Afterlife of the Party: An Exploration of Female Friendship
Netflix's Afterlife of the Party might fall into the rom-com genre, but it's much more about grief, strong female friendships, and platonic love than it is about romance.

Ching is a voluptuous widow whose thre short marriages have each ended with her husbands dying due to unknown causes. To seek the truth, journalist Ho befriends Ching. Gradually Ho becomes addicted to the mysterious Ching, who can foretell his future. Ho now finds himself stepping into the same fatal trap as Ching's dead husbands, and is helpless to do anything to stop it.
Netflix's Afterlife of the Party might fall into the rom-com genre, but it's much more about grief, strong female friendships, and platonic love than it is about romance.
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