I Must Say I'm Really Enjoying the Asian Presence Among the Hugo Nominees

 I figured out in 2020 that South Korea had gone far beyond us in both cinema and pop music, and that was before the Korean Fried Chicken popup. It sounded like the future, so I swiftly developed an interest.

And I noticed there were even American, and Australian, and Canadian pop stars who had moved to Korea to start their careers, because western media tends to exclude actual Asians along with people of Asian descent. 

I've always lived around a lot of Asians so I tend to notice when they're not around, and for the longest time, American nerds have had a rep for craving Asian-from-Asia entertainment while not being nearly as receptive to entertainment from diaspora Asians and Polynesians and the list goes on. 

That's changed. I'm seeing lots of Asian presence in this year's nominees, and three of their stories have made it onto my final ballot so far. 

I'm not sure if you can attribute it to K-Pop Demon Hunters (oops, three stories and one movie) or the wave of excellent entertainment pouring out of South Korea -- BTS, Taemin, Parasite, Squid Games, Attorney Woo, the list goes on. But suddenly Asian folks are trendy, and this haole is there for it. Grab hold of that star. Ride that lightning. Please kick all these stale re-booters and re-treaders out of Hollywood and give us something fresh and Golden.