notes on Anora from my article on Emilia Pérez and hollywood's politics of representation. note this was written before Anora's wins at the oscars, though i still v much stand by my conclusions here:
The discovery of Karla Sofia Gascón's series of racist and xenophobic tweets has seemingly kicked Emilia Pérez out of its former frontrunner status, leading Sean Baker’s film Anora to potentially take the reign. This development is also very questionable. Firstly, Gascón has been rightfully condemned for…
