Many hoped it would happen, but few thought it actually would.
Filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece Parasite steamrolled the Oscars last night, winning Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature, Best Director, and of course Best Picture.
It became the first-ever foreign language film to take the top Oscars prize, and flew in the face of statistics and precursor awards that had pegged 1917 the safe bet to take Best Picture and Best Director.
So how did this happen? How did the best film of the year actually win Best Picture at the Oscars? The simple answer is Parasite …
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