{"id":1917613,"date":"2023-04-21T09:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-beef-shows-nothing-in-the-secular-world-can-fill-our-inner-void\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:32:26","slug":"netflixs-beef-shows-nothing-in-the-secular-world-can-fill-our-inner-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-beef-shows-nothing-in-the-secular-world-can-fill-our-inner-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s \u2018Beef\u2019 Shows Nothing In The Secular World Can Fill Our Inner Void"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflixs-beef-shows-nothing-in-the-secular-world-can-fill-our-inner-void%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Netflix\u2019s new hit TV series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81447461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beef<\/a>\u201d reminds viewers that regardless of one\u2019s station in life, nothing in the secular world, whether anger, revenge, money, status, or even relationships, can fill our inner void. Faith is our only salvation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeef\u201d is a dark comedy about road rage gone wrong. Called one of the best-ever shows on Netflix, \u201cBeef\u201d received the rare\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/entertainment\/netflix-beef-best-show-737143-20230406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100 percent<\/a>\u00a0Rotten Tomatoes score in its first week. Presently, the show\u2019s scores on Rotten Tomatoes have dropped to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/beef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">98 percent for the average Tomatometer and 87 percent for the average audience<\/a>, which is still impressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-964480560\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92e0c5f7d99b5e5d2e77c182fc53f87f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92e0c5f7d99b5e5d2e77c182fc53f87f\"><\/div>\n<p>The show begins with an ordinary incident. A contractor, Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), almost rear-ends a Mercedes SUV driven by botanical designer Amy Lau (Ali Wong). Although they are both Asian, Danny and Amy live very different lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Danny is poor, while Amy is rich. Danny drives a beaten-up truck and shares an apartment with his younger brother in a motel their parents once owned. Amy lives in an affluent neighborhood with her husband and daughter. Danny\u2019s construction business is struggling. Amy\u2019s plant business is thriving. At the start of the show, Amy is in the process of selling her store for $10 million. Amy has it all by many measures, while Danny seems like a failure. Like a snob, Amy often won\u2019t let Danny forget about their wealth gap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Danny and Amy are more alike than they care to acknowledge. The show unfolds like a psychoanalysis of these two characters. It even dedicates an entire episode to detailing how their upbringing in immigrant households and their childhood traumas have shaped their psyches.<\/p>\n<p>Danny and Amy both work hard to be the provider for their loved ones. While they sometimes resent their roles, they also need their loved ones\u2019 dependency on them to fill their inner emotional void and make themselves feel good about who they are.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5dec979320d3c90b06de6f1522095d65 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5dec979320d3c90b06de6f1522095d65\"><\/div>\n<p>Danny and Amy were overworked and stressed from trying to live up to other people\u2019s expectations. They feel burned out because \u201cthere is always something else\u201d \u2014 a saying Danny often repeats on the show. Danny and Amy deal with disappointments and frustrations by putting on an act, even to the people closest to them. Danny lies about his competence and business failure to his brother. Amy hides her frustration and anger behind fake smiles and phony positivity, even when with her husband.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bottled-Up Anger and Seeking Revenge<\/h2>\n<p>When the road rage occurs, Danny and Amy have bottled up their anger and frustration for a long time. The incident and the score-settling afterward became an outlet to manifest their emotions, and they become addicted to scheming and avenging like drug addicts. The 10-episode show sometimes feels like a thriller as Danny and Amy\u2019s revenge quickly gets out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>Danny and Amy are selfish people who are so self-absorbed in their own emotional needs that, for most of the show, they fail to notice how much people around them are fighting their own battles in life too. \u201cBeef\u201d is a show full of unhappy characters struggling with their own inner demons, even those who appear to have it all as Amy does. The only group of people (with one exception) on the show who are genuinely content with life are those who attend a Korean church. Interestingly, the Korean church also plays a vital role in Danny\u2019s emotional development on the show.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding Faith<\/h2>\n<p>When Danny\u2019s business hits rock bottom, he goes to a Korean church his ex-girlfriend attends to find work. It was an act of desperation. Danny stumbles upon the worship team\u2019s singing practice. He initially pretends to sing along with other churchgoers. But soon he can\u2019t stop crying like a baby as the songs draw out all his pent-up emotions. It\u2019s a very touching scene and something I can relate to. More than once, I have welled up inside church, moved by a song or a verse, as if God knew I needed to hear from Him at that moment.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ce0579934a7cefeb16c2770889571a8a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ce0579934a7cefeb16c2770889571a8a\"><\/div>\n<p>As the story unfolds, Danny finds work and a sense of acceptance and belonging in the church. He becomes the leader of the church\u2019s choir and finds a lovely girlfriend. His involvement with the church enables him to put his vengeance against Amy on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Danny\u2019s newly found peace and joy don\u2019t last very long. In a moment of weakness, he lets the dark force lure him back into revenge mode. He and Amy\u2019s reckless behaviors eventually get out of hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yeun and Wong\u2019s performances in \u201cBeef\u201d are excellent. The show\u2019s scriptwriter, Lee Sung Jin, accurately captures the complex psyches of lonely and stressed individuals. No wonder the show resonates with viewers from diverse racial and social-economic backgrounds, despite having a predominantly Asian cast. <\/p>\n<p>Whether or not \u201cBeef\u201d intends it, it confirms something many Christians already know. People cannot fill their inner void with drugs, money, relationships, revenge, or anything else this secular world offers. Faith is the only thing that can bring us long-lasting peace, happiness, and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-595e68d6d71817ddad2fe66e1ef2eee1 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-595e68d6d71817ddad2fe66e1ef2eee1\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She&#8217;s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.  Helen is the author of several books, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Confucius-Never-Said-Helen-Raleigh\/dp\/1499185278\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=Helen+Raleigh+Confucius+Never+Said&#038;qid=1606079469&#038;sr=8-1\">Confucius Never Said<\/a>&#8221; and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backlash-How-Chinas-Aggression-Backfired\/dp\/1736008501\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;qid=1606006113&#038;sr=8-1\">Backlash: How Communist China&#8217;s Aggression Has Backfired<\/a>.&#8221; Follow her on Parler and Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ali-wong\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ali Wong<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/asian\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Asian<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/beef\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Beef<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/david-choe\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">David Choe<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/god\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">God<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/happiness\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/joseph-lee\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Joseph Lee<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Netflix<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/patti-yasutake\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Patti Yasutake<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/religion\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/steven-yeun\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Steven Yeun<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/young-mazino\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Young Mazino<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix\u2019s new hit TV series \u201cBeef\u201d reminds viewers that regardless of one\u2019s station in life, nothing in the secular world, whether anger, revenge, money, status, or even relationships, can fill our inner void. Faith is our only salvation.\u00a0 \u201cBeef\u201d is a dark comedy about road rage gone wrong. 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