Saw it yesterday, really enjoyed it. It’s more Okja than Parasite, as it were, but it’s still very good and on point.
I felt there were some Korean cultural beats that didn’t translate exactly, but still worked fine - the way that Marshall is a brutal caveman of a politician and Mrs Marshall is obsessed with refinement and cultural hierarchy, for instance, which works well for Western viewers but is also quite Korean, it feels like a solid reference to President Yoon (who just got impeached).
I felt there were some Korean cultural beats that didn’t translate exactly, but still worked fine - the way that Marshall is a brutal caveman of a politician and Mrs Marshall is obsessed with refinement and cultural hierarchy, for instance, which works well for Western viewers but is also quite Korean, it feels like a solid reference to President Yoon (who just got impeached).
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