‘Parasite’ Made History, But When Will the Academy Start Acknowledging Asian Actors? (Column)

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‘Parasite’ Made History, But When Will the Academy Start Acknowledging Asian Actors? (Column)
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“Parasite” made history as the first foreign language film to ever win the Academy Award for best picture, in addition to taking home three other awards for best director, best international featur…

” made history as the first foreign language film to ever win the Academy Award for best picture, in addition to taking home three other awards for best director, best international feature film and best original screenplay. It earned South Korea its first Oscar nominations and wins ever.

And despite the box office success of “Crazy Rich Asians” in 2018, actors of Asian descent remain woefully underrepresented on the big screen.

But the magic of “Parasite,” in addition to the director Bong’s meticulous visual metaphors underlining the haves and will-never-haves, is undeniably in the performances — the smirking condescension of Lee Sun Kyun’s Nathan Park towards Song Kang Ho’s Ki Taek, the latter whose rage bubbles over with devastating consequences and Ki Jeong’s buoyant con artistry, so brilliantly brought to life by Park So Dam.

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