For those of you who just saw Jordan Peele’s “Us” and wondered where the writer-director got that ingeniously insane idea for Hands Across America in the 1980s-set portion of the film, wonder no more.
It came from history. Hands Across America was a real thing that totally actually happened in 1986. Like, for real.
The idea was hatched in 1985 by Ken Kragen, a music manager and film and TV producer. Kragen was a founding member of USA for Africa, of which Hands Across America was a part. It followed the famed charity single “We Are the World” that featured artists such as Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and a host of other popular musicians during that era.
Also Read: The Long, Twisted Story Behind 'I Got 5 on It,' the Secret Weapon of Jordan Peele's 'Us'
USA for Africa, as the name suggests, was established to ease...
It came from history. Hands Across America was a real thing that totally actually happened in 1986. Like, for real.
The idea was hatched in 1985 by Ken Kragen, a music manager and film and TV producer. Kragen was a founding member of USA for Africa, of which Hands Across America was a part. It followed the famed charity single “We Are the World” that featured artists such as Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and a host of other popular musicians during that era.
Also Read: The Long, Twisted Story Behind 'I Got 5 on It,' the Secret Weapon of Jordan Peele's 'Us'
USA for Africa, as the name suggests, was established to ease...
- 3/22/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
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