Unusually, we are days away from an Academy Awards where question marks still remain over a number of its major categories. At this point last year we were all pretty sure that Oppenheimer and Christopher Nolan would dominate on the night – which they did. This year things are very different. And, yes, that is because of Karla Sofía Gascón’s old tweets.
The Emilia Pérez star’s resurfaced social media presence – full of racism, cruelty and, somewhat hilariously, anti-Oscar sentiment – has had an unmistakable ripple effect on the Academy Awards as a whole, with what seemed to be an Emilia Pérez sweep suddenly flying off the table.
