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Andy Meek
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The 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night were unusual and unconventional for so many reasons, extending from the obvious like its socially distanced setting to some pretty big surprises, upsets, and firsts.
Chloe Zhao, for example, walked away with a Best Director award for Nomadland, her atmospheric paean to the shambolic yet peaceful lifestyle of wandering "house-less" (not homeless) Americans who've pulled themselves out of the rat race of the daily grind in order to live as simply as possible. It was a notable award on multiple fronts, such as the fact that this was only the second time a woman has won the award and the first time it's gone to a Chinese woman. But if you'd have assumed that there would be a mass congratulatory reaction in Zhao's home country of the sort, for example, that greeted South Korean director Bong Joon-ho when he won Best Director last year for Parasite, you'd be very much mistaken.
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China bans talk of ‘Nomadland’ director Chloe Zhao’s Oscar win originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 15:39:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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