Adapted from a beloved book and following multiple generations of a Korean family, 'Pachinko' is as beautiful as it is devastating. Our review:
“History has failed us, but no matter.” The first line of the revelatory and critically-acclaimed novel Pachinko, by author Min Jin Lee, is one of literature's best openings to a story that only just gets more meaningful from there. Bound up in the tragic trajectory of history, it is an acknowledgment of how cruel the world can be while also serving as an expression of how people find a way to endure.
RELATED: 'Pachinko' Trailer Teases an Epic and Emotional Journey Through Four Generations of an Uprooted Family What proves to be the most notable difference is how the narrative structure is significantly changed, jumping around in time as opposed to taking a more linear progression. Save for one episode that largely stays focused on one character, this gives the show more of an episodic feel that turns elements midway through the book into climaxes of the show.
The opening title sequence with all the characters dancing embodies this perfectly. Most often set to the Grass Roots’ version of “Let's Live For Today,” it sees multiple generations of the family all joyful as they dance between various pachinko games. More than just a fun opening, though it very much is that as well, it is through this introduction that the show finds catharsis in the freeing act of dance.
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