Emilia Pérez, Karla Sofía Gascón, and the NASTIEST Awards Season Ever
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Here is my report about the current state of the awards season and all the controversies surrounding Emilia Pérez. #oscars #academyawards #oscars2025 #emiliaperez #anora #thebrutalist #controversy #theawardscontender
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Kara Sofia Gascon has always been like this and we Mexicans have been telling about it for weeks and we were called transphobes. She was so hated when she was in Master Chef Celebrity in Mexico
It is kinda unfortunate that in order to properly criticize someone in a minority group (for reasons other than just plain bigotry, don't be a bigot obviously) they have to piss off their own minority group first. Like, I get why people would be hesitant to criticize such people, but overcorrection can be just as jarring. I remember this being the case with James Somerton, there's a reason he lost his career after a bisexual man called him out. It kinda gave the OK of "oh, I can hate this man, and not be seen as homophobic!"
I had never heard of Carla Sofia Gascon before this film. I have not seen Emilia Perez. I have not read any of these past tweets. Were the tweets that bad? Is Carla Sofia that bad of a person? I have no idea.
@andyroo9381 yeah. They were *that* bad. Disgusting behavior.
She is not a very nice person, you can look at the tweets on variety. She posted these 4-5 years ago, not very long ago. Her post were bigotry and racism hidden behind trying to sound liberal. She strongly dislikes Asians, blacks, and Muslims. As you read her tweets they get worse and worse. It's incredibly sad and nasty.
What did Karla do on MasterChef? Just wondering
They saw the plot of Conclave and said: let's apply it to the Oscar race .
Fantastic take!
Except we aren’t choosing the pope here . People tend to forget
Lol! Nice
Yes, everyone is compromised in some way.❤
@@disierra-amado5596 I think it was a joke.
Genuinely informing, the issue(s) with E P is that as mexicans we
1.- Spoke of how Gascón was not a good fit for the role because when she worked in Mexico pre transition she was AWFUL with everyone because she felt superior just for being a Spaniard (which ultimately led to her departure cause no one wanted to work with her)
2.- We outspokenly said that the film was really offensive because it ridicules the country (director didn’t film here because he didn’t find stereotypical places lol) AND glorifies the narcos by saying if they are regretful enough then all sins erased and you can become a saint😋 (like WTF there are states here ‘kidnapped’ BECAUSE of narco) and nobody listened.
3.- Trans community all across the world didn’t considered Gascón a good representation because the role took many steps back in to what the trans movement is.
4.- Imagine a director that doesn’t speak your language or respects it because he thinks it’s synonym of underdevelopment and poorness, doesn’t research a THING, doesn’t even cast natives and glorifies the reason of violence being nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD.
Ultimately it’s sad that no one listened the comments of Mexico towards the film, cast and director and it took (what in Mexico we already knew about) Gascón racist behavior to explode for everyone to even see an issue :/
The rest of us should have listened. I agree with every point you made about the film. I had no idea about Gascon's reputation in Mexico. I appreciate what you shared.
GRÍTALO HERMANA!
y viva Johanne Sacreblue (2025) !!
Just the very basic fact that movie about Mexico and Mexicans was shot in France by a French man seems suspicious, if it did not have this sensationalism at it's core, it would be shot down before it could ever take off.
It's funny that the most successful mexican movie ever is one where Carlos Gascón was in. So yeah, we "knew" it.
This Emilia Perez disaster is more thrilling than the actual movie 😅
In all seriousness, I agree with Brian about how this movie is a distraction to the celebration of other movies and artists
This movie is worse than Crash
I’m already writing a screenplay inspired by this chaos. Is coming soon.
Well, it’s the fault of the people who choose which movies are nominated, right? People’s reactions to this movie getting praise when it should be forgotten can’t be to blame. It seems Hollywood, eager to pat themselves of the back, has dug its own grave.
The Emilia Perez controversy is keeping me away from the news along with the Blake Lively - Justin Baldoni situation.
Watching this is more interesting than watching the Oscars.
Another thing to note was that she also attacked Fernanda Torres and her team, accusing them of trying to discredit her work. So now there’s online smear campaigns by nominees happening too.
Its true tho, Brazilian just doing dirty, campaign for Torrest and discredit and talk shit everywhere about EP
And she did so during an interview IN BRAZIL!!! I mean, she went to Brazil to talk bad about Brazilians... Isn't she something?
@@agungs8564do you have any proof?
@@agungs8564 Literally almost everyone in the entire world is talking bad about Emilia Perez, especially Mexicans.
@@agungs8564well mexican people are doing the same since it was announced. You're just frustrated that nobody likes this sh*t ass movie.
I think I’m Still Here picking up so much traction everywhere the last couple weeks threw Netflix into a spin. I’m Still Here had a genuine chance of toppling Emilia Perez in International Feature Film which was considered a lock, and a defeat in International Feature Film would mean most certainly a defeat in Best Picture.
You can see that a lot of crap was being thrown at every other film except Emilia Perez at the beginning of the season (its worth noticing the campaign manager for Netflix worked for Miramax for years), up until Gascón decided to attack I’m Still Here out of nowhere. What followed up is honestly she got the whole country of Brazil mad, and as that tweet says: the easiest way to end your career is to piss off brazilians.
The vast majority of Brazilians had nothing against her or the film. But she wanted to provoke us. And when we want to find something against someone, you can be sure that we will find it.
What drives me mad is that Karla, the director and almost everyone involved with Emilia Pérez have been very disrespectful to Mexico and mexicans for months, mexicans have complained a lot, but the american press only talked about any of that when Karla tried to talk shit about another nominated movie, if the press had done their job months ago none of this would've happened.
This is true. Netflix is actively trying to bury this story. There’s a UA-cam creator that just release a lengthy video about Emilia Perez and included a segment about Karla’s racism and Netflix copyright struck it. Then she removed the segment about Karla’s racism and absolutely nothing else and suddenly it’s fine lol.
Br que eu sei
It makes me sad that no one cared abt what Mexicans had to say abt this movie. THEY had their culture being represented there and THEY expressed their discomfort, and yet no one gave a crap. It also pisses me off that us Brazilians tried our best in general to never talk crap about the cast, only the movie and sometimes the director, for the same reasons Mexicans did. And then she turned on us, accusing us of hate speech when that's what SHE did in her accounts. It felt like a betrayal to me tbh, especially after Fernanda was so nice about the whole thing and tried to uplift her many times.
Here’s the thing, controversies or not, Emilia Pérez never should’ve come close to the oscars or any awards season for that matter. Maybe except Zoe Saldaña as she was the best part of the movie. But aside from her, every other nomination this movie got was not worthy, that includes Karla Sofia Gascón. It has a poor script, a very problematic message, terrible songs, I mean really, can you take that song about transitioning seriously? And from what people who speak Spanish have said, is offensive to their culture. And now with all the controversies about this movie coming out with the director of the film basically insulting Spanish people saying they are poor, and now with Karla Sofia Gascón being revealed to be an abject racist and terrible person who happens to be a trans actress, it only makes this situation even worse.
Bro, the amount of nominations that piece of crap got in technical categories. Have these people even seen the film? The sound is messy, the songs are awful, the cinematography is standard, and the writing is inconsistent.
Imagine how many deserving artists could've been praised instead. What a waste.
Not even Zoe Saldaña, fact! This movie is disgusting and director and Gascón's comments are just insulting!
