Teletubby 138,438 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 At the Golden Globes Sunday, Emilia Pérez walked away with one of the biggest prizes of the night but as Karla Sofía Gascón took the stage for a speech about self-actualization, the internet flamed the Netflix movie for what many called an inauthentic portrayal of Mexican culture and trans experience. “When Mexicans tell you that a movie… is portraying a Mexico full of stereotypes, ignorance, lack of respect and is profiting from one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world,” wrote Mexican actor Mauricio Morales in an X statement. Online critics have begun to point out that Jacques Audiard, a French director does not speak Spanish, did not film the musical in Mexico. “It’s a racist, xenophobic mess with awful Mexican representation made by a French director who didn’t even bother to research our culture” said one x user. One of the most significant criticisms of the film is the exclusion of Mexico-born actresses in the film’s three lead roles, given that the film takes place in Mexico, and is about the very serious issues of drug trafficking that affects the country. Selena Gomez’s poor Spanish-speaking skills have been heavily criticized since the movie was released. Some Mexican users have even made memes and TikToks out of one of her lines in the film, when she talks to her boyfriend on the phone, and says, “Hasta me duele la pinche vulva nada más de acordarme de ti,” in her broken Spanish. (In English, the line translates to: “Even my ****ing vulva hurts when I think of you.”) Viewers critiqued both her pronunciation, and the written dialogue in Gomez’s lines. Despite the film’s storyline taking place in Mexico, Emilia Perez is a French production and was filmed entirely in France. Others have criticized the film’s portrayal of transness as an outdated, regression of trans people on screen. 9 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Blonde 5,699 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Well, this award season just got more interesting all of a sudden Don't you think maybe they are the same thing? Love and attention? 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Flower 4,076 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Yeah nobody here (Mexico) is supporting this movie. And I agree with that. Drop it 13 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality 72,966 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. 𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣, 𝕀 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 2 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dove 521 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. I think that’s why. When it starts winning awards it becomes more popular and more prone to criticism and more people start to realize how bad it is. 5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownery 4,229 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 9 minutes ago, Plastic Flower said: Yeah nobody here (Mexico) is supporting this movie. And I agree with that. I am not from Mexico but I was baffled, it's extremely insensitive and borderline racist, I am not joking, I can't believe this movie is even a contender. 5 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. Maybe you are not from Latin America, but this movie has been receiving backlash since September, Selena Gomez ridiculous accent went viral many times. 12 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
candydarling 1,241 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. because the golden globes gave it visibility?? I had heard about the movie but didn't know what it was about and its issues. I didn't even know selena gomez was in it which just makes the whole situation even more absurd lol Edited January 7 by candydarling 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 19,961 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. No, it has had backlash before. I watched it last month and when I looked at the Wikipedia page to learn more about the movie, I already saw all of the backlash. Edited January 7 by Oriane You popped my heart seams, all my bubble dreams 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Flower 4,076 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. It got worse after the Golden Globes but the hate was already there. This isn’t new but why would American media give a **** about our opinion? I just want to mention that this didn’t start like this. Mexican people were defending Selena when an established Mexican actor/comedian dragged her performance in an interview. This completely changed when the movie was leaked (it hasn’t premiered here yet). Edited January 7 by Plastic Flower Drop it 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 19,961 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 One "funny" thing and one of the multiple reasons why I didn't like the music is that the songs were written by a French lyricist, and then translated to Spanish... You popped my heart seams, all my bubble dreams 4 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levine 22,863 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The movie is bad. I'm convinced Netflix spent the big money for these awards and some of these noms. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levine 22,863 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, Oriane said: One "funny" thing and one of the multiple reasons why I didn't like the music is that the songs were written by a French lyricist, and then translated to Spanish... Oh my god 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 105,481 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 14 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. As far as social media concerns, it was started by Ariana stans after she is lost to Zoe Saldana on golden globe actually (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ✧*:・゚ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝐹𝒶𝒾𝓇 (*´艸`*) ♡♡♡ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Flower 4,076 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 7 minutes ago, Oriane said: One "funny" thing and one of the multiple reasons why I didn't like the music is that the songs were written by a French lyricist, and then translated to Spanish... And they hardly make any sense in Spanish if it were up to us this would’ve been Joker FAD part 2 kind of situation. Drop it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG2008 3,359 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Reality said: Why is it only getting this backlash now? The movie’s been out for months, but I feel like I’m only seeing people turn on it now after it won a ton of Golden Globes. I saw backlash even before it premiered... Maybe it's getting more evident now that it's getting more attention. I saw the film yesterday and I enjoyed it but I also get why they're angry about it. And also, as a Spanish speaker is surprising how they got away with it and winning awards when they clearly used Google Translate for the script and the songs. Some songs are good but they sound kinda weird because some things are not grammaticaly correct, some other don't even make sense or just say some things in an unnatural way. Idk who thought it was a good idea to have a whole French team working on a Spanish speaking movie about Mexico and not even think about hiring someone to check if everything sounded natural Edited January 7 by LG2008 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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