Essay analyzes narrative failure in Li Jianjun's The Metamorphosis, illustrating storytelling and identity issues among delivery riders, indicating cultural capital challenges.
Key Points
The essay shows the failed narrative of storytelling from the perspective of delivery riders' labor.
It highlights cultural capital's role in shaping identity amid systemic inequality in postsocialist China.
Documentary clips and narrative layers reveal the artificiality of representation in the play.
Addressing the audience's positioning confronts their middle-class identity and the violence of exploitation.