Siren, possibly commissioned by the Colonna family, Rome, c. 1571–90. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers and Edith Perry Chapman Funds, 2000.
Evil have I done…and sorrow shall I know till my redemption comes.
—H. Rider Haggard, She
Perhaps the creepiest scene in Jordan Peele’s 2017 breakout horror-satire Get Out shows millennial hipster Rose Armitage (Allison Williams), all ponytailed hair and luminous white skin, sipping milk and nibbling Fruit Loops as she combs the internet for a new black boyfriend. If all goes well, her next beau will take his place among the trophy photos of black men neatly hung behind her bed, each one lured into a hellish scheme in which Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner turns out to be (spoiler!) Guess Who’s Getting His Brains Carved Out.