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Hulu is not staying silent with viewer complaints about 'Parasite.'

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00:00Hulu is clapping back at viewers that are voicing complaints about Parasite.

00:10The streaming service, which began exclusively streaming the 2020 Best Picture

00:13Oscar winner starting April 8th, is not staying silent after learning that some

00:17users have been tweeting insults about the Korean language film. Replying to one

00:21user who said, no one wants to watch a movie that they literally have to read

00:24to understand what's going on, the Hulu Twitter handle shot back writing, if you

00:29don't want to read subtitles you can always learn Korean. To another who

00:32called Parasite a pathetic movie, Hulu replied, it won four Oscars. The Twitter

00:37handle also hosted a watch party the first night of the film's arrival on Hulu

00:40where it live-tweeted the film. The streaming platform voicing its opinion

00:44seemed to pay off considering Hulu garner 23,600 likes in one of its posts and

00:4915,300 in another. During his time on the extensive campaign trail leading up to

00:54the 2020 Oscars, Parasite director Bong Joon-ho also acknowledged American's

00:58reluctance to view subtitled movies, even frequently joking about it. While

01:02accepting the Golden Globe for best foreign language film earlier this year,

01:05Bong noted, once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you'll

01:09be introduced to so many more amazing films. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:14For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.