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Parasite vs. It Takes Two: Upstairs, Downstairs

Two films that explore the class divide as someone poor infiltrates the world of the rich and we discover the grass isn’t always greener — it’s Parasite vs. It Takes Two

This week on Tasteless, Emily makes the case that It Takes Two is "baby's first Parasite" — her own childhood primer on class warfare courtesy of the Olsen twins. Both films send someone poor into the world of the rich and both understand that the things the wealthy never think about, like a room with a door that closes or a bath nobody interrupts, are exactly what the have-nots covet most.