#jordan patel

[godshaper]

sidestep reborn. the suit might be new, but the name was always hers.

[aurriearts]

(image desc in alt text) two very late ockiss responses, @godshaper’s jordan and @b33tlejules’ rhan w/ sura :3

[swordtit]

jordan romance chart... you can kiss her within the first five minutes of meeting her but if you want to get closer then makeout buddies you will be fighting for your life.

[ghariban]

— you can just tell they had the most fun time filming monkey man too. dev patel the multitalented and gorgeous man that you are.

[mannyblacque]

Monkey Man fan art by Entei Ryu | Instagram

[shesnake]

“Monkey Man” was shot and completed in 2021, and Netflix soon after acquired the rights for around $30 million, but it’s been on the shelf for three years and they‘ve all of a sudden decided to get rid of it? What gives? It turns out, according to an in-the-know source, that it was the portrayal of a fictional right-wing Hindu Nationalist character in the film that worried Netflix about their future dealings in India. And even though they had paid more than twice the production cost, they decided to give the film back to the producers, which is what caused the long delay. Universal and Peele eventually took a particular liking to the film, so much so that they suggested possible editing changes and delayed the release until what they thought would be the right date. It’s as simple as that. In the end, it was all about politics and optics for the streaming giant, especially since India has become the current top growth market for Netflix. Co-Founder Reed Hastings has mentioned that a majority of the service's next 100 million subscribers would most likely come from India.

Universal/Jordan Peele's "suggested possible editing changes" in question:

[gayiconwaluigi]

The protagonist is named Kid in the credits. He is constantly surrounded by children who should not be in the situations that they have found themselves in. All of the children featured have been forced to grow up, and with the protag’s character name Kid, he has not moved on from the trauma of his childhood. This calls into question the lives of the children around him as his mother’s question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” haunts the narrative, showing that for many children, you do not get to choose.

[resetme]

Dev Patel in Monkey Man (2024) | Official trailer

In this city, the rich don't see us as people.

[deakyjoe]

Show me a motherfucker with big brown eyes and I’m automatically whipped

[deathsmallcaps]

I love how Dev Patel’s Character (I’m going to call him Hanuman) was told by his mother that his future can be found in the roots (lines) of his hands.

And how he tried to save his mother from the fire, grabbing with child’s hands, but instead burned his future away.

And how our first real view of them is when he bargains his way into a job that will lead him to the men that took his future away. Scarred, pale, blank and ruined.

Just like the monkey, Hanuman reached out to the burning desired life, and was supposedly stripped of his potential and power as punishment by the powers that be.

But then, with love and care from others battered, he was guided to his heart, and found it still beating and unfettered. A warrior’s heart.

And so drumbeat by drumbeat, he shaped himself, his hands, into a weapon of justice. To save the future. To remain nameless but to return vengeance upon those who would do others harm with no thought.

His hands, created by the past, shaped and balanced the future.

[kewaizi]

The tears in his eyes he looks like that hamster meme

[godshaper]

have you ever felt so exposed?

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[swordtit]

Hi Jack (hopefully this isnt a duplicate message lol)! I'm helping Cigs out and posting some asks on his behalf because of how many people signed up, see as follows 💖:

Hello! Thank you for signing up for my little fandom project. Like I mentioned in my post, these will be once a month character building/exploration questions. I don't expect immediate answers. Feel free to take the whole month, if you need! If you have more than one Step, pick your favorite or whichever you think needs more love.

We're going to start with the basics this month: Where did your Sidestep get your name? Do they know what it means? Do they feel any particular way about their name?

-Cigs

HI AURRIE 🧡 HI CIGS 🧡

Okay! I'm going to answer for Jordan. Shocking everyone.

Where did your Sidestep get their name?

In my mind, Jordan had to do a lot of blending in with humans-type missions. Which meant she had to have a name even though it wasn't supposed to be hers. So the caregivers at the Farm pulled one out of the system and called it a day. Little did they know it stuck around in her head and left such an impression that it was the first thing that came out of her mouth when Ortega asked her for a first name.

Do they know what it means?

Probably not lol. A quick google says it means "descend/flow down". She would never think to look into it but if someone told her she would be like, "Okay that's nice?"

Do they feel any particular way about their name?

She's always felt a little uncomfortable when other people use it, which is why she went mostly by "Patel" during her Sidestep days. It was used in a masculine way at the Farm, and then she feminized it once she escaped. It's hers, but sometimes it hurts like how an old scar will sometimes flare up.

[sleepynegress]

Produced by Jordan Peele

Directed by and starring Dev Patel MONKEY MAN trailer

[dinhehimdjarin]

It's like poetry, it rhymes.

MONKEY MAN (2024) | WAYNE (2019)

[gayiconwaluigi]

Monkey Man clearly outlines how power is a part of gender and how those without power within the state like Sita and the protagonist have more in common with each other despite being categorized as woman and man than they do with their counterparts Queenie and Rana. The genders of Queenie and Rana intersect so that their perpetuation of power and violence within the state is an integral part of their gendered performance. The protagonist eschews the power he could gain within the state via patriarchy or capitalism and thus is performing a non-normative, gender-nonconforming type of masculinity compared to the men within the state who uphold the system. It’s clear that the genders are in conversation with each outside of the system when you acknowledge Sita and the protagonist’s recognition of the self in each other thru their shared cultural background. There is also how the protagonist’s mother lives through him in his memory, and he carries her within him and recognizes and interacts with the suffering of women through that memory. Gender through this lens is more harmonious and fluid as evidenced by those at the temple, than the gender weaponized through power and class via Rana and Queenie.