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Warning: some mild spoilers ahead.
It seems obvious that the Kims are leeching off the Parks.
ButParasites worldview isnt so simple as to cast one family evil and the other heroic.
Director Bong Joon-hodescribed it asa comedy without clowns and a tragedy without villains.
But we are gathered here today not to talk about those doors, but to talk about peaches.
To get their dad on payroll, they plant a pair of panties in the backseat of Mr.
Parks car, framing the family driver and ensuring their father is pulled in as his replacement.
Then they set their sights on Parks longtime housekeeper, Moon-kwang.
Soon enough, the Kims discover something about her they can exploit: her very serious peach allergy.
They show upineverything,doingeverything.
But then, inCall Me by Your Name, theyre discovered!
Parasite, though, is the the star-making moment for this fruit.
Thepowerpeaches have: Apples are poisonous ineverymovie.
Bananas arealwaysthe butt of some sophomoric phallic gag.
Cherries and lemons were each immortalized by separate Beyonce projects, so theyre doing just fine.
Strawberries, watermelon, grapefruit, and blackberries: You should all be calling peaches agent.
Cantaloupes can choke though, because Im pretty sure Im allergic.
