Tag: Poignancy

‘Beef’ Conveys the Struggles of First and Second-Generation Immigrants With Beautiful Poignancy

The reasons it works so powerfully are: 1) Beyond its religious connotations, the sequence is intimate and poignant because we know Danny tried to kill himself not long before this visit, and 2) Yeun channels the repressed feelings of lostness, frustration, and desperation of an entire generation wi...