Parasite Is a Grim Comedic Take On Class Warfare
Parasite is the newest film from director Bong Joon-Ho, who is most well known for his films Snowpiercer and Okja . The former is class struggle shrunk down to play out on a massive train with incredible poverty and extreme wealth, and the latter focuses on the story of a girl traveling from her home in the mountains of South Korea to America in order to track down her animal friend which was taken from her by a corrupt corporation. Class is a big deal in Bong Joon-Ho's work, and he especially focuses on the way those in positions of wealth and power live completely oblivious to the plight of those struggling to make ends meet. Snowpiercer was an allegory for class warfare, but Parasite is an uncomfortable up-close depiction of the real thing. Bong Joon-Ho's newest film is a picture of the desperation of poverty, and the impossible task put upon the lower class to simply climb the ladder (or spiral staircase) themselves. Plans in the Kim family fail so often they know ...