When They See Us Review, Parasite Review, and Bong Joon Ho's Uniqueness
In this episode, Wellington and Savon are first joined by Serge Privert again, a current college classmate of Wellington's to review When They See Us, the 2019 American crime web television miniseries created, co-written and directed by Ava Duvernay for Netflix. Starring Jharrel Jerome, Asante Blackk, Jovan Adepo, Michael K. Williams and Logan Marshalll-Green. They discuss the triggering nature of the show and the trauma and grief these five young men experienced, Jharrel Jerome's phenomenal performance as Korey Wise and why this true story that pulls back the layers of a corrupt system; will live on with timely relevance.
In the second half, they're joined by Shanneil Lebes, a former college classmate and co-worker of Wellington's to review Parasite, the 2019 South Korean comedy thriller film, directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong and Choi Woo-shik. They dive into the significance and groundbreaking nature this international film had, for being the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, the unpredictable nature of the ending and the story it told on social structure, hierarchy and class. Finally, they discuss if it permanently shattered the Academy's foreign film glass ceiling, Bong Joon-ho's unique approach to this film and how it benefited from Jordan Peele's two previous, outstanding thrillers.
In this episode, Wellington and Savon are first joined by Serge Privert again, a current college classmate of Wellington's to review When They See Us, the 2019 American crime web television miniseries created, co-written and directed by Ava Duvernay for Netflix. Starring Jharrel Jerome, Asante Blackk, Jovan Adepo, Michael K. Williams and Logan Marshalll-Green. They discuss the triggering nature of the show and the trauma and grief these five young men experienced, Jharrel Jerome's phenomenal performance as Korey Wise and why this true story that pulls back the layers of a corrupt system; will live on with timely relevance.
In the second half, they're joined by Shanneil Lebes, a former college classmate and co-worker of Wellington's to review Parasite, the 2019 South Korean comedy thriller film, directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong and Choi Woo-shik. They dive into the significance and groundbreaking nature this international film had, for being the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, the unpredictable nature of the ending and the story it told on social structure, hierarchy and class. Finally, they discuss if it permanently shattered the Academy's foreign film glass ceiling, Bong Joon-ho's unique approach to this film and how it benefited from Jordan Peele's two previous, outstanding thrillers.
In the second half, they're joined by Shanneil Lebes, a former college classmate and co-worker of Wellington's to review Parasite, the 2019 South Korean comedy thriller film, directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong and Choi Woo-shik. They dive into the significance and groundbreaking nature this international film had, for being the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, the unpredictable nature of the ending and the story it told on social structure, hierarchy and class. Finally, they discuss if it permanently shattered the Academy's foreign film glass ceiling, Bong Joon-ho's unique approach to this film and how it benefited from Jordan Peele's two previous, outstanding thrillers.