Karla Sofía Gascón’s Off-the-Rails Reaction to Twitter Controversy Has Made Her the Donald Trump of Oscar Season

variety.com:

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Up until last week, “Emilia Pérez” looked like a narrow Oscar frontrunner, in part because of its political resonances.

Sure, the character of Emilia — played by Karla Sofía Gascón — did not become a better person after transitioning (in fact, her cruelty drives the action of the film up until the final scene).

But a viewer in a generous frame of mind can see in the mere fact of Emilia’s transition, and the project she puts her cartel-obtained resources toward afterward — on top of Gascón’s presence as a pathbreaking trans Oscar nominee — as a rebuke to the politics of prejudice emanating from President Donald Trump.

After last week’s excavation of years’ worth of bigoted tweets from Gascón, it’s uncertain how many viewers remain in that generous frame of mind.