The 13 Nominations for the Oscar Awards of the film “Emilia Pérez”, a record for foreign production in the elitist Hollywood, seemed to be the redemption of minorities in the Mecca of the cinema. Not only did the Spanish language sneaked through the lists to the Americans, but also its protagonist Karla Sofía Gascón, became the first trans woman nominated for best leading actress.
The 52 -year -old Spanish seemed to be enjoying the honeys of success, especially when he made history to obtain the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival as best actress and the Golden Globe for best film. However, in less than 48 hours, the world came over. The Spanish magazine Variety revealed more than 20 tweets of racist content that the actress would have written a few years ago when she criticized the jurors of the academy and then pointed directly to the African -American race, Islam and the most controversial of all, when she justified the thought of Hitler for raising the Aryan race over the rest.
The mediatization of messages against the Oscars, Islam and not condemning the actions of Nazism, definitely broke the impression that the actress had caused with the film “Emilia Pérez” and the credibility of her statements, in which she always promoted gender equality , race and nationality.
Faced with this intellectual setback of his figure, the Spanish made a statement on her Instagram account where she counterattacked saying that she was being the victim of a hate and misinformation campaign that affected her person. That is why he decided to close his X account, since he had suffered death threats and virtual violence. In his discharge, he defends himself explaining: “Maybe my words are not correct, many times due to ignorance or pure mistake, I ask forgiveness again if someone has ever felt offended or in the future.”
The truth is that in the last hours the producer Netflix, in charge of promoting the film, removed it from the advertisements and announced that it will not finance its trips to the scheduled presentations. For now, it is believed that on March 2, in The red carpet of the Oscar awards will not only be redemption, but even, absence and above all controversy.
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