Working: Understanding Bong Joon Ho’s Brilliance

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🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This week, host Karen Han takes a turn in the guest chair and talks to host Isaac Butler about her new book Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema, which is a critical analysis of the work of Korean director Bong Joon Ho. In the interview, Karen tells the story of how she began writing about culture in the first place and then how she was selected to write a book about one of the world’s greatest directors. She also talks about the structure of the book, the artwork that accompanies it, and how she made the tough decision to quit her day job to work on the book full-time. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas discuss big career changes, meeting people on Twitter, and the best ways to cultivate curiosity. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Karen tells a funny story that she came across while researching Bong Joon Ho. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.0	I think that's the sort of fun thing about getting to do extended critical analysis, where part of it is what you would do for a review for instance.
1:20.0	But then the rest of it is, this is what the director said. This is what they actually did. This is what happened on set.
1:25.0	And it all really coheres into a single picture if you were lucky enough.
1:32.0	Welcome back to Working. I'm your host, June Thomas.
1:36.0	And I'm your other host, Isaac Butler.
1:38.0	Isaac, it is lovely to see you again, but I first need to check something.
1:45.0	The voice on the top of the show sure sounded like our working co-host, Karen Han.
1:50.0	Your ears do not deceive you, June. It was, in fact, working zone, Karen Han.
1:56.0	And what was the occasion for turning the tables and having a host be a guest?
2:01.0	Well, you know, if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, and I know you have June,
2:05.0	and some of you at home listener, then you've heard about the upcoming release of Karen's first book,
2:10.0	Bong Jun Ho, dissident cinema. And well, guess what? It's no longer upcoming.
2:15.0	It's out now. It's in stores. And so we finally get to do our working interview with her.
2:21.0	Well, I am very excited to hear this interview, but I believe that you have an extra segment for sleep plus members.
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