Topic: Beef (Netflix)

[Verbl Kint]

Caught this over the weekend out of curiosity since my wife is a fan of Ali Wong.  It's brilliantly written and probably the best comedy series I have watched since the pandemic started.  Basically, it's about how road rage can upend the lives of two people and disrupt everyone else around them. 

I expected to see a thread on PDVD about it but there doesn't seem to be any.  If there is already one in existence, I guess we can just merge threads.

[jas]

I think there is no existing separate thread for this yet, although there are a few comments on the "Recently Discovered TV Shows You Might Not Have Heard About Yet" thread.

Here are my own....

Beef (Netflix) - Smartly written adult drama series with dashes of dark comedy and thriller elements. Superbly acted by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong together with an able supporting cast. The road rage set-up might seem familiar, but the direction the show goes and escalates to is quite absorbing. The characters are never simply in black or white, but shades of gray -- all very fallible, flawed and deeply human. There are portions when it can be a hard watch, but it does pay off in the end.

[thebat]

Will watch this soon

[jas]

‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin “Definitely Ready” For A Season 2, Reveals Show Was Pitched As Anthology

Lee Sung Jin is ready to cook up more Beef.

Backstages at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, the hit Netflix show’s creator revealed that more seasons was always the plan, even if it has heretofore been discussed as a limited series, including tonight as it won the prize for Best Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for Television Movie.

“We always pitched the season to buyers as an anthology series. There was always going to be new characters,” Jin explained. “Whether it stays limited or turns as an anthology or we continue existing, that’s really up to Netflix. But whatever they decide, I’m definitely ready.”

https://deadline.com/2024/01/beef-season-2-lee-sung-jin-golden-globes-1235698339/

[jas]

‘Beef’ Season 2 Casts Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny

“Beef” is officially moving forward with a second season at Netflix, with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny set to star.

It had long been rumored that a second season of the series was moving forward but nothing had been officially confirmed until now. The official logline for the new season states, “A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.”

The season will consist of eight 30-minute episodes. Lee Sung Jin returns as creator, showrunner, and executive producer. Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and Jake Schreier also executive produce. A24 is the studio.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/beef-season-2-cast-oscar-isaac-carey-mulligan-charles-melton-cailee-spaeny-1236186757/

[jas]

Beef Season 2 Cast Adds Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung

Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung has joined the cast of Beef Season 2.

Youn won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for starring in 2020’s Minari, which was directed by Lee Isaac Chung. She also plays a character in the Apple TV+ series Pachinko and will soon be seen opposite Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran in Andrew Ahn’s reboot of The Wedding Banquet, which arrives in 2025.

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1868548-beef-season-2-cast-minari-youn-yuh-jung