Tonight in Hollywood, and across the globe, it's all about "Parasite." “Parasite” by the Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, netted four Academy Awards on Sunday, winning in the Best Film, Best Director (Bong Joon-ho), Best Foreign Film and Best Screenplay categories. What a winning streak! Joon-Ho made history, too, in the process. This is the first time that a non-English-language film won for Best Film at the Academy
Bong Joon-Ho has directed "Parasite," a comedy about an elaborate con that glistens with irony. The material ambitions of the poor are pitted against the dull indulgence of the wealthy in a manichean fight for supremacy. Will the world one day see an all-out war between the classes? Occupy Wall Street, the Yellow Vest movement, were those harbingers? They’ve all come and gone but what’s next? Will there be something else