Parasite (2019)

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Wikidata Q61448040, film, IMDb tt6751668, TMDB 496243: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Song Kang-ho as actor (Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show); 5 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Bong Joon-ho: 2 lines unmapped ×1 verdict ×1

  1. unmapped (audience context): Bong Joon-ho → Parasite. Parasite introduced Bong to a huge audience but he makes strange genre films, a concern for Warner.
    “Parasite introduced him to a huge new audience, but he makes really unusual genre movies.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:06:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Nomadland: 2 lines programming ×1 contrast ×1

  1. programming (programming): Nomadland → Parasite. The National Society of Film Critics has picked Best Picture winners that later became cool-kid Academy picks, such as Parasite, Moonlight and Spotlight.
    “they have picked some best picture winners, um, in recent memory parasite.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:29:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

1917: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Parasite → 1917. Last year was the rare time the PGAs missed: they picked 1917 and Parasite won.
    “They went with 1917 and then parasite one.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:24:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

25th Hour: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (ending shape): Parasite → 25th Hour. Parasite ends on an ellipsis rather than a period, the way 25th Hour does, as a speculative dream of what could be.
    “I thought of it as an ellipsis and not a period in the same way that 25th hour has an ellipsis and not a period.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.45 sure it was them)

Clemency: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Clemency → Parasite. Neon had one best-picture horse, Parasite, and put its money there, so it could not also push Clemency.
    “Neon had their best picture horse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:03:53 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Get Out: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Parasite → Get Out. Parasite is smart social satire that slips easily into horror, which fits the episode's broader horror talk.
    “it's smart social satire that just very easily slips into horror”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:48:36 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Green Book: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (awards contrast): Parasite → Green Book. The Academy zagged with Parasite; Green Book was a different type of win.
    “Parasite won best picture. Can you believe it? And then, you know, I think Green Book was like a different type of win”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:56:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Honeyland: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Honeyland → Parasite. Honeyland will likely be blown off the board by Parasite in international feature.
    “I suspect it's going to get blown off the board by parasite and best international feature”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:17:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Joker: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Joker → Parasite. Anyone ranking Joker above Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Little Women or Uncut Gems has bad taste.
    “I think that anyone who thinks that this movie is better than parasite or once upon a time in Hollywood or Little Women are uncut gems has bad taste and doesn't know things about movies straight up.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:03:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Knives Out: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Parasite → Knives Out. Both are true ensembles, so neither could campaign a single acting nominee.
    “The same thing happened to knives out, actually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:32 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)

Malcolm & Marie: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Malcolm & Marie → Parasite. Malcolm & Marie is the frontrunner for memeable movie, a thing Nomadland is not likely to be the way Parasite was.
    “I wouldn't say that Malcolm and Marie is a best picture frontrunner, but I do think it's a frontrunner for memeable movie.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:38:17 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Mank: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards backlash cycle): Parasite → Mank. A bold Academy choice like Parasite triggers a counter-reaction toward traditional movies about movies, with Mank a test.
    “I do kind of think it'll be movies about movies and the power of storytelling and all and all of that nonsense.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:56:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

The Farewell: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Parasite → The Farewell. Parasite overwhelmed smaller films like The Farewell, Uncut Gems and Dolemite.
    “I think parasite ate the conversation in almost every category here, I think it overwhelmed movies like the farewell.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:24:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Irishman: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Parasite → The Irishman. Parasite's craft nominations without acting nominations contrast with the star-driven recognition of The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “maybe not the same kind of Hollywoodized star mastery that a movie like The Irishman or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood receives.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:08:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Uncut Gems: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Uncut Gems → Parasite. Uncut Gems was snubbed even as Parasite was nominated, a sign of a changed Academy.
    “the fact that we're all kind of bummed out about the fact that uncut gems got snubbed”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:09:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Watchmen (HBO series): 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Parasite → Watchmen (HBO series). Hope the Parasite series becomes something like what Watchmen was for Watchmen: an extension, not an anthology.
    “something that is sort of like what Watchman was for Watchman”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:50:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Yeo-jeong Jo: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (performance): Parasite → Yeo-jeong Jo. The mother is a hard comic performance that is easy to overlook because she is blithe and unself-aware with no showy moment.
    “she's essentially playing like a nothing part, but there's so much comedy involved in her performance.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:08:29 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (8)

