Actor in lead role of 'Emilia Perez' has received nomination for Best Actress

What Hermione said.

I saw the second AIBU thread late last night as I couldn't sleep, but wasn't in the mood to post on it, and predicted it would be down by the morning.

There have been many times both women and men have been nominated for playing the opposite sex but have always been in their sex categories. Linda Hunt won playing a man and got the best supporting actress category.

I imagine a woman would not risk her career playing a transwoman now. I don’t think she would get any votes. In the unlikely event, she would surely be in the best actress category as it has always been.

I imagine a man who is not trans would not risk his career playing a transwoman now. I don’t think he would get enough votes. Eddie Redmayne is always very hand-wringing about his nomination in 2015.

There is no comparator. The competitor is in a class of their own.

From a technical point of view the singing tone was AI generated to sound higher so it was enhanced. I think if the beauty of the performance is that the actor can play a man and a woman then this should be noted. It’s also unfair for the voice artists who get paid to dub people’s voices because they are out of a job.

Emilia will win because the artistic community want to stick it to Trump. It will backfire because the sight of Emilia’ s frame in a ball gown and tearfully weeping about Emilia’s womanhood and how validating this is, will peak millions of people around the globe.

Oh i am glad that posted, i was typing a post in that first thread and it took me ages to realise that the reason it wouldn’t post was because the whole thing had disappeared

I saw the first thread and i didn’t see much that was giving out ‘lets crash and burn the whole thread’ vibes

there was deffo a post that could have been deleted (disclaimer….i only saw the first few pages but honestly i only pressed the refresh button and it disappeared)

it does seem that MNHQ don’t want it discussed as all which I find to be strange

(not that strange obvs but I thought they were a wee bit less trigger happy)

I missed the first two threads. There have been some others on FWR.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5083078-and-the-winner-of-the-cannes-best-actress-award-is

Good luck. Third time lucky??

Actresses as a group tend to be paid less. Actresses as a group have to compete throughout their careers for fewer roles. Actresses as a group find it even harder to work as they get older. Old is over 40. This is a cumulative process that takes place throughout their career, placing them at a disadvantage compared to their male peers.

Even for those that now accept Gascon as a woman, this 'actress' has spent the majority of their career as a male actor. To attempt to now reward them as an 'actress' bearing in mind the fact that they have faced none of the challenges of other actresses in their 50s is insulting.

I don't like it at all BUT if this person is legally considered to be a woman then I suppose they have a right to be in the category - they will probably win.
I think its a way of sticking 2 fingers up at Trump more than anything else

There was an AIBU thread as well that was taken down. No debate alive and well again....

at some point people might have to decide whether or not they are being deliberately provoked and just decide to switch off and move on. We can choose to be an audience or not.