{"id":287955,"date":"2020-02-09T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1120861"},"modified":"2020-02-09T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T02:13:00","slug":"parasites-bong-joon-ho-has-the-purest-reaction-to-his-oscars-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/parasites-bong-joon-ho-has-the-purest-reaction-to-his-oscars-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasite&#8217;s Bong Joon-Ho Has the Purest Reaction to His Oscars Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202019\/rs_600x600-200209142731-600-Bong-Joon-Ho-2020-oscars-awards-red-carpet-fashions.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.781576448243\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"28.531813865147\">\n<p>Bong Hive rise up, because<strong> Bong Joon-Ho<\/strong> is living his best life at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/2020_oscars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Oscar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The night has just begun and the&nbsp;<em>Parasite<\/em> director has already won his first award for Best Original Screenplay. It was a huge moment for the Korean director, who handled it all with humility and ease. In fact, as he held the Oscar statuette in his hands, alongside&nbsp;<strong>Han Jin-Won<\/strong>, the director looked at it in awe. Not just awe, but pure excitement and happiness, which was plain for all to see when he began chuckling in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bong Joon Ho staring at his Oscar and smiling is the most wonderful thing I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; one person on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarettSays\/status\/1226683735057108992?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter <\/a>commented. Others simply shared a GIF of the moment for others to enjoy\u2014it was that good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During his speech, he deflected from the big moment and made it, not about himself, but his country, since this is the first time a writer from South Korea has won. &#8220;Thank you, great honor. Yeah. Writing a script is always such a lonely process. We never write to represent our countries. But this is very personal to South Korea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4\">\n<p>He continued, &#8220;Thank you. I thank my wife for always being an inspiration to me. I thank all the actors who are here with me today for bringing this film to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.783439490446\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14.713375796178\">\n<p>This is just one of the six awards categories his film, <em>Parasite<\/em>,&nbsp;was nominated for and his win is the perfect way to end a very successful award season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That being said, the&nbsp;<em>Snowpiercer<\/em> director is just itching for this all to come to an end and it&#8217;s for good reason. He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1226291588709511168?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joked <\/a>to reporters on Saturday, &#8220;After tomorrow I can finally go home, that&#8217;s what makes me happiest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To see who goes home a winner at tonight&#8217;s show, check out the complete list of winners&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1120364\/2020-oscars-winners-the-complete-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch the 2020 Oscars telecast at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT on ABC! And don&#8217;t miss the <i>E! After Party<\/i> special on E! at 11:15 p.m. ET\/8:15 p.m. PT for a recap of the 2020 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1120861\/parasite-s-bong-joon-ho-has-the-purest-reaction-to-his-oscars-trophy?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bong Hive rise up, because Bong Joon-Ho is living his best life at the&nbsp;2020 Oscar. The night has just begun and the&nbsp;Parasite director has already won his first award for Best Original Screenplay. It was a huge moment for the Korean director, who handled it all with humility and ease. 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