@@yl861 we know for a fact that a bunch of Academy members (possibly all of them) don't see all of the movies they're expected to vote on.
Just because someone is the best actress in the movie doesn’t mean they deserve an Oscar.
Pretty sure Zoe would agree.
How about the women leads from Smile and Strange Darling, Naomi Scott and Willa Fitzgerald. Not talking necessarily about the movie, but the acting!!
I agree, very sad. If this movie wins, I’ve lost interest in Oscar all together, but never in movies.
@@dianelitman5956Smile 2 actress was amazing .
In hindsight, 'The brutalist's AI controversy is a minor detail compared to what's going on with 'Emilia Pérez'😂
Emilia perez used AI too 😂
@Gryffindauntless Yes, but that was the least problematic aspect of the film😂
Sounds like they both have issues. "The Substance" for the win!
@@vinnym5607 I think the use of AI speech aids is a non-issue because they had the actor's consent, and Hungarian is a very hard language to learn, let alone mimic. The other one (the pictures) I'm a bit more iffy about it, even if they only used the AI pictures as guides for making real ones.
@@dasmysteryman12That was is basically the same as googling “Brutalist buildings” and using those as guides. If anything, it helps make the end product more original as to not just copy an existing building
Gotta say, her apology feels so forced, more like she's sorry she got caught.
It's nuts that she said it's a hate and misinformation campaign 🤦♀️
And the last phrase, girl, you're seriously recycling your Golden Globe discourse.
What kind of "light" are you right now? Not a light for victims of cartel violence, latinos, trans people, or any other marginalized group, that's for sure.
Just like any desperate politician, repeating the same slogan.
She's still pushing the narrative that this is powerful people working against her, this is her still trying to put the blame in others, especifically on our Brazilian production. It is so nasty...
She loves to play the victim, her last Twitter before the apology was saying how she's the number 1 enemy of the world 🙄😒
As a gay Mexican man who loves cinema, I feel the need to say that Emilia Perez depicts Mexicans in a poor way. The director (Jacques Audiard) didn't bother to learn about Mexican culture and even said spanish is a language for the poor. And you all have to know that, here in Mexico, Karla Sofía Gascón is not disliked for being trans, she is disliked for being racist and a hypocrite. Here in Mexico we already knew how she was because of a movie called Nosotros Los Nobles, and that's it. Here (before transitioning) she was known as a mediocre Spanish actor who talked trash about Mexicans (ironic and ungrateful since she developed her career in Mexico). At this point, it feels that there IS an agenda with Emilia Pérez but what for exactly? There has been respectful representation in cinema of the trans community (Hilary Swank and Felicity Huffman come to my mind) and the Academy lost the opportunity to nominate Daniela Vega for A Fantastic Woman. Overall, Emilia Perez fails to delve into the problems it supposedly explores. Just so you Americans can fully understand Mexico's anger towards Emilia Perez, imagine that a German guy decides to make a movie about 9/11 (a sensitive topic just as narco is a sensitive issue for Mexicans) with Greek actors who don't speak english properly, and is about Osama but he discovers she is trans and is a musical and at the end it doesn't matter all the lives his attack took, because now Osama is a trans woman and we all sing happily.
they were going to give the awards to Zoey and have Karla walk up there to give it to her with a smile. Hilary Swank is Mexicana ( of the Xicano kind ) so its 100% asset for the LatinX community.
Hablaste con la verdad ❤
I don’t understand how the academy is nominating a film that is honestly not good. The only good thing about that film was Zoe Saldana and all the controversy is hurting her chances. As for Sofia….? She should be disqualified for her tweets and attacking Fernanda Torres.
Zoe must be so disappointed. Without Selena, it was so easy to discreetly win the prize. Now, she needs to fight against her own movie 🗑
@@yl861i feel so bad. Zoe is criminally underrated and she might have been the first ever Afro Latina to win an oscar
@@frankieseward8667Ariana Debose is won just three years ago lol
@@jacklemm1518 oh. I thought she was strictly latina. My bad
I mean Zoe is fine in the movie but best supporting actress ? I don’t think so.
Such a wasted nomination that could have gone to Kidman, Jean-Baptiste, Jolie, Ronan or Anderson. Also, she comes from a minority too! This is not the trans representation the community wants!
Maybe trans people being racist will help trans rights be accepted by the right.
She must be ashamed. The harm she's doing to its community, if I were her, I wouldn't sleep peacefully. The Academy isn't going to give trans actors/actresses another chance soon.
@@yl861 kidman was heavily robbed.
Who would you select right now?
@@Zach-gq9cw Jolie. I saw Maria yesterday and she was brilliant.
Heres what I think was happening: Emilia Perez is clearly not winning "Best Movie" but they had the "Best International Movie" award in their hands already. But "I'm Still Here" getting that "Best Movie" nomination and such good critics raised a red flag for them. Can you imagine the second most nominated movie of all time losing even the "Best International Movie" for such a small movie like "I'm Still Here"? What a fiasco would that be for "Emilia Perez"! Thats why Netflix started this false narrative that Fernanda Torres and her team were attacking Carla Sofia Gascón, since there were actually a lot of brazilian and latin people in general creating negativity all over the internet about Emilia Perez. But NEVER Fernanda Torres herself nor her team, actually the contrary, Fernanda always says how much she loves being nominated among such rich and diverse group of actors. And few days ago she actually posted a video praising all her fellow nominees, especially Karla Sofia Gascon. Its very clear Netflix and Karla Sofia tried to take "I'm Still Here" down.
Exactly, EP is a R4c1st movie and im really surprised how some americans are saying “well, its not the best, but it’s ok”. It is NOT ok.
@@LeonardoMercherIt's actually mostly Europeans who adore the movie EP. I mean, obviously people in LA/Hollywood must have liked it well enough to nominate it for so many American awards, but Europeans apparently are the ones who adore this film, according to internet comments at least, lmao.
Let's put this into perspective, had Selena Gomez not been casted in Emilia Perez, the amount of people who defend this movie would be reduced by 70%, while the amount of people who hate it would... stay the same.
I don't see anyone defending that movie. Even people that didn't even watch it, talk bad about it.
Selena has so much on her plate right now with the demagogue’s administration coming after her. I hope she’s okay.
@@Heroliesinyoui mean, the review of this same channel was pretty positive towards EP. Back in September, The Awards Contender liked the movie. Everyone ignored the mexicans saying how terrible it was.
100%
I think it would be 90% easily
I had been feeling that this was an otherwise fun awards season, but was kind of being singlehandedly ruined by Emilia Perez being nominated literally everywhere.
Why? Shouldn't the Academy recognize the film they like because everyone else hated?
@@dariosanchez2557 because the movie is bad and shouldn't even have been made
@@Fall-oo6mt ok...
@@dariosanchez2557 a bad movie shouldn't get that many nominations and it only hurts the academy's credibility.
@@KeltkeGH I agree. Emilia is not a bad movie. It has been recognized all around the world in some capacity. The London Critics Circle just gave Saldaña the award for best supporting performance.
It's dangerous to think that the academy should not award movies people don't like.
I think all the problems are falling on Karla Sofía for Emilia Perez, but the director Jacques Audiard should also face some consequences for his disrespectful statements about Mexico and the Spanish language.
