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Hulu snaps back at Twitter users dissing ‘Parasite’ over subtitles

Hapless trolls learned the hard way not to trash the multi-Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” with their complaints about it being a Korean language film with subtitles. The streaming service Hulu, which made “Parasite” available to stream on Wednesday, crafted the perfect clapback to critics who slammed the darkly comic tale of class conflict, directed by Bong …

Hapless trolls learned the hard way not to trash the multi-Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” with their complaints about it being a Korean language film with subtitles.

The streaming service Hulu, which made “Parasite” available to stream on Wednesday, crafted the perfect clapback to critics who slammed the darkly comic tale of class conflict, directed by Bong Joon Ho.

Hulu celebrated its streaming debut with a Twitter video, but, as Indie Wire reported, some social-media users cast shade in the comments underneath the post.

One keyboard warrior, @Frentecivicio, branded the drama a “pathetic movie” — a comment to which Hulu replied: “It won… four Oscars.”

Hulu also gave a reality check to @DaveGardiner11, who wrote: “It’s not in English, no one wants to watch a movie that they literally have to read to understand what’s going on.”

He continued: “Sound is such a huge part of movies and it being in a different language is so [weird.]”

Hulu replied with: “If you don’t want to read subtitles, you can always learn Korean!”

“Parasite,” which stars Song Kang-ho and Cho Yeo-jeong, was the winner of the Best Picture award at February’s 2020 Oscars ceremony. It made history as the first-ever non-English language film to claim that title. It also beat out the competition for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.

Previously, “Parasite” won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019.

Bong’s triumph arrives on the streaming platform after an unprecedented run at the global box office. IndieWire reports that “Parasite” finished its theatrical run with $245 million worldwide. Its budget was about $11 million.

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