Joni Mitchell, in her 1971 melancholic ballad “River,” wistfully sang about hiding pain and longing behind a facade and pretending to be happy for the sake of those around her. It is this theme that Netflix’s newest offering, Beef, from writer and director Lee Sung Jin, creatively packages into a dark comedy.
Buoyed by stellar performances from Yeun and Wong, Lee Sung Jin’s 'Beef' is a delicious ten-episode series that examines the tensions of living up to the myth of the model minority