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Saul 2022-04-19 09:01:18

A fable story

1 The Zerg that is forever being expelled but never ceases to live

2 Abusive caste differences spanning orders of magnitude

3 The bright prospect of seeing the sun again, the cramped status quo that cannot move an inch, and the squeeze on people

4 A stone that cannot be carried, a crown that cannot be carried, it is easy to throw it, but it is always home before you. The haze of desire lingers, but arrogantly uses bright tones to justify his own name, only smiling and relieved in dreams (whether through violent plunder or gentle resistance, the dream of the villa will last forever, and the desire will not die)

5 The same kind of killing is shocking, and the probability of the world's proletarians uniting is almost zero

6 The Combination of a Fatalist and a Daydream

2. Character functionalization and plot dramatization: self-fulfilling allegorical attributes

The burden of men, the sacrifice of women, the kindness and innocence of children, the eyes of God are also the gaze of the eyes of ghosts

3. The impact of montages: contrasting settings

1 "Rich people" bathed in love, the sofa was tangled, and "poor people" bathed in the heaven and earth, and the flood came to squat on the toilet. (A satire on the interaction design of the unity of nature and man in architecture?) But on the other side, the "rich" still bears the consequences of the "poor"'s nightmare-like return, which is mainly manifested by the little son's bewilderment. However, only the poor can understand the "poor" bell, so the relationship between "Jessica" and the child can be clarified. And the hot-headed birthday party after the flood of love and the four "housekeepers" who are exhausted after the flood of life. (living room clothing and disaster relief clothing, disheveled face and delicate makeup)

2 "Father" begins with a duster, and finally becomes a basement bug.

3 The "stone" symbolizes the power structure of oppressive power, and fatalism. Gao Fushuai's friends change the life trajectory of the "poor man" almost like a child's play (the gods who have been repeated countless times in idol dramas, the chance to enter a new circle with a high-sounding appearance: make-up lessons), the "poor man" is willing to set foot here despite knowing the depth of the water. A road of no return (knowing that the stone was a nonsense gift from a friend, and finally returned to its original position in the river?) Facing temptation, it presents the greed and incompetence of real human nature.

4 Splashing dirty water and stabbing knives represent the force of violent resistance of the "poor", and it is the only way they can control. Also, due to their low status, they tend to fall into the role of the "rich" model (three couples of men and women on the sofa are similar to each other, Kevin imitates Min Hyuk Oppa to say the same thing to express the same love, and to deprive Proud of the rights enjoyed by others), and kindred killings (power inversion and confrontation between the two-house butler duo and the quartet), or "follow-up" suicide attacks, often unable to survive (like Gao Fu) Handsome friends can frighten drunkards with their fierce words, and they are neat) but need to fight physically and fall into a fierce battle (when father and son fight against the same drunkard, the three attack each other and fall into chaos; blood red birthday party, death and injury, trial, imprisonment)

▲Doubtful

1 How many times subjective perspective = ghost perspective = man in the basement perspective? From the basement entrance to the seat next to Jessica? Disappeared in front of the villa following the Kim driver who had given up the killing ring?

2 The most cruel scene is that the "poor man" has to face the Huanai live mother from above? At the same time, suppress yourself and show strength by resisting instinct. The power of repression is both inside and outside.

3 Are the "rich" nearly blind? They have been taken up by capital, appearance, material, and self-righteous arrogance, and they have been reduced to puppets. They only want to believe what they believe and see what they want to see, lingering in the world in an incredible state of occlusion, cocooning themselves.

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Parasite quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Geun-se: Respect!

  • Kim Ki-jung: [about Moon-gwang] She may look like a sheep, but inside, she's a fox. Sometimes she acts like she owns the house.

    Kim Ki-woo: Right. Of all the people in that house, she's lived there the longest. She was housekeeper to the architect Namgoong, but then she went on to work for this family. When the architect moved out, he introduced this woman to Park's family, telling them, "This is a great housekeeper, you should hire her".

    Chung-sook: So she survived a change of ownership.

    Kim Ki-woo: She won't give up such a good job easily.

    Kim Ki-jung: To extract a woman like that, we need to prepare well.

    Kim Ki-woo: Right, we need a plan.

    Park Da-hye: [cut to a scene with Ki-woo and Da-hye] I want to eat peaches. I like peaches best.

    Kim Ki-woo: Why not ask for some?

    Park Da-hye: No peaches at our house. It's a forbidden fruit.

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims; referring to Moon-gwang] So according to what Da-hye told me, she's got a pretty serious allergy to peaches. You know that fuzz on the peach skin? If she's anywhere near it, she gets a full body rash, has trouble breathing, asthma, a total meltdown!

    [Moon-gwang falls sick after Ki-woo puts peach fuzz on her]

    Ki-taek: Anyway. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, but her words came through clearly! So I couldn't help but...

    Kim Ki-woo: Cut, cut! Dad, your emotions are up to here. Bring them down to about there.

    Ki-taek: So I couldn't help but overhear...

    Kim Ki-woo: Keep it focused!

    Ki-taek: [to Mrs. Park] What I'm trying to say is... it's just that, your housekeeper's voice is quite loud, you know?

    Park Yeon-kyo: I understand, it's all right. Just tell me, okay?

    Ki-taek: She said she got diagnosed with active tuberculosis and she was practically shouting over the phone, so upset she could barely control herself!

    Park Yeon-kyo: Tuberculosis? Come on...

    Ki-taek: It's true, she phoned someone saying she had active TB.

    Kim Ki-wooPark Yeon-kyo: Do people still get TB?

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims] Dad, back in the day, people used to buy Christmas Seals, right? Feels like a bygone era.

    Ki-taek: [cut back to Ki-taek and Mrs. Park] But I saw it on the internet. Korea has the #1 rate of TB of all the OECD countries.

    Kim Ki-woo: [cut back to the Kims] But she's still working, as if nothing's wrong - with a kid like Da-song in the house.

    Ki-taek: [cut back to Ki-taek and Mrs. Park] So you've got a young kid like Da-song in the house, and a TB patient is doing dishes, cooking, spraying spittle...

    Park Yeon-kyo: Stop it, please!

    [cut to the Kims putting peach fuzz on Moon-gwang, causing her to fall sick again, and Ki-taek using chili sauce to fake Moon-gwang's blood]