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Controversy and Triumph at the 97th Oscars: Celebrating Unseen Films

Last night’s 97th Academy Awards on ABC celebrated “sex workers” and transsexuals in a ceremony that mostly honored films nobody has heard of.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the Oscars began with O’Brien poking fun at transgender actor Karla Sofia Gascón. Gascón was nominated as Best Actress for his role in the Netflix movie Emilia Perez, a film about a transexual drug dealer.

Despite being high on the oppression hierarchy, Gascón torpedoed his chances of winning an Oscar as a fake woman after old Tweets resurfaced of him insulting George Floyd, Muslims and the Oscars diversity obsession.

“Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, remember, my name is Jimmy Kimmel,” O’Brien joked.

Zoe Saldaña won as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Perez since she had no tweets that could derail her chances.

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