WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of “Parasite,” his biggest complaint being that the movie was made in South Korea.
Trump started talking about the Academy Awards during a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday. Parasite was named best picture, becoming the first non-English-language film to get the top honor.
“What the hell was that all about?” Trump said. “We’ve got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of that, they give them best movie of the year. Was it good? I don’t know.”
Neon, the U.S. distributor for the subtitled film, shot back on Twitter: “Understandable. He can’t read.”
The audience booed when Trump mentioned the Academy Awards and then cheered when he said: “Can we get like ‘’Gone with the Wind’ back please? ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ so many great movies.”
“Parasite” tells the story of how a family of four poor, unemployed people living in a slum basement apartment comically infiltrates a wealthy family residing at a luxurious mansion before things unravel violently and tragically.
lyingtattooist on February 21st, 2020 at 11:33 UTC »
We’re living in a SNL skit.
me1702 on February 21st, 2020 at 11:06 UTC »
“Has this ever happened before?” he asks.
Well, a South Korea film had never won before. Neither had a film primarily in a language other than English. But if he thinks, as I suspect he does, that only American films have ever won Best Picture, then he’s wrong.
2011’s award went to The Artist - a French film. 2010’s The King’s Speech and 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire were British. 1982’s Gandhi was a British-Indian co-production. All the way back to 1948 (Hamlet, UK), non-American films have won this accolade.
So yes, Donald. Giving the award to a non-American has happened before. Many times.
And quite why the Academy’s panel should consider Trump’s ongoing trade wars in their deliberations is beyond me.
NoKidsItsCruel on February 21st, 2020 at 10:05 UTC »