Severance

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This article contains spoilers for Severance season 2’s episode 3.

Many visual parallels can also be drawn betweenSeveranceand the computer gameThe Stanley Parable.

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From a thematic standpoint,Severancealso seems to remind one of George Orwell’sNineteen Eighty-Four.

In season 2’s episode 3, however,Severancedraws a surprising parallel to an acclaimedJordan Peele movie.

The two characters feel trapped in their environment and even indirectly express it to Chris and Milchick, respectively.

Adam Scott’s Severance character, Mark, looking at Jordan Peele

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Created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle.

What follows is a horrifying ordeal for the anxious photographer.

Sydney Cole Alexander as Natalie and Betty Gabriel as Georgina in Get Out

A collage of Natalie, Cobel, and people working at Lumon desks in Severance

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Jordan Peele made his directorial Horror debut with Get Out, a terrifying Psychological Horror film starring Daniel Kaluuya. In the 2017 release, Chris Washington heads to Upstate New York to meet the family of his girlfriend, Rose. What follows is a horrifying ordeal for the anxious photographer.

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