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Inequality Tour: The Real-life Sights of South Korea's Oscar-winning
'Parasite'

Reuters

   SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - From the houses to the noodles, South Korea's
   Oscar winning movie "Parasite" tells its story of a suffocating class
   struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul.

   "Parasite" made history as the first non-English language movie to win
   the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, prompting
   South Korean social media to erupt in celebration.
   It is a tale of two South Korean families - the wealthy Parks and the
   poor Kims - mirroring the deepening disparities in
   Asia's fourth-largest economy and striking a chord with global
   audiences.
   The visual clues in the film resonated with many South Koreans who
   identify themselves as "dirt spoons", those born to
   low-income families who have all but given up on owning a decent house
   and social mobility, as opposed to "gold spoons", who are from
   better-off families.
   Much of the movie was shot on purpose-built sets, but both the Parks'
   mansion and the Kims' squalid "sub-basement"
   apartment were inspired by, and set, amid real neighborhoods in the
   South Korean capital.
   A tour of the film's locations, props, and backdrops reveals the unique
   meanings they have for many South Koreans as they engage in their own
   debates about wealth - and the lack of it.

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