I mean, sure, Bong is more interested in examining wealth through the lens of consumption than production The Tail Section Passengers in Snowpiercer aren't proles but lumpenproles (literally useless, just kept packed in there doing nothing all day)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ticketdust and
That's kind of the point, though, this is a realistic POV he's exploring The Kims, as typical lumpen, are so far removed from the process of creating wealth they treat it as all bullshit, as one big scam The way you get money is by tricking people into giving it to you
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I might draw a loose parallel with Shameless, which for all its flaws had early on a really good feel for how “honest” living looks when you are poor and it seems out of reach
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Yeah and in this kind of world the line between a hustle and and honest work is so thin Ki-woo's buddy may have had real credentials to teach the daughter English and Ki-woo's may be fake but the job is equally real/fake either way
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Mad_Science_Guy and
It's not like she's ever actually going to need to speak English fluently as anything but another bullshit status symbol of wealth, and it's not like Min-hyuk wasn't also just taking advantage of the family and hitting on the daughter while he was there
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Qell, if she decided to emigrate... btw was I the only one who thought a 20-something guy (assuming he did 2 years of military, is that so in Korea?) hotting on a 15-year old was pushing it?
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No he's a creep and the whole thing is bad It's very much a "Who's exploiting whom" kind of situation
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Yeah I was just checking if I did the age calc right as I don’t know how Korean high school years are set up- I know in some countries you start uni at like 17 or even 16 depending.
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do we know she's 15? she looked super young but I wasn't clear what her actual age was.
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They say 15
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Min-hyuk says he plans to propose to her once he's graduated from college in four years and she's of age (so 15 is about right) Note that he's portrayed as being confident she'll stay long-distance with him over that time while she drops him instantly for Ki-woo
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat and
It's not clear if she even actually considered them dating on her end The lack of clarity here is a reflection of the overall dishonesty and wishful thinking that the whole movie is about
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat and
Ending with the absolute madman dream of the son where he's going to save up and buy the house. Which apparently, by the math the team did, would take around 546 years at his level.
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