Posted on 02/21/2020 8:29:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump attacked the 2020 film Parasite at his rally in Colorado Springs Thursday night, complaining that a foreign film won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
“How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump, who is president, asked at his 2020 campaign rally. “And the winner is a movie from South Korea. What was that all about? We got enough problems with South Korea, with trade. On top of it, they give them the best movie of the year? Was it good? I don’t know. Let’s get Gone With the Wind, can we get Gone With the Wind back please? Sunset Boulevard? So many great movies. The winner is from South Korea. I thought it was best foreign film. Best foreign movie.”
The Gone With the Wind reference drew scattered applause from the audience.
Trump continued with a shot at Brad Pitt, who criticized Republicans in his speech accepting the Oscar for Best Actor.
“Then you have Brad Pitt, I was never a fan of his,” Trump said. “A wise guy. He is a little wise guy. Best foreign movie. No, it was — this has never happened before. Anyway.
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I liked the movie Parasite ..
I’m happy Parasite won. But I also agree Hollywood needs to be made great again. South Korean films have been well made for a long time and I prefer the quality of foreign film content in general.
He didn’t torch the movie. Fake news headline.
Trump’s comment has more to do with the state of Hollywood being so liberal and mediocre ...than with Parasite which I don’t think he’s seen.
I’m on it.
He didn't have a good thing to say about it and mocked the fact it won best picture. Isn't that torching?
RE: I liked the movie Parasite ..
Yes, but Trump’s issue still is this — why did it win best foreign movie AND the Academy Award?
If this is an Award about the best film ANYWHERE, we might as well remove the “Best foreign Film” category and lump them all up into one best film award.
It was fantastic. The clear winner in my eyes.
Same here!
Hollyweird is now nothing but re-makes, sequels & tedious SJW tirades. There are no interesting films anymore unless you look offshore.
Not me; started funny, whimsical - then ended weird, nightmarish.
Probably normal for the Korean mind but not even close to ours.
Exactly, he torched Hollywood for allowing a foreign film beat the pants off them.
Out of an entire rally this is what the MSM feeds on?
Naturally it’s just another Hollywood push for international diversity into the US in all venues.
isn't that what they did?
JOKER should have won.
RE: isn’t that what they did?
Not really. Parasite won BOTH the Best Foreign Film Award *AND* the Academy Award. A redundancy IMHO.
Gone with the Wind? They will claim Trump wants to bring back slavery. :-)
RE: Not me; started funny, whimsical - then ended weird, nightmarish.
Yep. A totally bizarre movie with a highly implausible ending.
Like The shape of water.
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