Jordan Peele reacts to 'Get Out' as Barack Obama: 'Surrounded by white people! Not fun'
Jay Pharoah, Fred Armisen, Reggie Brown -- a handful of comedians took a crack at impersonating Barack Obama during his eight years in office, but let's be clear: No one had him down quite as cold as Jordan Peele.
In an interview with Fandango, Peele was asked to react to his own movie -- this weekend's critically lauded release Get Out -- as a handful of different celebrities. Considering how money he was as POTUS in the now defunct Key & Peele's "Obama's Anger Translator" sketches, of course he was asked to reprise his Obama.
Make no mistake: Even on the fly, with no preparation at all, Peele's Obama is pretty perfect. And you can see it for yourself in the video above, as he "reacts" to the psychological horror film that's also a sharp take on the state of race in America.
Get Out is easily leading all weekend releases in ticket sales, according to Fandango. And Peele, who told the Associated Press this week that he is "kind of done" with performing in front of the camera, is still leading all Barack Obama impersonators.
The full set of impersonations -- Keanu Reeves, Kanye West, Oprah -- with Fandango correspondent Chris Witherspoon is below:
Get Out opens nationwide this weekend.
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Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
