class reversal

His surrealist masterpieces like 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' and 'Viridiana' systematically deconstruct class hierarchies and social pretense through absurdist narrative reversals.

His realist films consistently expose class exploitation and systemic inequality by centering working-class perspectives and depicting the devastating consequences of class-based social structures.

Films like 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' use genre-bending narratives to literalize and interrogate class boundaries, depicting dramatic role reversals that expose the artificiality of social hierarchies.