Maybe you have some questions and theories dancing around in your head.
Ive never watched a movie like this.
I mean, I washooked.
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I kept my eyes peeled, desperately searching for the symbols and metaphors and easter eggs.
So lets get some things out of the way first.
The Tethered are the doppelgangers.
For whatever reason, these people were an experiment.
Failed, obviously, and nonetheless, abandoned underground.
And thats when things start to get a little wild.
When Adelaide is a young girl, she picks out the Thriller t-shirt for her prize.
Did you notice the outfits that the Tethered wore?
A red jumpsuit with a single glove.
In the film, they were used as food for the people underground.
Is this a metaphor for the natural-born and the Tethered?
The Tethered use scissors as their weapon of choice.
You use scissors to cut ties or something that is tethered.
On a deeper level, scissors are on the borderline of being something so mundane and something so terrifying.
Theres a lot, so Ill be brief.
Scissors have two, identical holes for your hands.
The natural-born and their Tethered.
The hall of mirrors.
Adelaides head pressing against the table with her reflection in the shattering glass.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Its nothing too serious, but its still something that makes you think, why?
Us and the double meanings.
Theres a double meaning in the title.
Maybe its about the obvious: our doppelgangers.
Or maybe its about whats happening in our country today.
When asked who they were, Red replies, Americans.
Is this a representation of the genocide of Native Americans and white people taking over their land?
DidPeeledo this on purpose?
Do we need to get out of the U.S.?
Boy, do I want to.
And boy, do I have some questions and theories.
Does anyone (in the film) realize that Adelaide is actually a Tethered?
I think Kittys doppelganger realizes it in the bedroom, and thats why she spares her life.
I think Jason realizes it when he witnesses his mom stabbing one of the twins.
Hes seeing a different side to her, or rather, just a completely different version of her.
Is Jason actually his Tethered at the end of the film?
Did Jason also switch places with his Tethered?
Or does he just know the truth about his mom?
I mean, think about it.
The worst of who we are or who we could become is hidden inside of us.
