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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Seo Yeon Kim ’21

Staff Writer

Number of Articles: 2

First Article: December 5, 2017

Latest Article: January 31, 2018

#OscarsNotSoWhite, but Still More Progress Needs to be Made

By Seo Yeon Kim ’21

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January 31, 2018

Make a list of Asian American actors in your head right now. How many can you think of? Answers vary, but the consensus is, by and large, the same: it’s difficult to come up with a list of more than three or four names. On Jan. 23, when the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced, they were overwhelmingly met with appreciation and pleasant surprise. The 2018 Oscars nominations, continuing the progress of last year’s awards ceremony (in which “Moonlight” had the historic best pict

The Magic of Pixar’s “Coco”: Breaking the Taboo Around Death

By Seo Yeon Kim ’21

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December 5, 2017

Pixar movies have a special place in my heart. One of my favorite parts about going to see one is the animated short film that precedes the actual movie. Before “Coco,” however, came an original short which was neither original nor short. “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” was the short in question, and after being forced to watch twenty-odd minutes of the all-too-familiar snowman from “Frozen” bellowing about the joys of a perfect Christmas, I was more than ready for “Coco” to start. “Coco” is a visua

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