As a trans woman, this is why I think Emilia Pérez is sub-par, disingenuous, harmful nonsense

Yeah that’s right, you heard me. Trans cartel musical Emilia Pérez is a bad film for multiple reasons, and how it won so many Golden Globes is beyond me.

Actually, scratch that, it’s plain to see why it did – only a film as spectacularly lacking in substance as Emilia Pérez could get a standing ovation at Cannes. Only something as vacuous in its messaging and yet so confident in its conviction could win Best Musical or Comedy in the same year as Wicked: Part One.

In its better moments, it can be visually striking (it can also be drab, but let’s give credit where it’s due). For example, Zoe Saldaña’s performance as lawyer Rita Mora Castro in “El Mal” has some great cinematography – but all this does is

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