This reading reminds me of the Oscar-winning film Parasite. (spoilers ahead!) The director utilises camera angles and different apartments to illustrate the various social classes: large house above the ground owned the wealthy family, the semi-basement with the parasitic family (protagonist) and finally the basement with a poor man hiding away from the earth. The apartments determine the narrative and bring out the social issue of different social classes in Korea, for example how the social classes react to the same situation. When it’s raining, the wealthy family embraces it, and even plays in it. However, the parasitic family members rush home, worrying that their home being flooded in the huge rain. The apartment plot is apparent in the film, mapping the identities of the three families.
By Hui Yui Gi Catherine
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Appreciate this thoughtful and well-written response to Wojcik’s commentary on the apartment complex – particularly the reference to the film Parasite, which demonstrates an active reflection on the reading. Well done