Yeah it feels like the patriarchy at work because his comments are just as racist and gross and he's not suffering any backlash except from random people on the internet like me calling it out. Being a white, French man gives him immunity, his comments about people who Spanish are poor's was so offensive to me. I'm a native English speaker who is learning Spanish full time because it's such a useful language to know as so many people speak it
I'm trying to understand what was so disrespectful about his statement about the Spanish language. He said that Spanish was the language of the poor and of immigrants. People who find that offensive must believe that being a poor person or an immigrant should be a source of shame, or a kind of insult. It's not. Almost all of Audiard's filmography deals with immigrants and impoverished people - they are literally the heroes in his movies. And Spanish IS the language of the poor and of immigrants. That's objectively true. It's a language of so many other things, but he wasn't being inaccurate when he said that - his interest is in telling that story, whether they are Tamil immigrants, or Arab prisoners, or working class French youth. Poverty is nothing to be ashamed of. His intentions were good - I doubt he would spend years on a film project just to hurl insults on his own narrative landscape. It's ridiculous to think that.
@chirisici Its offensive because it's patronizing. It show his contempt for spanish speakers, also his eurocentric ignorance, because there are french speaking countries that fit the description of "being modest, in developement, of immigrants and poor people". Why not make a movie about them? At least he would have gotten the words to make sense. He didn't film in Mexico, because the México *he imagined* did not fit the reality... so, he had a fever dream and then fed it to google translate. The dialogues and lyrics make no sense. His intentions were selfserving, not good in any way.
The problem in Emilia Pérez is not only Karla, is about a hole country an its culture being reduced as bad and uninformed stereotypes by a French director that has also been so disrespectful with Mexican people. This is really sad
Can't believe this thing won Best Musical at the Globes over Wicked. The uproar is MORE than justified
It is supposed to be a s LatinX oscar estravaganza and now Karlita has fumbled the bag by landing a nuke on Black people who are just minding their business . They will give Zoey her oscar and then er.. Fernandita will get hers even though something tells me Demi could get it because of her come back story.
@@PHlopheZoe is a Zionist she’s evil and fake hope the academy don’t vote for her
Emelia Perez winning at the Oscars will hurt the award’s credibility permanently
Pamela Anderson should have been in there instead.
She was quietly transcendent in the driveway scene💗
I hope she wins at SAG, by the way
Sad he didn't say her name. Very telling
@@jairomywhy, he can’t name them all, not the point of this video.
Literally any lead performance of the entire year by an actual WOMAN should have been nominated over this joke.
This movie is the Pandora's box of this season. Everything wrong with the race comes down to this disgraceful, tasteless, hypocritical film since the beginning. Now is just imploding within itself.
I agree with people comparing it to Crash when it comes to dishonest, disingenuous, performative representation of minorites and social issues. I hope history doesn't repeat again and it doesn't win absolutely anything coming March
And she wants to take Brasil down with them 🫨
Internet is very cruel, and apparently she belongs with them.
She was here in Brazil when she said things, without evidence, against one of the contenders. Too said. The first thing I thought was: Shouldn’t she be celebrating her achievements instead?
Jules, she landed a seismically strong nuke on Black people with her over the top racist comment.
This shows Black people live rent free in everyone's heads. we are in this planet to STAY , we are not going anywhere .
Are they going to scrap the "5 previous winners presenting this year's nominees" presentation? Who on earth is going to be willing to present Gascon?
Hilary Swank
No one probably
Caitlyn Jenner
Mel Gibson in a dress
Trump. They think alike.
😮😮 Emilia Pérez is the worst movie I've ever seen in my life! I really hope 'I'm Still Here' wins best internacional film!
I would like Anora to win best international film.
Honestly, I'd like to see The Seed of the Sacred Fig win the award.
@Argeaux2 Anora is not in the international category
You are completely crazy if you think is the worst film. It is trendy now to write stuff like that, and it’s the only reason you did.
Emilia Perez is not the best film this year (a very weak year for movies), and it’s definitely not the worst.
Personally, I didn’t like The Substance, its very shallow film, but I can’t say its the worst ever.
Bolsonaro's people showing up!
The movie is a complete disrespect, but its outrageous how everything got unwrapped. Audiard's terrible comments, Gascon's negative image, Selena's complete thing, and the way Mexico responded to the movie. The Academy is the one to blame.
Now what did selena do? you could argue her spanish wasn't perfect
but you trying to compare her to them? be for real
@jaychaneI obviously not, is just that everything came together...
@ it's just dumb and shady, what do you want me to say
@@jaychaneIshe made a mockery of the language. She’s a billionare, couldn’t she paid for a coach? Or, better yet, make your case to speak in English, She’s a good actress. Now, she of course doesn’t belong with the other two (I mean, Karla called her once a “rich r@t” and a “poor bastard”), but it was the first controversy. Now, in the end it’s the director main fault, but since he didn’t spoke the language of the “poor” couldn’t make good decisions
Does the controversy surrounding Selena Gomez really affect the films awards momentum since she's not even nominated for her performance?
As a Mexican all I can say is... reap what you sow.
I'm not a Mexican but I grew up watching Mexican telenovelas and I have great respect for your culture. When I saw that film I was very very confused because not only the accents were ridiculously bad, but the songs... oh, the songs! I can never unhear such atrocities. And so many terrible stereotypes that made my skin crawl. But what can you expect from the arrogant French, eh? (I love the French but sometimes they get too big for their boots)
This year's Oscars is literally a bloodbath. I feel like almost every nominees have a controversy surrounding them.
And it's almost terrifying how this awards season is like a reminiscent of Conclave. People on the internet really spread all those Gascon's tweets like Ralph Fiennes passing out copies of the Pope's documents.
But u cannot compare the others controversy like???? She is a 100% nazi! “Misinformation”
Her own tweets fat shaming Adele, calling Selena Gomez a “rat”, mocking Koreans and African Americans, calling Arabs “mentally retarded” and defending Hitler.
She is trying to gaslight and put the blame on the victims
Not Dune, The spice must flow
At this rate James Mangold may win director because he’s the only guy without a super crazy controversy
@@ChrisThomson-y7l Anyone but that Emilia director would be fine to me.
The animated features are drama-free
I don't think this will affect Emilia Perez winning Best Song and Best Supporting Actress, but I think this will affect it winning Best International Feature and Best Picture. Of course Karla wasn't going to win Best Actress but she is definitely giving the internet more reasons to hate the movie more.
HE! that's a full on man, let's not get it twisted
Hopefully that's the case. A Zoe win for her years of work as an actress would be nice and did any movies have any memorable original songs this year?
Zoe, god love her, was not the best actress of the year though. I don’t think she’d appreciate this kind of win.
@@vinnym5607 ... Wicked. There's that. And Zoe shouldn't be winning when there's better actresses who did better jobs in better movies. She should be awarded for an actual good job in a good movie. We should stop promoting the consolation prize culture that the Oscar's has.
@@blahblahblahblah729 Wicked had previously released songs so they aren't eligible.
And Margaret Qualley wasn't even nominated so I don't care who wins supporting actress.
Those tweets were there and no one cared until Karla got nominated. Netflix dropped the ball backing her before vetting her. They vet a lot of people. So either they knew (which is awful) or they were afraid to look (which is lazy).
Yea Netflix fumbled.
Big Tumble!
Agree. Thats a very valid point. People only dig up skeletons if someone is doing well.
I think the Anora backlash about not having an intimacy coordinator may have been a bigger deal because of the Lively vs Baldoni situation.
