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My review of Parasite (2019) and the death throes of American Global Hegemony
Americans are not “too racist” to appreciate Parasite. They are not racist ENOUGH. This is why China will win
“Parasite” by Bong Joon-Ho is a good movie. This is understandable, as he has only made good and great movies respectively, one of which is currently coming true. Americans are sadly too stupid to understand it, and in regards to it winning some prise or another? This is pure posturing, an attempt to save face. Emperors new clothes sort of deal.
It is impossible to understand by the American, because when they attempt to understand it, they can only try to understand it as if it was an American movie. They cannot approach it as being truly alien and oriental. The ancient proud tradition of westerners practising vulgar Orientalism is all but dead. Haven’t you heard, in your forest, that we(ebs) killed it!
Why are this family of genius, charming con artists, living in squalor, and can’t even fold pizza boxes right? Couldn’t they just get real jobs? Why aren’t the rich family portrayed as being arrogant assholes, but as loving, if absentminded, parents? Why does it end with the poor family being in an even worse situation than when they started out? It’s supposed to be, through hard work…
