Lynn Gives Thanks, 2020
Team Experience is giving thanks. Here's Lynn Lee...
Between the scourge of COVID-19 and the utterly dysfunctional American response, 2020 is looking more and more like a lost year for public health, good governance, and the arts and entertainment industry in this country. Still, as tantalizing hopes of a return to normalcy glimmer on the horizon (three potential vaccines! A responsible, expertise-driven presidential administration!), Thanksgiving provides a much-needed reminder to appreciate the things that helped get us through the past several months. Here are some of the movie and TV-related moments and discoveries that brought me joy this year:
• Parasite making history as the first Korean movie to win the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign Film.
• The huge, unblinking gimlet eyes of Anya Taylor-Joy (which bring to mind a cross between Emma Stone and Alita): sometimes challenging, sometimes disquieting, always riveting.