Media, fans captivated by Youn's witty speech

Award-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho stressed that actress Youn's historic win at the Academy Awards ― for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Soonja” in the film “Minari,” a story centering on a Korean immigrant family who seeks the “American Dream” on Sunday, local time ―was “Youn's personal triumph, not that of the Korean film scene.” Nevertheless, the news still excited many Koreans and international media outlets, not only because Youn was the first Korean national to win an Oscar, breaking through the glass ceiling of what some consider a conservative Western-centric awards event, but also as a result of her warm acceptance speech, filled with life wisdom.

source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/04/689_307896.html?fl

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