Posted on 01/27/2025 5:03:59 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Despite its huge international success, including a leading 13 Oscar nominations, Emilia Pérez faces criticism in Mexico, where the transgender narco-musical has been accused of trivialising raging drug-related violence.
The film stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a bloodthirsty narco who, after transitioning to life as a woman, helps relatives of the missing. The movie also features "Avatar" star Zoe Saldaña, singer-actress Selena Gomez and Mexican actress Adriana Paz.
Gascón became the first openly trans acting Oscar nominee, in the best actress category, while Saldaña was nominated for best supporting actress.
"The film trivialises the problem of the missing in Mexico," argues a petition on the Change.org website that had more than 11,000 signatures calling for the movie to be pulled before its scheduled Mexican release on Thursday.
"It is an insensitive film, disrespectful to our culture that goes far beyond drug-trafficking and the pain of thousands of families," it added.
Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon), launched an early salvo late last year against Emilia Pérez, which was mainly filmed in a studio in France.
"It's a Spanish-language film that was shot in Paris. It's a mongrel film," he said,
The film has also been roasted by some social media users.
"Emilia Pérez is everything that is bad in a film: stereotypes, ignorance, lack of respect, making money from one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world (mass disappearances in Mexico)," Cecilia González, a Mexican journalist living in Argentina, wrote on X.
[Selena]Gomez — a third-generation Mexican American — raised eyebrows in the land of her ancestors for her accent when speaking Spanish.
Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez described her performance as "indefensible," though he later apologised.
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Ha ha.
It’s crap regardless of where you watch it.
Is it up for so many Oscar nominations, because of this so called trans storyline? Hollywood virtue signaling?
Is it up for so many Oscar nominations, because of this so called trans storyline? Hollywood virtue signaling?
Is it up for so many Oscar nominations, because of this so called trans storyline? Hollywood virtue signaling?
Is it up for so many Oscar nominations, because of this so called trans storyline? Hollywood virtue signaling?
Sorry about multiple responses. Technical difficulties.....
“Audiard said he spent more than four years researching for Emilia Pérez.
But “at some point you have to stop doing research because...otherwise you end up doing a documentary,” he added.
“It’s an opera and an opera is not very realistic.”
Was this produced by Max Bialystock? Evidently we haven’t seen it’s likes since Springtime for Hitler.
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Sounds like the only thing this movie is missing is that girl from the “Snow White” remake. Ben Mankiewicz will probably do a podcast about it for TCM, then the promos will run right before and after the Wine Club ads.
“Is it up for so many Oscar nominations, because of this so called trans storyline? Hollywood virtue signaling?”
It’s so woke even the woke people hate it.
“The film stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a bloodthirsty narco who, after transitioning to life as a woman...”
If they’re so committed to their insanity, why did they pick a woman to portray a “transitioned” person? Or is Karla herself formerly a man?
That film is an execrable, steaming pile of offensive woke crap.
It’s no wonder the Hollyweird crowd lavished every possible Nomination it could on it.
A testament to the complete worthlessness of the Academy Awards.
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