#jordan patel

[godshaper]

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

[swordtit]

am thinking about jordan experiencing snow for the first time 🥺

[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]

devotion.

pose references 1 & 2

[swordtit]

2 & 3 for jordan and her boys ?

2. What would they do if the other woke in a manic state after a nightmare?

(this is fun because i did start writing a jordan/daniel thing in which jordan has a night terror and daniel wakes her up.) jordan would jump into daniel's mind the moment she noticed it happening and try to damage control from there. not really in a "let's turn off this emotion" way, but as a way to show she was there for him. also because she's a little nervous about unknowns and she can monitor his next move accurately. ortega is difficult because she can't hijack her way into his head, but she's probably already dealt with him in a manic state once or twice so it's just falling back into that song and dance. i imagine it involves touch to pull ortega back in. for jordan herself... the boys would have to be careful at first, especially ortega with his static mind- which i imagine doesn't happen the first few times and he ends up making everything worse by trying to touch her too much. because she does respond well to touch but it has to be light. daniel probably knows her well enough to remove self harm options from the table by holding her hands. (not that'd she do anything "that serious" but she might start scratching at scars) after the initial shock of mania fades... she'd lean in in a way that daniel/ortega would hopefully realize as a desire to be held. ortega gets that one before daniel.

Do they wear the other’s clothes? (sweatshirt, bandana, necklace, etc.)

jordan is a serial clothing thief. alas, she does not go for ortega's style, so she really only steals his workout clothes. though maybe she's nabbed one or two of his button-ups. she has stolen almost every single one of daniel's sweatshirts. ortega has definitely taken something of hers... probably not to wear though, just to have something with her scent on it. (😏)

[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.

[whenmemorydies]

So I watched Monkey Man today and like most people I’m probably going to be thinking about it for a while. The imagery, music, message and symbolism was thick with this one.

For now, I am going to go to bed dreaming about that boss ass Hijra crew arriving with machetes to tear up some fascists, and how Dev Patel beat a misogynistic, homophobic, killer cop to death with a shiny, sparkly high heel shoe.

And about how the Hindu nationalist guru who caused so much destruction and oppression dies by getting stabbed in his forehead (where Hindus believe the third eye is located) with one of the knobs of his pathankal/paduka (slippers), like the most fucked pottu/bindi.