it is really not about class exploitation in any straightforward way. and absolutely not about class solidarity at all; the family just enthusiastically fucks over all their peers.
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I mean *can* you really divorce the tropey fun of a "heist movie" from class politics? The whole idea of a heist movie is that you're watching people commit a crime, deceive and betray people, but you're rooting for them because you know how it feels to want what others have
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Right! Besides I'd argue acknowledging poverty and tension between employers and staff *is* a form of class politics
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And how Mr. Kim's murder of Mr. Pak is because the latter complains how housekeeper's husband smells and it makes Mr. Kim realize that the contempt being expressed applies to him as well.
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Right, part of the tragedy is that Mr. Kim does come to this groping, stumbling awareness of solidarity at the very end, but only when it's too late and he can only express it as a howl of suicidal rage
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