The dark dramedy from creator Lee Sung Jin follows two people trapped in a destructive cycle of vengeance.
That’s accurate up to a point.
Entrepreneur Amy Lau (Wong) is on the cusp of financial freedom.
Maria Bello and Ali Wong on ‘Beef’.Andrew Cooper/Netflix
For Jordan Forster, though, it’s a guiding principle.
“Everything fades, Amy.
“You just gotta keep grabbing what you’ve got the option to, right?
Steven Yeun and Ali Wong on ‘Beef’.Netflix
That’s what makes life so wonderful.
There’s alwayssomething.”
Creator Lee Sung Jin serves up several intriguing dichotomies throughoutBeef’s winding 10-episode run.
Danny and Amy start off as strangers, making them perfect receptacles for each other’s roiling rage.
Yeun and Wong are exceptional.
The actors integrate it all seamlessly while maintaining the aching humanity of their increasingly unlikable characters.
“It is selfish for broken people to spread their brokenness,” admits Amy in episode 4.
And yet she keeps doing it, as does Danny, for most of the remaining six episodes.
Happiness remains elusive for Danny and Amy, even in victory.
Nothing lasts,” she tells him in a rare moment of peace.
“We’re just a snake eating its own tail.”
The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular."