I like that Anora’s controversy is reigniting discussions around making intimacy coordinators mandatory in the industry.
Director of Babygirl Halina Reijn sang its praises saying it elevated the intensity of her intimacy scenes while keeping everyone safe.
My only concern is that if Mikey Madison wins Best Actress, what’s gonna stop other actors and productions from saying, “If Mikey Madison can win an Oscar without intimacy coordination, why should we use them?”
The Anora intimacy coordinator stuff is mainly an online thing. No one irl really cares
@@keekersneakers3259 No, I disagree, and think you’re speaking too soon. We still have a month until the Oscar ceremony. When you think about it, most of these controversies are NOT in the mainstream news right now with top stories being dominated by the Trump administration and plane disasters. Oscar drama of previous years have always peaked within the week of the ceremony due to guaranteed network engagement.
I just referenced Blake in a comment I made. She simply shouldn’t be an actor.
@@keekersneakers3259 the whole oscar conversation is an online thing that no one cares about irl
Let's not forget Emilia Pérez's director saying that Spanish lenguage is for poor people
Hey Brian the problem with not using intimacy cordinators is that it puts pressure on other actors to be "comfortable" enough to no need one. This things have to be mandatory in every single movie with intimate contact so that actors can never be pressured into "not needing" one.
@jillvalley212416 I'm not denying that in THAT movie nobody was pressured, but what about the next movie?
Its like having mandatory vacation time, its mandatory because if it was voluntary your employer could pressure you into not taking it. The same principle applies, intimacy coordinators should be mandatory so that no one can be pressured into rejecting them.
I'm not saying it shouldn't win an oscar or that it was some cardinal sin.
Its just a good conversation to have. Setting standards for when the time comes that people are uncomfortable and don't have the power to voice it.
I agree, it is a misguided decission of Sean Baker. I hope it does not affect Mikey Madison in any way since I am still rooting for her to win
@jillvalley212416 It doesn't matter if he's independent or not. Safety measures aren't something you can get out of a responsibility for just because you want to save money.
@@jillvalley212416 Claiming that the film is independent and that's why he cut it is pure delusion. The film cost 6 million to make. The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour epic set in the 1940s, was made with 10 million. I'm Still Here, which takes place in the 70s, was made with 1.5 million. Sean Baker edits his own films out of desire and not for lack of budget at this point in his career. MeToo existed so that these choices did not depend on any actor, director or producer. It should be mandatory on set. I'm pretty sure that Sean's film budget can handle it...
Emilia is not better than Wicked, I dont understand how could it win the golden globe?
Is wicked good ⁉️
@@BabaV2000yes. Wicked is excellent
@@BabaV2000 Is the best musical, sorry I don´t pretend to discuss it with u
@@BabaV2000wicked is one of the best musicals in a long time
it also wasn't better than a real pain, the substance and the other movies in that category either
As a Brazilian, all I can say is that the nominee I'll be rooting for has been behaving as the true artist and diva (in the good sense!!) that she is.
Marilou for the win
Karla Sofía Gascón has blown Emília Perez chances of winning. She might have harmed Zoe Saldanas chances also. Reminds me of the Gerard Depardieu controversy which definitely ruined his Oscar chances. Imagine if the Academy removes Gascons name from the nominees list and replace her with someone elses. 😂
Then its good....
Its a Boring movie 🤮
But Zoe Saldanas is Good As Usual ❤️
Here’s hoping. It’s a ghastly film with the worst ever example of category fraud/cheating in Oscar history.
@@craigrm74just line Ariana Grande, ahe also category fraud, couse shes more on the Lead not on the supporting role
I actually would be happy. I have not watched the movie at all but there is every reason why I won't watch it. Imagine if they remove every nomination for the film? Even better. 🤣
@@agungs8564 Ariana Grande is 100% not the lead in Wicked, it’s Elphaba. Her Supporting Actress category makes complete sense.
You know what MIGHT happen? The Emilia/ Brutalist/ Anora controversies might knock them ALL out, leaving the Best Picture field open to Conclave...not just because it's a superbly crafted old-school movie, but simply because absolutely nobody is mad at it!
I like this theory. It would make it more exciting 😂
The only people mad about it are the ultra-religious conservatives that were "disgusted" by the ending... so you honestly might be right 😂
I don’t think the Brutalist’s controversy is actually controversial and will probably take home Best Picture.
God, I hope not. What an absolutely dull winner that would be.
I don’t know. Bob Dylan was pretty happy with A Complete Unknown.
Fun fact, Brazilians never attacked Karla, they speak badly of the film, I never saw any attacks on Karla, but after she attacked Fernanda's team directly, things changed.
Alexander, she held no prisoners , now why is your ass focused on Brasileiroes who received tame comments
they attacked everyone else but Karla until she talked about Fernanda
I haven't liked Zoe Saldana since she demanded a couple of years ago not to be called a Black actress. She is Latina and prefers to be identified as such. I had no problem with that, but she should stop pursuing and accepting roles meant for Black women characters. As a Latina actress, she should leave roles like Lt. Uhura (Star Trek) and Nina Simone to Black actresses. In the case of Nina Simone, she even wore extra extra dark makeup, which was criticized as a form of blackface. Representation matters, and these roles should be left to Black actresses to portray these types of characters.
She is Afro-Latina, Afro-Latinos exist.
@@jmlagoslagos3043 OP explicitly starts their comment by saying Saldana doesn't WANT to identify with the Afro part of her heritage
I have to agree. I revere Nina Simone and, no disrespect to her, but Zoe Saldana should not have been cast in that role.
Wicked took note and ramped up their campaign. They have events scheduled throughout the next two weeks. All Ariana needs to shift momentum is a CC and SAG win. The path is so clear, and deserved!
Yes, I hope one of the other Supporting Actress nominees wins. I will be praying for Monica Barbaro, but betting on
Ariana Grande.❤
Ari should def get it since Qualley wasn’t nominated.
I'm not sure about Ariana winning SAG, Zoe will have a shot.
@@quintonposs3286 wicked over performed on nominations for SAG though
CC unfortunately is probably too late for Ariana to win considering voting has already ended. But she could easily take SAG and maybe BAFTA.
It's "Crash" all over again. A shallow exploration of complex social issues is getting a lot of love in Hollywood as performative social consciousness, even as the groups it depicts say that it's full of harmful stereotypes and imagery.
As a Spaniard, I feel very disappointed. Not only is she the second Spanish actress to be nominated for an acting Oscar (the third if we include Ana de Armas and the fifth if we include male actors), but she is the first openly trans person to get an acting nomination. And I was like, wow, we're making history here! And now... well, we still are making history, that's for sure... but for all the wrong reasons. Very sad 😢
The fact Karla will always be compared to THEE Penélope Cruz. Embarrassing.
Bueno, si en algo te consuela, creo que la gente al rededor del mundo, cree por desgracia que es mexicana, no vinculan con españa para nada, y como dijo el director, en si la película es un "himno a México", lo cual, nos avergüenza mucho.
@ladyblack9056 la verdad es que no me consuela, pero gracias... Los tweets siguen siendo igual de decepcionantes y la situación sigue siendo igual de triste seamos ella y yo de donde seamos...
@@ladyblack9056 No? En el mundo se está hablando de ella y se menciona que es española, lo que asocian a Mexico es que fueron los primeros en criticarla y a la película lmao
Let’s stop playing around with language. She is trans, not a woman. She should not have been nominated at all. Not only because her performance was awful, but also because she’s not a woman. Think of all the women who were ignored over Karla.
