‘We didn’t see who she is’: Anora missed chance to spark real change, say sex workers
Sean Baker’s film accused of lacking representation, as some say he and Mikey Madison could have used speeches to call for policy reform
As well as winning five Oscars and catapulting its lead actor, Mikey Madison, into true stardom, the film Anora has been mooted as a signifier of society taking another step towards sex work being normalised as an occupation.
The film is a dark love story about a stripper who marries the feckless son of a Russian oligarch and slowly watches her vision of a fairytale ending disappear before her eyes. But real-life sex workers have said the film portrays an optimistic view of the industry.
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