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colonialization assert themselves upon design, food, clothing, and cultural identity; to reveal how power elites control through linguistic dominance and the devaluation, or actual erasure, of cultural traditions and landmarks. Another resonate theme from the source material was one of memory and emotion being stimulated by visceral triggers. The challenge would be to capture on screen what it means to lose all tangible possessions, which forces memory to rely on the sensesmost of which are missing in the visual format of television. In the 199 storyline, I hoped to capture the homogenization that resulted from the industrialization and globalization happening at the time, and what it means to have a cultural or national identity when geographic boundaries no longer have the resonance and insularity that they once did. These were heady themes that would be challenging to make seen. "In life, there was so much insult and injury, and she had no choice but to collect what was hers." –Min Jin Lee, Pachinko I started assembling a team, even though it wasn't entirely clear where the show would land. I had the good fortune of working with Supervising Art Director im aharko while in Toronto on Mrs. America and I found it to be an incredible collaboration. Her organization, talent, taste and care for the crew remain unparalleled. rop master llen Freund is someone I had the fortune of working with multiple times, and I knew the second I finished reading the scripts that llen must be a part of the project. The food and the preparation of food in Pachinko were central set pieces and there is no one else I would've trusted with this crucial task. Though I had never worked with decorator Hamish urdy, I knew of his attention to detail and rigor; his body of work spoke for itself. I am still amazed that the three of them signed on to do this ambitious project without a clear strategy in A. SUNJA'S BOARDING HOUSE. ILLUSTRATION BY PIXOLOID STUDIOS. B. & C. SUNJA'S BOARDING HOUSE. BUILT ON LOCATION AT THE HAHOE FOLK VILLAGE, IN ANDONG, SOUTH KOREA. SET PHOTOS. A B C