The fall from grace of Emilia Perez since it won the acting and jury prizes at Cannes has been unparalleled
she apologises for getting caught, not for being a pro-imperialist, religiously intolerant and pro-genocide racist.
I’m sorry but I am SO TIRED of watching people commentate on this SPANISH MOVIE based in MEXICO while ignoring what everyone who actually speaks Spanish is saying about it
- there wasn’t a single Mexican main actor nor Mexican accent in SIGHT. Latin American spanishes can differ so drastically that we can legitimately have a hard time even understanding each other sometimes. Having the wrong accents makes the entire thing a joke and almost impossible to watch
- French director openly said on a carpet that he did not do research on Mexico because he knew what he needed to know
- glorified Narcos and portrayed a horrifically ill-informed caricature of Mexican culture, lifestyle, and politics
Demi Moore, Mikey Madison and Fernanda Torres be like:' OK, it's down to the 3 of us for sure.' Sad in a way. I'm French but I'm still embarrassed for Audiard. Why did he make a movie like this anyway? Stay in France where your movies are relevant and about a culture you know and understand, man...
As a Mexican, I can say: thank you for your comment.
I am a true film lover, I enjoy cinema since I was a kid. For me and for many Mexicans the main problem was Audiard’s lack of sense to do a film about a culture, a language he just does not understand. Sadly all things came out are strictly linked to this point, both for Audiard and Gazcón.
If as a Mexican I have to say sorry, I am sorry, but we have to raise our voice to express that for us and many of the LGBTTTIQ+ members the film itself is xenophobic, racist, and transphobic. Good premise, but poorly made.
Thanks for the video. Sadly I agree with you.
Let’s keep celebrating performances and films, despite all, this year for me was fantastic.
I really think he was Just being irrational. He really thought he was doing something here or really didn't give a damn about backlash, wich is really terrible because to a whole generation and Latin America his image is tarnished beyond repair
As a Brazilian who loves French movies I couldn’t agree more. He made a sh!t movie. Nothing to do with French movies you guys have.
The fact that Gascon has a scene in which she raises her voice in a moment of anger - implying that it would be the masculine (represented as bad) inside her emerged. This is VERY transphobic! A trans woman is a trans woman. End of story. His manifestation of anger is not expressed with masculinity. That was very disrespectful!
Marianne Jean-Baptiste should have been nominated.
Yes.
I think the Hollywood media was largely ignoring that a huge part of the hate for the film was based on the fact that it is played in a racist imaginary Mexico where not even the actors speak proper Spanish. Can you imagine if some French director made a musical on 9/11 with people that barely speaks English, recorded in Europe and without Americans in the team? With a lot of offensive clichés on American people? Absurd as it is it wouldn’t be as bad, because it would be lacking the racist component on their view of Mexico. Gascon tweets just made all these problems impossible to ignore. She is Emilia Perez in a nutshell.
sorry but what is proper spanish? you mean with mexican accent? because Gascon is from spain and zoe speaks perfect spanish with a domenican accent as she isn't from mexico just as her character in the movie, edgar ramirez is from Venezuela one of the countries with the most neutral spanish accent in latinoamerica, adriana paz is from mexico...so?. i feel like a lot of you didn't even watch the film and are just repeating what you hear ...
and selena's character is supossed to be american with mexican roots just like selena and that's how an american sounds when they speak spanish.
@ You're absolutely delusional if you think the lines are well written in Spanish and that the carachters can pass as native Spanish speakers (apart from Emilia, obviously) - much less sound like Mexicans. Try to listen what Mexicans have to say about how they speak in the film. And don't even get me started on the absolute universal joke Selena Gomez Spanish has become anywhere.
@ And yes. Unfortunately I watched it. I am latin, I speak Spanish and I am a filmmaker. It is ok to disagree with me, but you're not that special to assume my criticism is not valid or not my own.
@ well, youtube deleted my original comment and I don't have the time to keep on this. But you're delusional if you think the script is well written in Spanish or that the constant and unexpected changes of accent (and for English) are passable. They are laughable, actually. And any of the charachters sounds Mexican at all.
No one is talking about the elephant in the room.
13 nominations for Emilia Perez makes no sense on so many levels.
I saw the movie….it wasn’t great let’s be honest.
My humble opinion is the Academy went all out with these nominations in
retaliation to Donald Trumps Presidency.
I don’t like the way Mexicans are portrayed in this movie and neither do my Mexican friends.
As far as Karla Sofia Gascon ?
Let’s just say Marianne Jean-Baptiste got robbed.
I cannot believe she wasn’t nominated..OMFG..
Fernanda Torres was brilliant in I’m Still Here. Thank God she was nominated.
I have no issue with Demi,Fernanda,or Mikey winning the Oscar.
They are all very deserving.
I agree with you. But if it is retaliation against Donald Trump just for winning
the presidency, maybe The Apprentice would have received more nods. 😂
I'm still here is likely to win best foreign film
I'm picking Fernanda Torres, for three reasons - many feel like her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, should have won for "Central Station" ahead of Gwyneth Paltrow, so it could be a "make up" Oscar for that; second, Demi Moore has had so many Razzie nominations and not-as-good performances that some voters might not be willing to overlook that. Third, I think Mikey Madison doesn't have the name recognition of the other two just yet. This will obviously help her, but Torres and Moore have done it longer.
This was the most unbiased, factual, and honest presentation on this awards season's controversies. I have the utmost respect for Brian.
How can we celebrate when we have Emilia Perez getting 128462838 nominations? It’s disgusting to see EP nominated to best editing for example. Now Karla should be banned from the ceremony. Her tweets are gross. And based on her last Instagram posts, she doesn’t regret a word.
Her tweets are based, 90% of them are facts and how most people feel is correct
@@MuhammadsliterDo you want a treat for calling her a woman?
@@Muhammadsliter🤡
I believe that an excess of nominations (And Wins) is hurting this film, like it hurted "Shakespeare in Love (Though the Latter one is better).
In 10 years from now, I believe the film will be re-reviewed as a "mediocre oscar-bait film", and not like "The Worst thing to ever be put to the silver screen".
i think thats why people are upset. this is like crash and green book, very surface level issue and clickbait. and like those films, it is actually what it accuses it not to be (it is racist and transphobic). i don't think people think it was the worst. they are reacting to the stolen valor of it all (for example, the editing sucks and gets nominated but challengers editing gets snubbed)
@@brittanyolson6859, I believe the academy learned her lesson and will not prize this with best picture. Foreign film will go to "I'm Still Here"; I'm pretty sure that's the only reason they also nominated it for BP (Not trying to downgrade the film's achievement. I am Brazilian myself).
In the end, if controversies keep piling up, the film will either win Song & Supporting Actress, tying the record for most losses, or beat Turning Point's and The Color Purple's record.
People really liked Shakespeare in Love and some still defend that movie, but winning best picture was the worst thing that could have happened for its legacy
What I still can't understand is how this film got 13 Oscar nominations. 13! The same amount as Gone with the Wind, the only other film to garner so much award recognition. In the history of cinema how is this garbage worthy of 13 Academy Award nominations? Basically it got more than Goodfellas, The Godfather, The Exorcist. WTF? With these revelations this films award chances are now dead in the water. Thank God. I am a gay guy in my forties myself so you think I would be a bit more tolerant to this sort of narrative but I had to switch this garbage off 30 + min into the film.
