Trickling Down - Here's the Trick

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2020)

"Snowpiercer" is certainly the most competent Marxist allegory I've yet seen, so I looked forward to "Parasite" as a more ground-level discussion of how vast wealth warps society and leads to dire results.
It's class struggle, of course. But here it seems that Bong wants to put the lens over a peculiarly American idea: "trickle down".
"Trickle down" - here it is, in color. Here it is: in detail. Complacency and entitlement at the top. Desperate scheming at the bottom.
Just what Regressive politicians all over the world say should happen.
There is even a scene with an expensive table covered with crumbs - crumbs which are then swept on the floor - crumbs from the rich man's table, which are what the Kim family is supposed to be happy with.
But they're not happy, and anyone who believes "trickle down" is a workable system should watch this story unfold and ask themselves: Is there dignity here? Is there peace of mind? Or is this all just leading to a terrible collision?
A strange choice for the fat cats of the Academy to mark as Best Picture - but a story that everyone needs to see.