How Zoe Saldaña reacted to the fact that “Emilia Pérez” was “hurtful for Mexican people”
After Zoe Saldaña won the Oscar as the best supporting actress for her work in “Emilia Pérez”, she was interviewed in the backstage area. A journalist asked her that after “Emilia Pérez” “very hurtful for Mexican people”, especially since Mexico was “the focus” of the film. She then apologized.
Your apology
How to apologize is crucial. One can focus on the fact that those who apologize have felt injured. Or you can apologize for hurt people, if unintentionally,. Which takes responsibility and does not show the injured feelings of those affected. Zoe Saldaña chose the former version. “I am very, very sorry that you and so many Mexicans felt hurt inside. We didn’t want that. We came from a place of love and assumption and I stay with it. “
In doing so, she referred to the reactions of Mexican people who found that the representation of Mexico and Mexican people in “Emilia Pérez” twists the actual place and the actual Mexican people.
Your backstage interview:
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The actress contradicted the view that the film was about Mexico: “For me, the heart of this film was not Mexico; We didn’t make a film about a country, we made a film about four women. And these women could have been Russians, Dominicans, Blacks from Detroit, from Israel or Gaza. These women were still very universal women, but they fight every day. They try to survive systemic oppression and find their most authentic voices. I stand by that. “
What she did not speak: that systemic oppression does not work the same everywhere. Various social conditions produce different forms of oppression. As an example: A woman in Gaza and a woman in Detroit have different problems. Both can be faced with sexism. But a woman in Gaza is not affected by US health policy. To deal with what you are specifically confronted with forms your own voice. What a voice becomes authentic and does not make it seep away in slogans.
Your proposal
Finally, Zoe Saldaña spoke out for a round of talks: “I am also always ready to sit down with all my Mexican brothers and sisters and to talk to love and respect about how ‘Emilia’ could have been done better.”
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How did your colleague Karla Sofía Gascón appear?
“Emilia Pérez” was nominated 13 times at the Oscars, including Karla Sofía Gascón as the best main actress. It was clear to the fact that she would not win because of her previous, sometimes inhuman tweets: So it was clear to the inside. How she would give herself at the award, not. Karla Sofía Gascón did not enter the red carpet, but was present in the hall during the award. It was hardly shown in the transmission of the ceremony.