Jordan Peele finally explains the Nope moment that had viewers scratching their heads

Jordan Peele Fans finally have an explanation for the controversial moment in his 2022 horror movie Nope.

The film centers on two siblings who are played by Daniel Kaluuya Keke PalmerThey encounter a UFO in the vicinity of their ranch in Agua Delice, California.

One of the other plot threads follows Ricky “Jupe” Park, a former child actor who once survived a deadly rampage by a crazed ape on the set of the (fictional) 1990s sitcom Gordy’s Home.

In flashback, Ricky is seen as a child hiding in the jungle while the ape attacks his fellow stars. What catches his attention, however, is a shoe – balanced perfectly upright.

Later, the shoe is seen displayed in Jupe’s secret Gordy’s Home Remember to place the tribute room in a standing position.

Fans had long speculated over the meaning of the upright show. Now, during a appearance on the Happy Sad Confused Podcast, Peele finally sheds some light on symbolism.

“The shoe represents a moment where we check out of a trauma,” he said. “Jupe zones in on this little shoe – that’s Mary Jo’s shoe – that has landed in a precarious, odd situation, and this is the moment he dissociates.”

Peele also referred to another line in the film, in which Kaluuya and Palmer’s characters discuss the notion of a “bad miracle”.

“In one way, it’s the impossible shot. It’s the impossible moment… Yes, it’s a bad miracle. It’s very good. You got it. You got the shoe,” he told podcast host Josh Horowitz.

In a five-star review of the film for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “You could, certainly, make the argument that Nope is the most straightforward of Peele’s films so far. He’s traded the claustrophobic, labyrinthine quality of Get out Contact Us For pure spectacle and open skies

“But the genius of his work is that, in the end, none of that really makes any difference. He still achieves the same results. Peele, in fact, is a magician disguised as filmmaker. Nope is the sleight of hand so slick you’ll never question how the trick was pulled off.”