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Netflix's 'Beef': Furious fans call Joseph Lee's character George the 'real villain'

Joseph Lee plays George Nakai, a house husband and a struggling artist, who makes vases that he forces his wife Amy to sell in her store

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Netflix has finally dropped one of the most highly anticipated shows of the year with 'Beef'. The dark-comedy show kicks off with a road rage incident between Amy Lau (Ali Wong) and Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) and leads to both of them ruining each other's life and their own. Extreme human emotions are a major driver of the story. While the leads take the center stage in the show, there is one particular side character on 'Beef' that fans did not like very much at all.

The Netflix dark-comedy introduces the viewer to the families of both the leads. George Nakai (Joseph Lee) plays Amy's husband in 'Beef'. George is a house husband and takes care of their daughter, June (Remy Holt). While George seems like a nice person with soft characteristics, his subtle, passive-aggressive behaviour led fans to hate his character.  

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George raises many red flags with his behavior

George Nakai is, at first, shown as one of the most positive, calm and collected people in the series. He has been Amy's rock as she built her business. George is an artist, who makes vases but always doubts his talents and needs approval. The reason for it is that his father used to be a well-known artist. George makes Amy sell his art at Amy's store but Amy can not stand the sight of his vases.

But as the show unfolds, George's behavior raises some overlooked red flags as well. Underneath his positive approach, is a man who does bad things and tries to mask it cleverly. He flirts with Mia (Mia Serafino), Amy's employee for a while and though he comes clean about this with Amy, he tries to cover up his mistake for a long time. Even when confessing his relationship with Mia, George added it by saying he had "emotional entanglement" with her and not a physical relationship. He also criticizes Amy subtly despite knowing just how hard she works. George then files for divorce from Amy after she confesses her mistakes. And these behaviours made fans feel he was the "real villain" all along.

'George is the real villain'

One fan expressed their dislike of Geroge by adding, "Currently watching #BEEFNetflix , and wow! I really hate this George character so much! He reminds me of every single toxic, trash person who hides it behind talking about chakras and positive affirmations." Another fan vented their anger towards George by commenting, "The way I wanted to kick George in the face at all times #BEEFNetflix". Another fan declared, "George is the real villain #BEEFNetflix #Beef".

'George is annoying'

Another fan chimed in with a comment about his "emotional entanglement" reason with Mia by adding, "An "emotional entanglement"? George, you whore! #BEEFNetflix". Another fan added, "how's george gonna make money once they split up? def not with his ugly ass art #BEEFNetflix". One fan commented, "Ffs George is annoying. Girl BREAK UP WITH HIM!!! #BEEFNetflix".

All episodes of 'Beef' are currently streaming on Netflix.

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