And the winner of the Cannes Best Actress award is....

[GrumpyPanda]

yes, you guessed it.

One of four, but the film's centered on his character and named for it, and he's the one who got handed the trophy.

https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/cannes-2024-selena-gomez-emilia-perez-karla-sofia-gascon-best-actress-winners-1235693165

'In her two-star review for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey questioned Audiard’s depiction of the trans experience. “Instead, he renders Emilia and her pre-transition self as two entirely different, disconnected people, as if he only sees his trans lead as a metaphor, an opportunity to explore his own thoughts on rebirth and second chances,” wrote Loughrey. “There’s a slight whiff of reductive gender essentialism here: the notion that womanhood is purity manifest, that Lady Macbeth was always clear of her damned spots.”'

Reductive gender essentialism? Surely some mistake!!

You can never, ever satisfy these people. How exactly did they expect this character to be portrayed?

This is what happenes when self ID is implemented. As illustrated by the Spanish soldier who took full advantage of it

A critical AND gender critical review here, stressing the violence that remains embedded in the character.

https://the-lies-they-tell.org/2024/11/28/review-of-film-emilia-perez/

Cripes, it sounds even more rubbish than I'd imagined.

We're going to need a bigger Bechdel Test.

I see Angelina Jolie has been snubbed in the Screen Actor's Guild Award nominations for her performance in Maria as KSG nabbed one of the slots.

And it goes on... 😡

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/23/oscars-nominations-2025-emilia-perez-breaks-record-with-13-as-the-brutalist-and-wicked-both-trail-with-10

You're all being very unfair. How many other actresses would have the range to play a young gigolo as Karla did. Most just don't have the balls for that sort of role.

I'm definitely considering a trip to the bookies.

William Hill's odds are here.
https://sports.williamhill.com/betting/en-gb/tv-specials/OB_EV33858217/97th-academy-awards

I reckon Timothee Chalamet at 13/8 and KSG at 13/2 aren't bad bets.

It's interesting that they sometimes look vaguely (and I mean vaguely) passable when they are photographed alone.
But that illusion just shatters when they are photographed with women.
The old fashioned kind.

This makes a mockery of the awards, no doubt he will win the Oscar as well as he is nominated for the women's category. Its a fucking joke, there is no way in hell he is eligible to win an award for women. I also doubt they are that good, they are just flavour of the month and the usual virtue signalling we see in such circles.

Can’t help feeling that he has Marianne Jean- Baptiste’s nomination place

Yeah that really confused me.
There have always been both men and women in ballet. And they've always, up until recently anway, been just as skilled.
And here's this male who's a "woman" with it's the grace of a cow on drugs clumping around like he's 3 year old wearing wellies for the first time and really enjoying it.
And it's all stunning and brave, and I'm sat there thinking "Other men can be just as graceful as the women, so why can't he?"

I don't do betting but I do wonder whether it would be worth it while we seem to be going through a phase of men winning so many women's prizes. The profits could then be turned back on themselves and fed into funding the GC court cases that are attempting to restore common sense.

I don't think KSG will win - Demi Moore seems to (deservedly) have the momentum - but it'll become clearer after the SAG awards.

Betting shop? Fucking Dignitas, more like.

I never used to be cynical but I am now. I think he'll win the oscar even though it should be demi that wins. Most likely because of the trump presidency. They'll see it as a way of pushing back (hypocrites). Hollywood is insane.

Maybe, but I wonder if the Academy will will able to resist the temptation to 'stick it to Trump'? Can you imagine how good they'll feel about themselves?

A male whose singing voice was enhanced by AI is up for an Oscar in the female category? Hmmm

I hope Karla does win. The Oscars are watched all over the world, and millions will peak in real time.

Plus, there will be some satisfaction in seeing all those Hollywood actresses who have sanctimoniously parroted the trans mantras find out what it's like to be on the receiving end. When it was just poor black women being forced to share prison cells with rapists, who cared? But when it's a famous actress being denied her moment of glory, why, that's terrible.

A couple of threads on AIBU about this have been removed.

We still do not have freedom of speech. Nothing obviously breaking any guidelines.

I think the monitors report and rely on the "you can discuss generalities but not individuals" tack.