re: Parasite

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Okay. So? I never said it was a bad movie. It was quite good. However, replace the cast with white people and I doubt the film is as well received as it was.

It most certainly loses Best Director to Sam Mendes if it had been directed by a Steve Smith or someone similarly named

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This is a stupid "what if" exercise.

Is wet replaced the cast with white people, we'd have a Korean-set movie about Korean social problems that makes no sense.

If we replaced one of the most well-respected and popular directors in the world, yeah, it wouldn't have won best director. Because one of the most well-respected and popular directors in the world, already known for his talent level, would not have directed it.

Yes, if the movie was a totally different movie that didn't have cast and director, it would not have made the waves it did. It would, again, be a totally different movie.

Just like if Sam Mendes didn't direct 1917, and it didn't have all those stupid British cameos, it would have also been a different movie that would have received far fewer accolades.