As a Brazilian, I have to agree with the "lack of celebration." The film I'm Still Here with its Oscar nominations turned this awards season experience into a historic and collective feeling for the Brazilian nation. Moreover, seeing Karla Gascon nominated and being aware of the entire community she represents is beautiful!
However, what could have been historic, beautiful, and festive has become toxic and sad. Following the campaigns and news related to the productions has become uncomfortable-where’s the celebration?! I think Netflix’s race this season put Karla in a punching bag position, and unfortunately, it’s been up to her to endure it to the limit. I like her so much, gosh...
That said, I'm Still Here will always have my support. This film represents so much for my country and the world, valuing the memory that political society and citizens are forcing us to forget. We will continue to resist and remember what should have been overcome long ago.
The reason why Perez has done so well is because of the trans gimmick and the Academy wants to be seen as socially aware, so they throw their support behind it. I would argue they did the same with CODA; if it wasn't about a deaf family, would it still have won?
If it wasnt about a deaf family it probably wouldn't have won but it also would be a different movie. The conflict with their fishing business revolves around that so they would have to change the plot.
@@robbyten100 that's not the point of op's comment..... don't be so dense
I kind of agree. I feel like this is a year they wanna be seen as "progressive", despite nearly every Progressive out there saying how distasteful this film is. At the same time though... it's made by Netflix... and I just think if the Academy were finally gonna give Netflix a chance, I don't think this would be the one to do it. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. I just feel like they'd see this, realize it's a Netflix movie, and think "Oh... nevermind, I guess". But it also just depends on the precursors as well. CODA won because it was getting awards from WGA, and I believe PGA and SAG for ensemble awards. Like it basically crawled its way to the finish line because movies like Power of the Dog, Dune, and Belfast were losing steam as the Oscars got closer. If Emilia Perez wins any Ensemble or Cast awards, it can pretty much be a done deal. We just gotta wait and see. I mean who knows? Maybe Anora sweeps the competition (besides maybe BAFTA), maybe A Complete Unknown comes out of nowhere, maybe Wicked or The Brutalist wins everything. It's one of those years where nobody will know anything until the awards actually get handed out
Idk, a movie literally titled Children of Deaf Adults is kind of hard to be about anything else.
Coda is atleast decent unlike Emilia Perez. Personally I thought that year was very weak and dune was by far the best nominee
I'm a little disappointed that you really glossed over the fact that *a lot* of the negativity about this movie is coming directly from Trans and Mexican People about the way the movie represents them, or rather how it fails to represent them. Obviously there are stupid people on the opposite end and people who just who don't like the movie in general for movie reasons, but the vast consensus from Trans and Mexican people is that this is at best unhelpful and at worst regressive and offensive.
He's not Trans or Mexican so why would he speak for them? This is is his channel and he's giving HIS views/reactions.
STOP reaching. If he would have spoken for said groups, people would accuse him of Mansplaining or Whitesplaining.
Ralph fiennes might as well put his hand on Gacon’s shoulder and say “you will never be best actress.” like he did in the movie lol
😂😂😂
Mikey Madison and Marianne Jean-Baptiste gave THE two best performances this past year. Male or female.
Demi Moore, did a great job with a role designed for her. Good for her.
However for anyone who has seen the films we know Mikey Madison and Jean-Baptiste gave the finest performances of the year. Only they do not have a strong campaign behind them at this point it seems for the awards competition.
Just give Best Actress to Demi Moore. It's well deserved and she's not in any racist controversies.
We can thank Harvey Weinstein and his Miramax tactics for the constant barrage of negative campaigning. I remember he used those tactics to try and undermine Saving Private Ryan during award season, calling out the historical inaccuracies, trying to “expose” the ghost writers. It was the first time I remember smear campaigns taking over an Oscar award season.
Union Brasil 🤝🏼Mexico 🇧🇷🇲🇽 against Emilia Perez
As a Spanish native speaker, the movie is an insult, not only for its approach to Mexican culture, but also for the movie itself. You are so generous finding something positive in that dreadful movie, script, music, acting, photography, etc; are just useless. Even more disgusting is the comments from the director and Gascón! 😡
If Will Smith can be kicked out of the Academy for ten years then Karla Sofia Gascon’s nomination can be rescinded. Give it to Baptist or Jolie or Anderson or Kidman, not Gascon.
Talking crap is one thing, assalting is a whole other stuff.
@@Heroliesinyou You cannot down play racism by calling it crap. Physical violence and racism are both harmful and that nomination should be rescinded.
Sadly, Emilia Pérez contains a lot of racism and disregard towards Mexico, its culture and the pain that it’s people have suffered because of drug violence. This particular film does not deserve to be celebrated at all.
Movie critics helped Emilie Perez getting the nominations. They where probably afraid of criticizing the movie. Its a disaster.
The movie is horrible, it's unwatchable.
I feel lied to.
That’s a little silly, some critics online and on UA-cam have given the movie negative reviews. 😅
@@pdaigle531 Yes. 99% of the reviews I've seen from regular movie goers and reviewers has been negative. Praise has only been within the award circles, which is odd.
The Academy should have rescinded the Best Actress nomination the moment it became clear Karla had no interest in recanting the statements.
Brian, you're speaking about Gascon, but you're completely ok with Borisov, being a representative of an mad aggressive country. An actor, who is not speaking a word about a war, who is involved in a bunch of propaganda projects at home. He's a media person, who lives in Russia even today visiting all the state events, making movies sponsored by state, who was filmed in occupied Kremlin! It makes me sad. Such a double standard. I know that you love Anora, but this is a case of complete blindness..
Sorry, but no. Do you think that American people IS responsable by ALL wars that usa cause? You dont, right? Dont mix the things
@@agabasia5204 why Americans are so dumb?
@ russia started a huge war in the middle of Europe and it's going to expand... I wonder if US suddenly attacked Canada or Mexico what would you expect to hear from celebrities?
Also, there's actually such thing as collective responsibility. ask Germans who paid reparations for years after war. There's also Marlen Dietrich who refused to be filmed by nazis. And there's Borisov... just comparing..
Also, i'm not american, i live in the country accused of coagression. And I would hate to see someone from our "official stars" to be recognised by Oscars
These controversies have overshadowed this award season; therefore the other nominated films are not getting enough media attention. “Conclave”, “Wicked”, “Nickel Boys”, Dune, Part 2” among the others are very well deserving of their nominations but given that “Emilia Pérez” keeps making headlines throughout all kinds of media, it seems to downplay the other films’ achievements. I saw “I’m Still Here” and I was floored!
IMO, Gascón's words were barely an apology... Really, they sound completely empty and it makes me really sad to have a feeling that she's not a good person.
I keep thinking about the substantial chilling effect that Black protests against Spielberg’s The Color Purple had on its Oscar campaign in ‘86. It went 0/11, which was a scandal, of course. The odds Emilia Perez goes 0/13 increase by the day.
The biggest and most fascinating question of the year remains:
Does the Academy take what will likely be their only opportunity and award Avatar’s female lead / love interest?
Or do they anoint a Global Pop Superstar “Academy Award Winner” at only 32?
Frankly, I’m hoping they reject them both and give Rossellini the Jamie Lee Curtis treatment, (although I do believe Grande would be a deserving winner).
