Beef Created by Lee Sung Jin (Netflix, 2023) Broken people doing despicable things that they’d rather not do. Broken people who really want to lead good lives but constantly fail due to family obligations, personal demons, and...
In ‘Beef,’ we see the insecurity beneath the masks we wear
Netflix's tragic revenge tale draws on the moral ambiguity of being human in a world of duress.
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September 2023
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The ultimate adventure in our life is the search for God.
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