IndieWire: Three years after “Parasite” became the first non-English-language movie to win Best Picture, the Oscars went international across many categories, and turned the ceremony into a global village. The evening reflected an awards season and industry where Hollywood matters more as a portal and less as a source. Not everyone is happy about this — on Facebook, Paul Schrader groused about “the scramble to be woke” and a loss of the ceremony’s “provincial” origins — but that’s selective memory: Hollywood is the invention of immigrants.
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Everything everywhere all at once deserved every single award. It was truly a stunning movie and something the industry has not seen before. This is a huge win for representation for the Asian community and I am just so happy to see this movie receive continuous success. Especially because of the amount of important discussions and the cultural impact that it has had on those watching it. Additionally, the film “The Elephant Whispers” also made history as winning the first Oscar for an Indian Production. I just had to let that soak in. Knowing that in 2022 was the first ever, Oscar won by an Indian production just shows how far we still have to go. It was so heartwarming to read their acceptance speech stating that that award was for 1.4 ‘million Indians. I feel like as a person of color. Many people may not understand why we are so excited and continuously pushing and advocating for these productions. And it’s just simply because for many of us it’s the first time we’ve been accurately and non-stereotypically represented in American media. So, this was definitely and Oscar’s show for the books and I hope to see more beautiful POC on stage accepting awards.
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