No Other Choice

About this episode

The Good Pop crew discusses the new Park Chan-wook film 'No Other Choice' and its themes of desperation and dark humor.

This week, the Good Pop crew checks out the new Park Chan-wook film No Other Choice, which recently started streaming on Hulu. Director Park's latest film is a dark comedy thriller about a veteran paper engineer played by a refreshingly (darkly) comedic Lee Byung-hun, who suddenly loses his job which puts the lifestyle that he build for himself and his family at risk. Desperate to find new job at another paper company, he decides that he has no other choice but to murder the other potential candidates to secure his spot. What's Popping? - Survivor 50, Top Chef, America's Culinary Cup Follow our hosts: Marvin Yueh - @marvinyueh Jess Ju - @jessjutweets Hanh Nguyen - @hanhonymous Follow the show and engage with us at @goodpopclub Part of the Potluck Podcast Collective Produced by HappyEcstatic Media Mentioned in this episode: Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marvin Yueh, Jess Ju, Hanh Nguyen

Topics covered

• film
• dark comedy
• thriller
• job loss
• murder
• AAPI representation

Keywords

• Park Chan-wook
• Lee Byung-hun
• dark comedy
• thriller
• job loss
• murder
• AAPI theater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Potluck Podcast Collective, HappyEcstatic Media, The National Asian American Theatre Company

Books & works: No Other Choice, HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts

Places: The Public Theater, NYC

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