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1. The Academy's selection of "Parasite" as best picture is attracting a lot of attention, and justly so, as a breakthrough in recognizing foreign-language films and the achievements of nonwhite filmmakers. But there's another dimension that isn't getting much attention.
2. That dimension is class conflict. "Parasite" is a closely observed and fairly bleak social satire about inequalities of wealth. Wealth inequality has never been an easy topic for Hollywood liberals. Racial and gender inequality aren't easy topics, either, of course ...
3. ... but wealth inequality poses special challenges in an industry characterized by extreme wealth. There's a hashtag for #oscarsowhite, but none I'm aware of for #oscarsorich. Most discussion of wealth inequality in Hollywood is about ...
