South Koreans are taking immense pride in the Oscars haul for “Parasite,” writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comic thriller. The movie is a biting commentary on deepening economic inequality in South Korean society.
Bong Joon Ho poses in the press room with the awards for best director for "Parasite" and for best international feature film for "Parasite" from South Korea at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
But it also hints at an uncomfortable truth: While the national successes have been spectacular — from Samsung’s rise as a global economic powerhouse to the explosion of K-pop in Asia and beyond — many South Koreans recognize that there’s been a dark side to that rise. Only a few years ago, Bong himself was blacklisted by the government, and the characters in his film reflect a society where many feel intense hopelessness.
But “Parasite”’s main characters portray South Koreans who have been left behind by the country’s dramatic changes. It’s a biting commentary on deepening inequality and other problems that have many young and poor people describing their lives as a hellish nightmare. K-pop has garnered a huge international following with an increasing number of fans coming from the United States.
Not everyone was happy about how Bong portrayed the characters in “Parasite,” which tells the story of how an unemployed family of four living in a slum basement apartment comically con their way into the lives one of Seoul’s wealthiest families before things begin to unravel darkly.
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