
Was the Music From ‘Emilia Perez’ Actually Good Enough to Win an Oscar?
'Emilia Pérez' won Best Original Song, but the music's bad translations and trans stereotypes reflected the same problems many had with the film
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Subscribe Now'Emilia Pérez' won Best Original Song, but the music's bad translations and trans stereotypes reflected the same problems many had with the film
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