Have we got a massive tinsel town plot twist to share with you!
As you may know, Hollywood was recently full of self-congratulations when they nominated a biological male in the Best Actress category of the upcoming Academy Awards. The actor’s name is Karla Sofia Gascón, and he starred in the Spanish-language film “Emila Pérez,” which aired on Netflix. Gascón was the belle of the ball as the movie racked up 13 nominations and the actor was lauded for being the first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar.
Oh, how they all celebrated themselves for being so generous and open-minded! There were a few problems, however, including the fact that apparently no one liked the film. First off, the plot doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
Zoe Saldaña stars as gifted but underpaid lawyer Rita Mora Castro. She receives a mysterious job offer that promises her unimaginable wealth if she works for a seedy client. Rita accepts and discovers the client is infamous cartel kingpin Juan “Manitas” Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón).
Del Monte wishes to pay Rita to create a new identity and life for himself and (separately) his wife (Selena Gomez) and children. Del Monte will undergo gender-affirming surgery and live as a woman, Emilia Pérez. However, years after the surgery, Del Monte regrets abandoning her family and hires Rita to reunite them under the guise that Emilia is a cousin of Del Monte.
Oh, and it’s a musical.
Then, the gay community slammed the film as a “step backward” for “trans representation” in Hollywood. Brad Slager, one of RedState’s most dogged culture vultures, had all the details.
“‘Emilia Pérez’ is a step backward for trans representation,” GLAAD explained in November in a breakdown of its release compiled from a number of critics from the community. The group cites representations that are considered tropes in Hollywood’s portrayals of the trans community. Some of the main complaints served up concerns that while it was hyped coming out of Cannes, most of the reviews praising the film were not from members of the LGBTπ community, and so as the movie was building cultural and critical steam, it was driving away the very community it was depicting. Among the other critiques have been that the transitioning in the storyline is used as an act of redemption, where a murderous drug lord is heralded after the transition.
And, now, in a major plot twist, it seems that the Best Actress nominee has a history of posting politically-charged commentary on social media.
In a now-deleted social media post in Spanish, Gascón said Islam was “becoming a hotbed of infection for humanity that urgently needs to be cured.” In 2020, she called George Floyd a “drug addict swindler.”
In another post, she took aim at the 2021 Oscars, saying, “More and more the #Oscars are looking like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives Matter demonstration or the 8M. Apart from that, an ugly, ugly gala.”
Sounds kind of based, right?
Joe Biden Signed With a Hollywood Talent Agency? Let’s Brainstorm Some Possible Roles.
Trump Names Three Movie Stars As Special Envoys to Tinseltown—Predicts the ‘Golden Age of Hollywood!’
Despite decrying his own posts publicly, stating he is “not racist,” Hollywood has turned its collective back on Gascón, and you won’t be seeing the nominee at any of the pre-Oscars events in the build-up to the March 3rd ceremony. This includes sitting out the AFI Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the Producers Guild Awards. In short, Netflix doesn’t want the actor anywhere near Hollywood for the sin of having an opinion that’s not in lockstep with the town’s elite.
Hollywood was eager to celebrate its so-called progress—until it became inconvenient. They’re really hoping no one will notice.
