When that ending came around…

Here we have a pretty typical teenage drama gone a little over the deep end, but notable because it features an all-Asian cast and Asian director. Let’s take a little look see at what we’re dealing with here.

• Intensely emotional and really very unsettling – while there were funny bits of the film, overall it was really rather disturbing in it’s depiction of violence.
• Here’s a first – there were almost NO white actors in any significant roles – and one of the few who was ended up being a sex worker (a role often relegated to a POC.)
• Despite the presence of obvious wealth and class privilege, there were no appearances by parents or other adults in the film.
• THE ENDING was bonkers, but honestly more gripping than a definite conclusion
• Almost no specification of actual national origin among the main cast – only the female lead is given a definite ‘ethnicity’.
• Virgil using the N word was both shocking and thought provoking. Mostly shocking.