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Jang Hye-jin

South Korean actor who played Chung-sook, the Kims' mother, in Parasite. One essay so far.

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The architecture of class in Parasite

Stairs, windows, sunlight and smell: how Bong Joon-ho builds a class system out of a house, then floods it.
Oct 2026