Nina Metz: Made up rape story or not, David Choe’s remarks were public long before ‘Beef.’ Our silence on them is deafening
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Apr 18, 2023
4 minutes
The Netflix TV series “Beef” stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as strangers who become locked in an unwinnable battle to destroy one another’s lives after a road rage encounter. I admire the show more than I like it — it pinged all my anxiety receptors — but I liked it enough to give the show three stars.
I might have written something different had I known what I know now.
David Choe has a supporting role in “Beef,” playing the cousin to Yeun’s character — he’s a bad influence recently out of prison and looking to set up his next scam.
On Twitter, a few days after is graphic and disturbing, and involves Choe committing a sex act in front of a masseuse and then forcing her into a sex act.
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