The internet is collectively losing their mind after “Us” director, Jordan Peele, tweeted something in Korean and many people had a brief duh moment after learning what it was.
조동필
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) March 28, 2019
On Thursday, the 40-year-old actor and director took to his Twitter account to share a slightly cryptic message in Korean, and many users were stumped to find out that the message he shared was in fact….. (drum roll please)
We have a word in Japanese pronounced the same as your name, which is 冗談 (joudan). The word literally means ‘joke’.
YOU WERE BORN WITH COMEDY IN YOUR NAME
— Wade Wilson (@willwadewilson) March 28, 2019
Then another follower explained a different way to spell his name in Korean.
that translates to JoDong Peele, a more direct phonetic translation would be 조던필 which is JoDun Peele. A true Korean translation would be 필조던 where your last name (family name) comes before your first name
— claudia (@whitewoman69) March 28, 2019
And adding his tongue-in-cheek nickname.
A tongue in cheek Korean nickname would be 조선필 = Joseon Peele. Joseon was an ancient ruling Korean dynasty
— claudia (@whitewoman69) March 28, 2019
Others also chimed in.
“Jo-Dong Pir” haha i wouldve spelt it 졸던필 (jor- deon pil) 😂
— Emi_🎭GoingJungian🎭 (@EmiYunicorn) March 29, 2019
Cho/Jo is correct. There is no extra meaning other than the fact Cho Dong-Pil sounds like name in English if it was Koreanized as they generally use 3 syllable name structure. This is a really esoteric joke specifically for Korean fans. His movie is doing well there atm.
— Girl Davis (@Thatgirldavis) March 29, 2019
Peele’s new box office hit, “Us” reportedly performed very well in South Korean cinemas. According to one of the tweets in the thread, the horror film starring Lupita Nyong’o (“Black Panther”) topped the box office on Thursday.
Yes you are the winner of box-office on thursday in Korea, director 조동필👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/INks9ZMY7O
— Rona (@_discreto19) March 28, 2019
In the United States, the horror movie has now reached $90 million in the box office, Forbes reported.
Featured images via Instagram / jordanpeele, (inset) Twitter / JordanPeele
