The article discusses the controversy surrounding the film Emilia Perez, a musical about a transgender Mexican drug lord. While it was highly anticipated and performed decently at the box office, it faced backlash due to its star Karla Sofia Gascon's past controversial comments on marginalized communities. This has left the elite Hollywood community feeling conflicted and bewildered as they continue to navigate their own charitable and progressive identities. Despite its financial performance, the focus remains on awards recognition, particularly from Netflix, who successfully acquired the film after its Cannes debut.
Alas, it has since emerged via a trawl of her old tweets that she's quite a committed marginaliser herself.
If you've missed this one, Emilia Perez is a movie musical about a transgender Mexican drug lord, acquired after its Cannes premiere by that adorable indie-outsider-that-could, Netflix.
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