Keeping pace with Hollywoods perpetual awards horserace.
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In another universe, this years historicOscar nominationswould have been the prevailing headline.
(Gascon is Spanish and therefore not Latina.)
But not all ofEmilia Perezs haters are bigoted.
GLAAD called the movie profoundly retrograde.
(The vast majority of the films cast and crew is, of course,not Mexican.)
Although they dress this way for their own enjoyment.
How DEEPLY DISGUSTING OF HUMANITY.
Representatives for Gascon, Netflix, Torres, and the Academy did not return my request for comment.
She started with a lengthyInstagram statement.
I will never support wars, religious extremism or the oppression of races and peoples.
A good publicist would have told Gascon to end her remarks there.
A great one would have taken a pass at that statement before it posted.
Instead, Gascon somehow booked herself aninterviewwith CNN Espanol.
During that interview, Gascon talked for 55 minutes.
According toDeadline, she said shes been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned.
Lots of questions come to mind here.
Did no one on Netflixs awards-strategy team look up her social feeds?
Or did their brains simply explode when confronted with Spanish?
Lastly, truly, isanyonelooking out for this woman?
At this point, Gascons Oscar chances are pretty much shot to hell.
Meanwhile, Gascon has continuedposting.
