Loud Murmurs

S2 E19: Parasite: Up and Down the Class Divide Chasm

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If you want to support us, consider donating monthly to our Patreon project or Aifadian (爱发电):_________________________________________________________________________In this episode, hosts Ina and Afra are joined by guest Youfei to talk about Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, the first Korean film to win the top prize, the Palme d’Or, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The story, contrary to what its title might suggest, is essentially about how a lower-class unemployed family, the Kims, managed to infiltrate an upper-class family, the Parks. It’s a ‘tragicomedy’ that zones in the ever-growing chasm of class divide that we’re witnessing in today’s society -- exemplified here in Korea but its impact and lessons are truly universal, reaching beyond the country where the movie takes place.Here’s what we talked (nerded out) about: What we liked and disliked the most about the movieCompared it to ‘Burning’, another critically-acclaimed film by a South Korean director that painted a picture of class divide -- how are the