the closet actor who plays progressive monster

He tells Chris that he loves his work and admires his talent, and that he never had any talent as a photographer. Jim Hudson is a blind gallery owner who talks to Chris at the Armitages' party. Dean ultimately proves to be an evil mastermind behind the brain transplant operation, and he wants to use Chris' body to continue his evil process. Deanĭean is Rose's father, a bespectacled neurosurgeon with a white beard and a tendency to call Chris 'my man.' He is very determined to show Chris how progressive he is, and loves to tell him that he would have voted for Barack Obama a third time if he could have. Her hypnosis is actually part of the plot, a way to get inside Chris and control his mind, sending him to 'The Sunken Place' as a way of incapacitating him in the Armitage home. She is a psychiatrist who specializes in hypnotherapy and wants very badly to hypnotize Chris out of his nasty cigarette addiction. Missy is Rose's calm and inviting mother. He warns Chris to be careful in the company of white people, often in comic ways, and when Chris doesn't come home when he is supposed to, Rod starts to investigate, convinced that Chris has been turned into a 'sex slave.' Rod is who ends up saving Chris in the end. Rod is Chris' best friend, a TSA agent and the comic relief of the film. In the blink of an eye, she becomes a cold-hearted villain, bait to lure Chris into her family's sadistic operation. She does a good job of convincing Chris that she is on his team-until the moment when she reveals that she isn't. She is portrayed as a 'woke' ally, a white girl who understands her privilege and steps in when she sees something wrong, such as when the police officer asks for Chris' identification, or when her brother gets aggressive at dinner. She is beautiful and kind, walking Chris through a weekend with her family all the while trying to be empathetic to his experience. In many ways, Chris is martyr-like, enduring the injustices of being a young black man with a resigned determination to survive however he can, until his suspicions are pushed to their limit. Chris goes into the weekend with Rose's family cautiously, wary of how he will be treated by a white family, and keeps his cool even when his suspicions are proven correct. He carries a heavy psychic burden, but bears it with patience and reserve.

Chris is a talented photographer, whose work Jim Hudson describes as 'brutal' and 'melancholic.' Chris lost his mother at a young age and still feels guilty about not doing more to save her in her final moments.

Chris is the protagonist of the film, a young black man who is easy to get along with and seems to be well-liked.

The closet actor who plays progressive monster