Letter #162: Start-Up Re-Watch
Good morning, Erin. Surprise! But also not a surprise, when you think about it (however unexpected it might be to appear right now), because I’ve talked about wanting to rewatch Start-Up for a long time—and, of course, Suzy is very much a pop star, which makes right now the perfect time to do it. But, believe it or not, neither of these is the reason why I chose right now to do this re-watch. Or, more specifically, neither of these is primarily the reason for it. No, the reason I decided now was the time to re-watch Start-Up was because of the conversation you and I had about the show on the day you came to visit me after winter break in 2022. (I don’t know that you remember anything about this conversation (or even that you came to visit me on your first day back from winter break), but it’s fine either way—because I remember all of it!) Obviously, the topic of the ending came up, and I made a point of saying that, though I disagreed with it, the choice of Nam Do-san ov...