As much as I've griped about the Oscars, I've always enjoyed following them. I gripe because I'm a fan. They're my Super Bowl. My family owned a video store when I was growing up. I've earned two whole degrees in film studies from actual academic institutions. I love movies.
In the past, I've joined in the criticism of Oscars' lack of diversity (shout out to @ReignOfApril/#OscarsSoWhite), but I've never been disappointed by the lack of Asian American nominees. You can't be disappointed when you were never in the running. That's why today is special.
Among the historic firsts, we have #Minari, an American film performed mostly in Korean, nominated for Best Picture, with acting nominations for Steven Yeun, an Asian American actor of my generation and Youn Yuh-jung, a legendary Korean actress of my parents' generation.
Given everything that's broken in the world, it seems silly to give a shit about who got nominated for what. But just let me have a minute to appreciate something that part of me legit believed was not possible. #OscarNoms
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