--- title: Oscars 218: Jordan Peele Reacts to Get Out Nominations description: As the nominations for the Academy Awards rolled in, it became clear that Get Out would continue its awards season streak of top category nods. canonical: https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T17:07:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:58.800Z og:title: Jordan Peele's Get Out Oscar Nominations Was Very On-Brand og:description: "What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?" og:url: https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00766ba0cee0ba4a/6988d8d7cf40a8eb6ac48e07/170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jordan Peele's Get Out Oscar Nominations Was Very On-Brand twitter:description: "What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00766ba0cee0ba4a/6988d8d7cf40a8eb6ac48e07/170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jordan Peele's Emotional Reaction to _Get Out_'s Oscar Nominations Deserves Its Own Award  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 5:07 PM CUT  GET OUT, Daniel Kaluuya, 2017\. ©Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection GET OUT, Daniel Kaluuya, 2017\. ©Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett CollectionUniversal—courtesy Everett Collection  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 5:07 PM CUT As the [nominations](http://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/ "undefined") for the [2018 Academy Awards](http://time.com/5112354/2018-oscar-nominations-snubs-surprises/ "undefined") rolled in on Tuesday, it became clear that [_Get Out_](http://time.com/4680563/get-out-movie-review/ "undefined")would continue its awards season streak of top category nods. And director Jordan Peele clearly couldn’t have been happier about it. After _Get Out_ scored nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Peele took to Twitter to express his excitement about the movie’s Oscar recognition. Peele and _Lady Bird_ director Greta Gerwig are the fifth-ever black director and fifth-ever female director, respectively, to be nominated for Best Director. Peele began by sharing a GIF of Kaluuya’s character Chris crying. “What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?” he added. He went on to describe his reaction to hearing the news. “I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that,” he wrote. “Right now I’m just thinking about everyone who bought a ticket and told someone else to. You did this. Thank you.” > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955801227995971585) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955807529161801728) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955809063412969473) > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955811212666716160) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/"},"headline":"Jordan Peele's Emotional Reaction to Get Out's Oscar Nominations Deserves Its Own Award","datePublished":"2018-01-23T17:07:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:58.800Z","description":"\"What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?\"","url":"https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","awards","Oscars"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00766ba0cee0ba4a/6988d8d7cf40a8eb6ac48e07/170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00766ba0cee0ba4a/6988d8d7cf40a8eb6ac48e07/170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170808-get-out-most-profitable-movie","caption":"GET OUT, Daniel Kaluuya, 2017. ©Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection","creditText":"Universal—courtesy Everett Collection","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5114533/oscars-2018-jordan-peele-get-out-nominations-reaction/","name":"Jordan Peele's Emotional Reaction to Get Out's Oscar Nominations Deserves Its Own Award"}}]}] ```