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Invoice Maher has claimed that “cancel tradition” was liable for Anora triumphing on the Oscars forward of Emilia Pérez.
The 69-year-old comic argued that Emilia Pérez, the Netflix musical a couple of trans cartel chief, would have been extra profitable if it had not been for the scandal that engulfed star Karla Sofía Gascón.
Anora ultimately took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Speaking on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host said: “There are people who say cancel culture isn’t a real thing and I would say to them, ‘It just happened at the Oscars.’”
He added: “You may not think it happened but the movie that was going to win it all was Emilia Pérez.”
Maher argued that “Hollywood loved” the idea that they would “finally have a person, who was a trans person” win Best Actress.
Gascón had made history as the first openly trans individual nominated for an Academy Award in any acting category.
However, her Academy Awards campaign was derailed when Gascón took aim at the publicity team of a rival film and she faced accusations of racism and Islamophobia when old social media posts resurfaced.
Maher described Gascón’s tweets as something “a little child” would write, adding: “It was a little Kanye-esque, just whatever’s on the brain comes out.”
He went on: “And then some things she said, which are just, ‘Oh yeah. You know what? I’ve said things like that.’ It’s just very, very honest. But of course, the woke community — it was way too far.”
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He concluded: “And this film, that was going to win all of it, it was the front-runner, and he or she was going to get all… all of a sudden was out to lunch. And excellent news for Anora. That’s what occurred. So sure, cancel tradition remains to be with us. It could simply be slightly extra refined.”
Emilia Pérez had been in competition for 13 awards on the evening, however finally received simply two: Greatest Authentic Tune (for “El Mal”), and Greatest Supporting Actress, for Zoe Saldana.
Through the ceremony, host Conan O’Brien referenced the scandal when he joked: “Anora makes use of the ‘F-word’ 479 instances – that’s three greater than the report set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist.”
He continued: “Karla Sofía Gascón is right here tonight – and Karla, if you’ll tweet concerning the Oscars, my title is Jimmy Kimmel.”
