Is the criticism valid?
Can you blame me?
However, I soon realized that all the anti-Emiliavideos were in Spanish, which was intriguing.
Emilia Perez / Netflix
My expert source, Renzo, can confirm this.
But Selenas pronunciation itself is not a problem!
Like, they couldnt get Academy Award nominee Marina de Tavira?
But this is where we get into the problem of Academy virtue signaling.
Apparently, the streets of actual Mexico didnt match theimages in [his] head of Mexico.
The second indication should have been that he didntknow, read, or understand Spanish.
And yet, hecagoEmilia Perezonto Netflixs front porch and called it a day.
Audiards understanding of trans identities is apparently just as uninformed.
The worst part is that Netflix is only doubling down on how supposedly progressive their movie is.
Shes not the reason this movies going to lose its Oscars.
In her case, people have just expected too much of her.
Based on herracist, homophobic tweets, she clearly needs to do some reflecting.
However, the queer community shouldnt expect every single trans person on Earth to be a perfect citizen.
Anyway, Zoe Saldana is superb inEmilia Perezand absolutely deserves an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Also, in fairness, Gascons performance, if observed in a vacuum, is powerful.
Hell, even Gomez, despite her gringa accent, is believably formidable and impulsive, commanding the screen.
Meanwhile, the movies stunning choreography and disorienting camera flourishes are marvelous.
Unfortunately, however, none of this matters.
But clearly, none of that ever mattered to Oscar voters in the first place.