Big hugs, Brian. I hope you’re feeling better today. The KSG of it all has been very hard for me as a queer person. Not only the events of these past weeks, but remembering how quiet all these people were when, say, Mel Gibson was nominated for Hacksaw Ridge a few years ago.
The outrage is selective. I’ve read enough of what she said to be appalled, but this giddy pillorying is absolutely being boosted, fanned, and enjoyed, by bigots - at the expense of other Queer people, as well as the films competing against Emilia Perez.
I am so sorry that you’ve got people in your comment section misgendering KSG, that is absolutely beyond the pale. I respect your choice to simply correct those voices.
As always, you are such a refreshing presence on this hellsite. I so appreciated the effort it took you to make this. We’ll get through this season together, lol.
If Emilia Perez really does win Best Picture, I feel like we owe Crash and Green Book an apology 😂
Green Book was a sweet movie
😮😮😮
@CatzCraze Nah, it was really bad at portraying the one issue that it was about
Regarding GREEN BOOK, it is worth noting the competition it was facing and all of them had downsides. Ironically, given the competition, GREEN BOOK was actually the least problematic of the bunch (BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY and THE FAVOURITE were too polarizing (the latter due to the sexual content); BLACK PANTHER was a superhero movie; ROMA had the Netflix bias etc.). GREEN BOOK had good audience scores and was a theatrical release unlike ROMA.
Crash and Green Book are way better than Emilia Perez and that's saying a lot considering the fact that both of those films had no business being nominated for Oscar's let alone winning some😅😅!!
I really like how you elaborate and ground your opinions. It's really sad this season is not about celebration anymore, your're absolutely right.
Apparently, Karla Sofia Gascon is expected to receive a Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this month, and I'm curious if that will be canceled or expected to move forward 🤔
Haibo ! after what she said about Black people whew !
You mentioning that you get negative comments when you talk about that film without explaining why is an issue to me… you completely erase how problematic that film is to begin with… tone deaf.
This is my first year really getting into the Oscars race, watching all of the Best Picture nominees, etc. and uh....wow. 😭
I feel like that one meme of Donald Glover walking in with pizza to everything on fire
karla sofia gascon accused fernanda torres' team without proof of spreading hatred against the film Emilia Perez, and then gave a lame excuse that wasn't exactly what she had said, when she spoke in so many words to harm Fernanda Torres. Fernanda apologized for something she did more than 20 years ago... but Karla's Tweets are extremely recent, there are things from last year, racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, lesbophobia, sinophobia, just gratuitous hatred for her thought of Higher European.
Compition
The Oscars have NEVER been about “celebrating film” lol.
If that were the case, million dollar campaigns wouldn’t be necessary.
It has been for many of us.
If you are academy member, I do wonder, even if you did like the movie, and didn’t see any issues with it, how can you now feel comfortable backing it at this point? Could they feel comfortable casting a vote in its favor? Will any of this have lasting repercussions in its campaign?
Karla’s apology was hardly an apology though. more An apology has to show you’ve understood what you did, that you feel genuine shame and remorse, and that you want to grow from it and change.
“I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt. As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain...I believe light will always triumph over darkness."
I want to acknowledge the pain my old posts caused, but I won’t, let me tell you how I’ve been a victim too. That’s not an apology.
My issue with the Brutalist AI isn’t the degree to which it was used as much as the how and why. I’m actually LESS bothered by the generative AI because the images were then given to actual artists to make the final product we see in the movie. The AI used to tweak the performances wasn’t about “audio levels,” it altered vowel sounds in the accent for the portions where they spoke Hungarian. Because the accent is hard. If AI is used, I mind less when it’s used to make up for lack of resources, more when it’s used to make the final product to compensate for the shortcomings of the artists. Just live with there being slight imperfections in the accent like most every other movie ever made where someone is doing an accent.
Those tweets are shocking and abhorrent. It's sad that several awards committees felt it necessary to celebrate a movie that's been called racist and transphobic by many in and out of trans and Mexican community. "I Saw the TV Glow" is brilliant and a loved representation of the trans experience and got completely ignored. I'm not sure what any of these people are thinking.
I think Anora is a bit silly to go after because of the intimacy coordinator because she was offered one and turned it down, because she had worked with the director and director's wife well before the scene was shot -- the intimacy was coordinated, this isn't a situation where an actress had sex scenes sprung upon her or changed by the actor taking advantage. I'd always advocate for someone to be on set and be separate to the director, a more neutral third party, but ultimately she felt safe enough to turn it down.
With regards to Emilia Perez, it should not have been nominated for this many awards. It was controversial before it was nominated simply due to the portrayal of trans issues and mexico. If it had just got music, sound or one acting nomination it wouldn't be under the scrutiny it is now.
As a trans person, let me say, the first trans person to get nominated being an older racist conservative white lady - sadly not a surprise. But, she won't be the last trans person nominated. It's disappointing, but in the coming year(s) there will be a trans actor that deserves the award (who isn't a bigot to literally every minority group).
Honestly, even if she wasn't a mess, there is so much transphobia in the film that her winning would feel equivalent to when Hilary Swank won for playing a trans man - a major backstep that pushes harmful tropes about trans folks.
The bottom line is that the film does not deserve a single nomination including Zoe Saldana’s category fraud supporting nomination. If this scandal means zero wins that would be just. Wtf is with the nominations for cinematography and screenplay in particular.
Then Ariana also didn't deserve the nomination, couse shes more in a Lead bot supporting, its a real category fraud
Brian, I feel you. But, as a Latino, 'Emilia Pérez' finally let's me understand how Asian people felt with 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' with Mickey Rooney. Or how black people have felt about countless films.
However, I do agree with you that the momentum that the negative sentiment is gathering feels off. We all know people prefer to trash bad films instead of celebrate good ones, that's what most film review channels started as (I mean YMS or CinemaSins), but a lot of opportunistic people seem to be jumping on this.
And it's a shame Karla Sofia Gascón has wound up like this since she's genuinely the only good performance in the film... Which makes sense since she's mainly worked in México despite being Spanish
Andres, Black people could have told ALL Y'ALL about those types of films. but are y'all listening umm NO.
we told you all that Trump was coming for y'all immediately after election. did you listen ? NO
That'll learn ya !
@@PHlophe Stop it. I was listening, I just said only now do I truly know how it feels to be targeted. Also, I'm black (as Saldaña) and not American, so spare me the lectures and covert racial taunts over people getting deported. 🤦🏾♂
The problem with the intimacy co-ordinator not being used is even if she felt she was not pressured the publicity of it re-opens the door for others to be pressured. There’s a reason they are supposed to be mandatory now, it’s way too easy of a situation to coerce or pressure people into doing things they uncomfortable with, it’s also a hard situation to advocate for yourself in because of all the studio and filming pressures. It sets a bad precedent. It’s also inherently unprofessional, it’s not just about actors comfort, it’s about having someone there to advocate, maintain boundaries, make sure proper barriers are used, and ensure that none of the actors or people working on the set take end up in a compromising, uncomfortable, or otherwise bad situation in the course of filming these scenes. You may go into the scene comfortable but then something happens and now what? Do you feel you can speak up? The reason it’s a big deal is that it has ramifications beyond the film. They basically spat in the face of people that worked really hard to make sure the coordinators are present to prevent situations that have occurred in the past, whether or not the people involved claimed to be “comfortable” at the time of filming. Now other sets can point to this movie and go, “well they didn’t use one, do we really need to use one? Nudge nudge.” It might seem nominal when you only look at the film but it’s introduced a recent precedent, a fissure, in a system that’s inherently meant to protect people in their job and is still just becoming recognized as a necessary industry standard. Her saying she was comfortable shows a professional naivety towards why a co-ordinator is there in the first place, it’s like someone deciding they don’t need a lawyer to represent them in court they’re going to represent themselves.
