AMERICANA / LET’S NOT EVEN PRETEND WE SAW AN OSCAR FOR PARASITE COMING? READ WHAT SOMEONE WHO DID HAS TO SAY

Americans might be shocked "Parasite" is not a sci-fi horror flick but a comedy of monumental proportions

GUEST BLOG / By Joe Utichi, Reporter, DEADLINE.

"Can a non-English language film win Best Picture on the American industry’s grandest night of the year? It is a question Oscar prognosticators have been chewing over for months, with increasing intensity, as Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite has been making history at every turn.

"Parasite’s life began at the Cannes Film Festival in May where, a few days after its world premiere, the movie became the first from South Korea to be awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or. The recognition came only a couple of years after Bong courted controversy in the French press for bringing Okja, a Netflix production, to the festival. Okja’s premiere sparked a debate about streaming’s role in cinema that continues to this day..."

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