The Powerful Performance(s) of Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Us’

Marrying tenets of avant-garde theater and natural acting methods, Nyong’o delivered a masterclass in playing opposite sides of the same coin in Jordan Peele’s doppelgänger horror film.

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