  1. contrast (contrast): Nomadland → Parasite. Nomadland has a very different energy and tone from Parasite, so it is unlikely to be memed the same way.
    “So are people just gonna be like meming nomadland in the way that they meme parasite?”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:37:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Malcolm & Marie → Parasite. Malcolm & Marie is the frontrunner for memeable movie, a thing Nomadland is not likely to be the way Parasite was.
    “I wouldn't say that Malcolm and Marie is a best picture frontrunner, but I do think it's a frontrunner for memeable movie.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:38:17 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (awards contrast): Parasite → Green Book. The Academy zagged with Parasite; Green Book was a different type of win.
    “Parasite won best picture. Can you believe it? And then, you know, I think Green Book was like a different type of win”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:56:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Parasite → The Irishman. Parasite's craft nominations without acting nominations contrast with the star-driven recognition of The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “maybe not the same kind of Hollywoodized star mastery that a movie like The Irishman or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood receives.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:08:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Honeyland → Parasite. Honeyland will likely be blown off the board by Parasite in international feature.
    “I suspect it's going to get blown off the board by parasite and best international feature”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:17:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Parasite → The Farewell. Parasite overwhelmed smaller films like The Farewell, Uncut Gems and Dolemite.
    “I think parasite ate the conversation in almost every category here, I think it overwhelmed movies like the farewell.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:24:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): Parasite → Knives Out. Both are true ensembles, so neither could campaign a single acting nominee.
    “The same thing happened to knives out, actually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:32 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. contrast (contrast): Parasite → Watchmen (HBO series). Hope the Parasite series becomes something like what Watchmen was for Watchmen: an extension, not an anthology.
    “something that is sort of like what Watchman was for Watchman”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:50:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (6)

  1. industry (industry): Parasite → 1917. Last year was the rare time the PGAs missed: they picked 1917 and Parasite won.
    “They went with 1917 and then parasite one.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:24:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. industry (awards backlash cycle): Parasite → Mank. A bold Academy choice like Parasite triggers a counter-reaction toward traditional movies about movies, with Mank a test.
    “I do kind of think it'll be movies about movies and the power of storytelling and all and all of that nonsense.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:56:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Uncut Gems → Parasite. Uncut Gems was snubbed even as Parasite was nominated, a sign of a changed Academy.
    “the fact that we're all kind of bummed out about the fact that uncut gems got snubbed”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:09:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Parasite → Parasite. Parasite's ensemble made it hard for Oscars; Song Kang-ho was the most recognizable face.
    “I mean, Song Kang Ho is maybe the most recognizable face.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:27 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Parasite → Parasite. Bong's planned HBO show based on Parasite worries the speaker, because the film is great for being lean, implying mysteries it never explains.
    “I'm terrified of the idea of him doing this HBO show”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:50:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Clemency → Parasite. Neon had one best-picture horse, Parasite, and put its money there, so it could not also push Clemency.
    “Neon had their best picture horse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:03:53 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance): Parasite → Yeo-jeong Jo. The mother is a hard comic performance that is easy to overlook because she is blithe and unself-aware with no showy moment.
    “she's essentially playing like a nothing part, but there's so much comedy involved in her performance.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:08:29 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Nomadland → Parasite. The National Society of Film Critics has picked Best Picture winners that later became cool-kid Academy picks, such as Parasite, Moonlight and Spotlight.
    “they have picked some best picture winners, um, in recent memory parasite.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:29:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Parasite → Get Out. Parasite is smart social satire that slips easily into horror, which fits the episode's broader horror talk.
    “it's smart social satire that just very easily slips into horror”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:48:36 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (audience context): Bong Joon-ho → Parasite. Parasite introduced Bong to a huge audience but he makes strange genre films, a concern for Warner.
    “Parasite introduced him to a huge new audience, but he makes really unusual genre movies.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:06:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (ending shape): Parasite → 25th Hour. Parasite ends on an ellipsis rather than a period, the way 25th Hour does, as a speculative dream of what could be.
    “I thought of it as an ellipsis and not a period in the same way that 25th hour has an ellipsis and not a period.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.45 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (verdict): Joker → Parasite. Anyone ranking Joker above Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Little Women or Uncut Gems has bad taste.
    “I think that anyone who thinks that this movie is better than parasite or once upon a time in Hollywood or Little Women are uncut gems has bad taste and doesn't know things about movies straight up.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:03:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Parasite → Parasite. Honorary ensemble award: the cast works as a company and the speaker could not single one out.
    “I give it my honorary ensemble award, especially seeing it a 2nd time about a week ago.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:48 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Bong Joon-ho → Parasite. Best Director winner for Blankie voters and one host.
    “But Bomb was their winner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:06:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Parasite → Parasite. Joe's and Griffin's number one film of 2019.
    “number two, little women, number one, parasites.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:07:34 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Parasite → Parasite. Blankies listeners' number one film of 2019, with Little Women number two.
    “number two, little women, number one parasite.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:09:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Parasite: Lee Jung-eun's first scene as the original housekeeper is the funniest bit: the new tutor arrives and the mother is sleeping on the table.
    “can't overstate how funny it is when, you know, they 1st he 1st arrives at the house as the new tutor”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:08:01 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Parasite: Their last great thing seen: tone-perfect social satire that slips into horror.
    “it's smart social satire that just very easily slips into horror”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:48:36 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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