, Marshall, and Harold Dawson. The Commodification of Tragedy: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Film. 2007.

Phot, Kuicmar. “The Commodification of Black Trauma in Film - the Medium.” The Medium, 30 Jan. 2023, themedium.ca/the-commodification-of-black-trauma-in-film/.

TEDx Talks. “The Commodification of Black Trauma in Film | Kuicmar Phot | TEDxUofT Salon.” YouTube, 30 July 2024,    • The commodification of Black trauma in fil...  . Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.

Media Used (in order):
Nope (2022),
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-2011)
, 12 Years A Slave (2013),
The Wiz (1978),
Sister Act (1992),
Black Panther (2017)
, Into The Spider-Verse (2018)
, Soul (2020)

Music Used (from the Nope Original Motion Picture Soundtrack):
The Oprah Shot / written by Michael Abels
What's A Bad Miracle / written by Michael Abels
Jupiter's Claim / written by Michael Abels
Haywood Ranch / written by Michael Abels
Nope / written by Michael Abels