The Aisle Seat: “Parasite”: On the Side of the Ticks

Parasite is a terrific movie that twists a Downton Abbey scenario into a dark and neatly pitched farce that tackles the class war on several fronts while showing how both sides wind up feeding off each other in mutual need and mutual contempt.

First up is the Kims, a family of four ekeing it out in ridiculously tiny apartment in a mucky neighborhood in an unnamed South…