What People Got Wrong About the Film Parasite

It's not about a rich family and a poor family.

During my conversation with Richard Hanania about the 2019 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, I talked about how viewers and critics were quick to assume that Parasite was about a rich family and a poor family. It shows how little people know about class. This is how the director of the movie, Bong Joon Ho, characterized the Kim family: “The father has accumulated numerous business failures, the mother who trained as an athlete has never found particular success, and the son and daughter have failed the university entrance exam on multiple occasions.” This is not the profile of a poor…

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