In this episode of Editors on Editing, host Glenn Garland sits down with Emmy and Eddie Award-winning editor Laura Zempel to pull back the curtain on her work behind Season 2 of Netflix’s Beef. Together, they explore the delicate art of balancing dark satire with human chaos, starting with a deep dive into working alongside showrunner Lee Sung Jin.
Zempel details her hands-on edit bay process using Avid ScriptSync and explains why cutting a show built on characters who constantly lie requires prioritizing subtext over standard sitcom pacing. Her editing forces the audience into the character’s internal panic, building empathy for anti-heroes by letting viewers sit directly in their pain and poor choices.
She also highlights the bold sound and story choices that define the new season, breaking down how sound design was intentionally made “clumsy” during action scenes and how she navigated editing Korean-language monologues to preserve natural rhythmic comedy.
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