The victim remains in critical condition. The owner, Sandra Herold, who tried to stop the attack, was also injured and briefly hospitalized. Jupe's entire character is a metaphor for this sort of toxic behavior.Earlier this week, a 14-year-old, 200-pound (90-kilogram) pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., left a woman in critical condition after attacking her-mutilating her face and hands. We feed on it and perpetuate it in the worst ways possible. Unfortunately, our current society lives for obscenity. People cannot look away from a spectacle, even when it would be in their best interests to do so. Jupe's belief in himself and willingness to do whatever he can to make money plays into the film's overall theme. An alien in the sky can't be held responsible for doing what comes naturally - eating - but a person so lost in his greed and self-importance can certainly be blamed for marching unsuspecting spectators to their deaths by said alien. Jupe's hubris leads dozens of people, including his own family, to their deaths. Believing the tragedy that's about to happen is just another scene in Jupe's show, none of them look away as the beast swoops down and devours them all. ![]() When Lucky, the latest horse Jupe purchases from OJ, refuses to move out into the open to be eaten, the alien ends up sucking up the entire audience instead. He has the audacity to think he has tamed the beast. He puts on a disturbing spectacle where a massive alien in the sky he knows nothing about (other than it likes eating horses) devours innocent creatures for entertainment. Jupe, however, has allowed that encounter to make him believe he is special, someone more important than the average person and someone who can control the uncontrollable. Ultimately, he sees it as having faced death and walking away unscathed, victorious. He even suggests OJ and Emerald watch a "Saturday Night Live" skit based on the incident. He remembers the incident not as horrific but rather almost with fondness. He's built a shrine to the show that ended on the worst day of his life. What we think would be something horrific and brutal to think about, Jupe has glorified. Jupe makes for a fascinating character study because his trauma has manifested in an unexpected way: hubris. His Star Lasso Experience, where he is literally sacrificing living creatures to an extraterrestrial beast in the sky, is nothing but him exploiting something he doesn't understand for money. Either way, the irony of his upbringing is that he becomes the exploiter later in life. Whether he realized this is up for debate. Jupe's entire childhood seemed wrapped in exploitation by his parents and the producers of the projects he starred in. Due to his appearance in the hit movie "Kid Sheriff," he got the job as a main character on "Gordy's Home," the same show exploiting the talents of an exceptionally well-trained chimp. Gordy's mauling has irreparably scarred her face, as she was the girl mauled behind the couch. Later, when the alien arrives and the wind kicks up, we get a glimpse under the veil. As the camera pans to her, we see a woman sitting in the bleachers wearing a hat and a veil to cover her face. Jupe introduces her to the crowd as his first love and fellow costar. In the present timeline, Mary Jo, who played Jupe's sister on "Gordy's Home," comes to Jupe's Western-themed park to see the Star Lasso Experience, where Jupe sacrifices a horse to the alien in the sky for entertainment. As Jupe reaches back, Gordy is shot in the head by someone off screen. Gordy even reaches under the table to give him a fist bump. Gordy approaches the table Jupe has found refuge hiding under, seeking the company of the young actor who's become his companion. When the chimp realizes she's still moving, he attacks her behind the couch. A couch mostly conceals her body, but we see her legs sticking out and twitching. The most disturbing part is the young girl lying on the floor throughout the flashback. ![]() As "Nope" goes on, we see more of the attack through flashbacks - horrifying scenes of a chimp covered in blood chasing actors off set. Jupe confesses that the show saw an early cancellation because the chimp who played Gordy, scared by a balloon popping, ended up attacking the cast members. He even has a secret shrine to the show and its memorabilia in a hidden room in his office, for which a couple paid an obscene amount to spend the night. Jupe talks about how the show gained a cult following. ![]() Jupe's "Gordy's Home" Backstory in "Nope"ĭespite Jupe being a husband and father of three boys, he spends a lot of time dwelling on his childhood, specifically his time on the set of "Gordy's Home." The popular show featured Jupe as the young son of a loving family consisting of his mother, his father, his sister, and Gordy, the titular chimpanzee.
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