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Jane Fonda knew she was about to be part of Oscars history.
Was this really happening?
Then Fonda opened the envelope, and I knew, even before she said anything.
You knew, too.
Bruce Derns character inOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodprobably knew.
And there was also something cosmic about it beingJane Fonda outspoken, once-so-widely-hated, spent-the-fall-getting-arrested-to-protest-climate-change Jane Fonda.
Asone ofParasites many fansput it: That was a fucking movie!
So, how didParasitepull off its history-making win?
And for Americans,Parasitewas not exactly medicine.
Its about whats happening around the world, in the industry, and in cinema at the same time.
As Bongso memorably said, We all live in the same country … called Capitalism.
Parasitemay have become even more timely as the race went on.
Just as important, too, wasParasites lack of internal competition.
1 this year it wasParasiteor bust.
Bong was his films most effective pitchman, and he seemed to be everywhere this season.
Voters loved him; he spent so much time at awards podiums that even his translator became aminor celebrity.
At that ceremony, the cast got a standing ovation from the crowd before itd even won anything.
