Hey everybody, in last class I referenced this short film "Johanne Sacreblue", a parody of Emilia Perez.
The reason I referenced as a piece of art activism is because, if you have the privilege and blessing of not knowing anything about Emilia Perez, summarizing; Emilia Perez showcase the story of a trans woman with the same name as the movie (actress is Karla Sofia Gascon), who before transitioning is a famous narco named Manitas (yeah...I am not kidding, that their name, not nickname...) who kidnaps a Rita Castro (Zoe Saldaña) so she can fake her death as a narco and become a woman, disappearing from Rita. Her plans success but years later finds Rita and request her help to regain contact with her widow wife (Selena Gomez) and her children. Blah Blah stuff happens, they regain contact by faking Emilia is their aunt, Blah Blah Emilia creates an organization "to fix" the damage she did by creating an organization to help families affected by narco traffic, blah blah Emilia gets kidnapped and later kill additionally of Selena and her lover, and Emilia is seen basically as a freaking divine figure for the families she helped finding the same people she sent to kill when she was Manitas.
I know I explained the movie very bad but frankly I hate it so much that I don't want to remember it. The fact that I share nationality with one of the actress and name with another doesn't help lmao.
Focusing again to the point, Emilia Perez was HATED by Latin Americans, specially Mexicans as basically their culture, lifestyle and the effects of organized crimes on them was portrayed very out of touch, which is nor surprising considering the director said he didn't research about Mexico, he already knew enough about the country. The fact that the movie was recorded outside of Mexico and there was a SINGLE, ONE Mexican actress and oh god don't let me start on Selena Gomez Spanish. Also, the trans community was angry, as how the trans experience was portrayed also very out of touch, from how Emilia's body looked after 3 years of HRT from how she got ALL SURGERIES IN ONE GO, basically putting this transition as it was just a visit to the Beauty salon. And the final coffin for this movie was the old Twitter post which you could see by yourself but just to say the contents of those posts were:islamophobia, xenophobia, fat-phobia, racism, sexism, etc.
If you know Spanish, here is a video that talks about the movie and its problems. Sorry at the moment I had not seen any English speaking video about the movie but If I found one that I like I will added it!
Camilia D. Aurora, a Mexican trans woman decided to make a short film with the help of other people mad about the film. Making fun about French stereotypes, accents, phrases from Emilia Perez, and French lifestyle, as the film focuses on the fight between two pastry companies which their two principal heirs fall in love, basically making fun of French romance and the "Romeo and Juliet" trope.
Here is the original film:
And here is a version which has English subtitles and explanation of the jokes in it:
Sorry for the very long post but if you read it fully, thank you and hope you can tell me what you think about it next class or in this post! I am really curious as I had only discussed this film and this topic with other than Latin Americans and I am curious what could be your point of view, opinion, or whatever you think about this.
Postdata: please if you get curious about the movie Emilia Perez, don't watch it on Netflix, don't give profit to these people also, is pretty bad, not only in story but also visually, if you want to know a bit about it, here is one of the song; "Hueles como papá" translated as You Smell like my dad.
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| (A meme as a reward to read this rant lmao) |
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