It’s the Oscars on a knife-edge: who’ll win the award for hating Emilia Pérez the most? | Marina Hyde
Hailed as a progressive triumph, now it’s mired in scandal and acrimony. If that’s not a film for our troubled times, what is?
The implosion of the awards juggernaut Emilia Pérez is extremely watchable. Honestly, this is a five-star controversy for a three-star film. Each day brings a new piece of hilarity, as a hurt elite entertainment community – who were simply trying to do the correct and approved thing – now struggles to navigate the possibility that actually, they might all have been involved in a big old shitshow. Take Zoe Saldaña, whose Oscar campaign has been simply ruined by her marginalised-community co-star’s historic attempts to marginalise some other communities. As she heroically put it yesterday: “I’m allowing myself to still experience joy.”
Me too, Zoe. Like many, I have given myself permission to be amused.
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