This isn’t to discredit her comfort, I don’t wish her to feel bad, but it was very unprofessional from everyone involved in this scene/movie (in front of and behind the camera) to not insist one was there.
Madison is in the right line of work for her personality whereas someone like Blake Lively is not. I get what you’re saying though and think for bigger productions it’d perhaps be wise to make it mandatory. Madison wanted to be authentic and it’s almost like her version of method acting, but a different actor may feel in hindsight they were taken advantage of. Free Mikey though.
Excellent comment!!❤ Intimacy Coordinators are a must regardless of how many sex scenes there are in a film or TV production. Secondly, I encourage those people arguing against having an Intimacy Coordinator to read the backstory to what happened on the set of Last Tango in Paris and a certain scene that involved SA.
The lead actress in that film is still traumatized decades later. Safety and Consent over anything, imagine if there was an Intimacy Coordinator on that set back in 1972, smdh😒🤦🏾♀️.
With regards to Anora, why is Mikey’s opinion the only one that matters? Other cast members may have wanted or benefited from having an intimacy coordinator.
This movie is trash and should not be praised what so ever. I do not need to hear praise for this movie as a Mexican and a member of the lgbt community this movie is awful.
American vloggers: Amelia Peréz Rest of the world: Emilia Pérez... peace *:)*
Crash: "Suddenly I'm looking pretty good now, huh?"
Ok, it’s nominated. Nothing can be done about that. But if voters still make it win anything, they’re showing how tone deaf and privileged they are. Because at this point, you’d have to live in a bubble to ignore how problematic this film is for everyone it claims to represent.
The award ceremonies is pushing this movie in our faces just to virtue signal but everyone hates it and isn’t buying it…
It’s not even virtue signaling. Audiard himself said he didn’t even bother researching to make it even 1% woke.
(Trans doesn’t bother me, but this movie isn’t giving them a good representation)
Hmm. My take on this sitch in general is that given all the negativity and hostility in our culture in general these days, it’s not surprising it’s rubbed off on the Oscars to this extent.
However, I can’t justify Gascon’s hostility or that shown towards her. I also think Anora should have had an intimacy coordinator, but that’s really water under the bridge, as is the Brutalist/AI flap. Did those issues REALLY affect the quality of those movies? If not, let it go.
To me, the dumbest controversy is the liberties taken on Dylan’s bio in A Complete Unknown. Every biopic ever made, since the beginning of cinema, has taken liberties with their subjects. The classic case was the Cole Porter biopic with Cary Grant, which didn’t even admit to a hint of his homosexuality. So it’s time to stop obsessing about this stuff. I think Unknown is perfectly worthy of a nomination.
It is kind of funny that Conclave seems to be the only scandal-free movie, the dubious Rossellini mom notwithstanding (and I guess certain religious orgs weren’t thrilled with it either, if one considers that scandalous). Maybe it’s time for Ralph to even things out by having another mile-high assignation with a stewardess (JUST KIDDING; I think he’s fab).
Anyway, Brian, glad you did this. I knew there was a reason I liked you.
@@patriciagrandjean8205 The most scandalous thing for Conclave is that some conservative priests thought it was woke garbage and the twist was trash
I am not Mexican. I support trans people. And I think vehemently that EP is a terribly made film. Except for the solid Saldaña performance, there is nothing else worthy of ANY award. What were those voters thinking?! The screenplay is ridiculous. A murderous cartel boss wants to be a woman. Huh? After a while he wants to see his reluctantly exiled family back. He does. (Though one of the kids says he smells like papa, he remains auntie. Huh?). Wife falls in love and takes the kids. Kidnaps back and forth. Emilia starts up a non-profit with drug $ to help people whose loved ones have been butchered, murdered, disappeared by him and his cartel. WTF? Penultimate scene: everybody but the lawyer and the kids die. (But not before wife recognizes EP as her husband and loves him/her again. Soap opera? I’m not even going into the lawyer’s role in all this. O dear.) But the most preposterous scene has got to be the parade honoring EP. The people marching down the street with the iconic Mexican brass band behind a huge statue of Emilia like they traditionally do-get ready for it-with a statue of the Virgin Mary. The music (yes, this movie is supposed to be a musical. Whaaat? ) This is a terrible movie. And notice I’ve not mentioned the hateful actor who plays the supporting ( category fraud) role. Isn’t it sad that the first trans actor to be nominated for a major role turns out to be such a POS giving a comparatively mediocre role. If she shows up for the ceremony I’d be very, very surprised.
I have no issues with her being nominated, but she's going to lose to Demi and dare I say, I think The Substance is going to win best picture and I think we're all going to get our Horror due! Finally! Ignore all the negative shiii, but if Demi doesn't win! There will be riots and we don't need that in L.A. right now 🎉😢
Zoe will have to work harder this month to secure her Oscar lmao. Anyways, I’m Still Here is winning international film and Fernanda is even closer to a historic and legendary win! Fingers crossed!
Torres has her own blackface problem. These 2 women are just talking themselves out haha
Don’t underestimate Demi. Fernanda is not even in SAG and BAFTA
@@tashkentyand that's exactly what makes the Oscar unpredictable, because they haven't faced and won't face each other until the Oscar. Demi is still the favorite, but Fernanda is definitely the close second.
For me the saddest part about Karla's nomination not being revoked is that now a very openly horrible person is always going to be the first trans woman to have such a huge honor.... 😢
Can people have some grace? People change and make mistakes. Maybe some things were taken out of context. It’s all sad
@user-if4ux9io8q oh shut up, not even like 2 weeks ago she was calling mexicans "gatos" and saying that only "gente de bien" understood and liked the movie, she's still a racist, maybe not to the extend of a few years ago ('cause some of those tweets are from 2y) but she's still a racist, and she's attacking the only Latin American movie in competition for an Oscar, so no, she hasn't change and we shouldn't let that pass or have some grace, she needs to learn and face some consequences
I’m 56. I’ve watched every Oscar ceremony since 1982, when Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn won for On Golden Pond. I’ve followed the Oscar horserace for 43 years. And the last few years, it’s been nasty. This year is the nastiest, but they’ve all been nasty, because I remember what it used to be like. And the problem is social media. We live in a nasty social media culture. I don’t have an opinion on whether Emilia Perez deserves those nominations because I haven’t seen it yet. But still, the nastiness of Oscar season is a trend.
Sorry but it’s true this movie did not deserve 13 Oscars nominations
22:54 the Oscars are precisely about this. They nominated a bad trans actress just because she's trans. What the hell are you talking about
I agree. The Oscars have become a virtue signaling Hollywood bubble. I haven't watch an entire ceremony in a decade
@@xoxo20000But you follow this channel and are STILL watching? 🤡
They are just ticking boxes to make themselves look "progressive" yet they are still out of touch with the real world
Have you read the racists comments of Jacques Audiard about the spanish language? Such a bigotry...
I hope that Emilia Pérez ends up winning nothing after this.