Beef season 2 review – Netflix’s chaotic follow-up is more overcooked than well done
3.5/5 stars
When it premiered in April 2023, the first season of Netflix’s Beef helped solidify an unprecedented moment for Asian-American representation on screen, arriving hot on the heels of Everything Everywhere All at Once’s historic night at the 95th Academy Awards and just weeks after the premiere of Celine Song’s Past Lives at the Sundance Film Festival.
Incidentally, but perhaps not coincidentally, all three of those projects were produced by the pioneering New York-based outfit...
Beef Season 2 premieres on Netflix
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