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SinnerBoy · 20/03/2025 21:14

The article will doubtlessly be picked apart by trans zealots, George Floyd, for example wasn't the victim of a Police shooting, although Chauvin did murder him.

Also, the Grammar Police may wonder at the "GARGOYLES OF BEELZEBUB (sic)" it's spelled correctly.

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GhostOrchid · 03/03/2025 18:42

She cleaned up in all the precursor awards for reasons I can’t quite fathom given it was a strong field. I think Felicity Jones gave the best performance in the category in a real supporting turn (ZS is a co-lead not a supporting actress, although there’s always a bit of category pushing, cf Kieran Culkin). I would have liked Isabella Rossellini to take it for sentiment’s sake.

lcakethereforeIam · 03/03/2025 18:09

Seems like a cross between a participation trophy and a face saving gesture.

GhostOrchid · 03/03/2025 17:16

Thanks for sharing the article. Very fun read.

Bit miffed that Emilia Perez has one more Oscar than Conclave. Zoe Saldana seems like a nice enough person but you shouldn’t get Oscars for being the best thing about a bad film.

Datun · 03/03/2025 15:51

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/03/2025 15:26

Thats a great article, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Of course from the 2025 festival season on, everyone’s going to be combing actors’ social accounts like they’re checking their kids’ hair for lice,” one strategist explains. “But though it sounds ridiculously naive, Taback’s team will have assumed that because Gascón is herself transgender, her views on every topic under the sun would be woker than woke. And of course that didn’t turn out to be the case.”

LOLj

That's the bit that leapt off the page for me, too!

It's really no surprise that an ideology steeped in sexism and homophobia, is reliant on regressive gender stereotypes, and tries desperately to turn male privilege into faux victimhood, isn't going come up with a nice slew of progressive sound bites.

CaneToad · 03/03/2025 15:39

I did snort somewhat indecorously when I heard the “Karla, if you’re tweeting this, my name is Jimmy Fallon” line.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/03/2025 15:26

Thats a great article, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Of course from the 2025 festival season on, everyone’s going to be combing actors’ social accounts like they’re checking their kids’ hair for lice,” one strategist explains. “But though it sounds ridiculously naive, Taback’s team will have assumed that because Gascón is herself transgender, her views on every topic under the sun would be woker than woke. And of course that didn’t turn out to be the case.”

LOLj

lcakethereforeIam · 03/03/2025 13:58

The Telegraph has summarised the whole sorry story

https://archive.ph/fQGhk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/netflix-screwed-up-their-trans-oscar-bait-emilia-prez/

The picture of the actor next to Selena Gomez, I know she's small but he looks huge.

It's faintly amusing that gendered words like 'actress' had fallen out of favour but have now come back. I need to check if they're actually used for women again or just for blokes who claim to have lady brains.

duc748 · 03/03/2025 11:13

Ooh, I'm pleased Kieran Culkin won, he was great!

FlowchartRequired · 03/03/2025 09:41

No best actress Oscar for Gascon. The film won 2 out of 13 nominations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mngz9zreno

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GrumpyPanda · 03/03/2025 09:40

The irony. So it's the woman playing the actual lead role in EP (apparently KSG comes in with considerably less screen time) who ended up bagging an Oscar this year. Poetic justice, even if she was mislabeled as "supporting actress."

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ArabellaScott · 22/02/2025 19:49

Et aussi, les Mexicanes ont fait une filme trans-Francais ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanne_Sacreblu

'Johanne Sacreblu, a trans woman formerly known as Jonathan Sacreblu, returns home to Villa Croissant, a picturesque French town, after spending some time as a rancher in Mexico. Her family, who runs France's largest baguette shop and have appointed Johanne as their heir, are enraged at her for transitioning, as they feel that it would not be a good look for her when she takes over the family business, despite her iterating that she doesn't want it. At the same time, the Sacreblu family's business rivals, the Ratatouille family, who runs France's largest croissant shop, are also berating their son Agtugo, a trans man, for being an unfit heir to their business due to being born a woman. Both families decide to put the two in a bread-making competition. '

MarvellousMonsters · 22/02/2025 18:12

lcakethereforeIam · 19/02/2025 14:30

😁

🎶 From baguette to bagel 🎶

You can stop watching at 4 mins., it's just an add for Squarespace thereafter.

C'est Magnifique

lcakethereforeIam · 19/02/2025 14:30

😁

🎶 From baguette to bagel 🎶

You can stop watching at 4 mins., it's just an add for Squarespace thereafter.

SinnerBoy · 18/02/2025 00:34

The left tends to issue bundle...

Paging Kucinghitam! Marina's finally read some of your MN posts.

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GrumpyPanda · 17/02/2025 23:10

MrsSkylerWhite · 17/02/2025 08:56

Ah, ok 😁

That was about Cannes, where they gussied things up by awarding Best Actress to the whole ensemble albeit centered on Gascón.

Aa an aside, funnily enough there've been comments pointing out that Gascon's role is the one that ought to be listed as supporting given that he gets a lot iess screen time than his lawyer.

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MrsSkylerWhite · 17/02/2025 08:56

Ah, ok 😁

Ingenieur · 16/02/2025 23:24

MrsSkylerWhite · 16/02/2025 23:15

GrandMarnierChocolate · 26/05/2024 21:46
His acceptance speech was all me me me and let's sock it to the haters. Oh, and he forgot to mention the other women who won too (the prize was for an ensemble) - oops! Silly boy.

Confused here. Just watched the BAFTAs. He wasn’t there? His female co-star won best supporting actress.

You're replying to a year-old post, which is probably the cause of the confusion.

MrsSkylerWhite · 16/02/2025 23:15

GrandMarnierChocolate · 26/05/2024 21:46
His acceptance speech was all me me me and let's sock it to the haters. Oh, and he forgot to mention the other women who won too (the prize was for an ensemble) - oops! Silly boy.

Confused here. Just watched the BAFTAs. He wasn’t there? His female co-star won best supporting actress.

DiaAssolellat · 16/02/2025 23:08

teawamutu · 07/02/2025 20:02

Wonderful, razor sharp as always column from Marina Hyde: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/07/oscars-award-emilia-perez-progressive

She references TRSOH (as 'bollocks'), the left perpetuating polarisation, and buying your values as a package.

Is it me, or does she sound just like a FWRer?

Definitely sounds like it…

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FlowchartRequired · 14/02/2025 14:40

'“I think it’s really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie,” Bajaria said. “And if you look at the nominations, and all of this awards love that it’s received, I think it’s such a bummer that it distracted from that.'

'Amazing movie'. LOL. 😆

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duc748 · 09/02/2025 12:22

Fair point.

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