At a MAGA gathering of the faithful in Colorado Donald Trump complained about “Parasite”, a South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, winning the Oscar for best picture:
“By the way, how bad were the Academy Awards this year, did you see? And the winner is, a movie from South Korea. What the hell was all that about? We got enough problems with South Korea, on trade, and on top of it they give it the best movie of the year.”
I’m not surprised a black comedy thriller didn’t appeal to the stable genius; a slapstick comedy would be more up his alley.
It’s not South Korea, a stable and prosperous democracy that we have a problem with, it’s North Korea ruled by a dictator with a penchant for firing ballistic missiles and testing nuclear bombs that we have to worry about.
Trump was pandering to his redneck base, he correctly surmised that they would have a problem with a foreign language film with English subtitles. What the hell, his illiterate base would have a problem with an English langue film with English subtitles.
“Can we get like Gone with the Wind back please? Sunset Boulevard? So many great movies.”
Foreign movies are anathema to Trump, he prefers a movie like “Gone with the Wind” that glorifies slavery and depicts African Americans as shiftless and dimwitted.
Trump wants to Make America Great Again, all right, just like the America of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era depicted in “Gone with the Wind.”
