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Netflix has broken its silence on the controversy over �Emilia P�rez,� the streaming giant�s musical drama, which earned 13 Academy Award nominations.

While the film has been heaped in praise for months, things took a turn recently when old social media posts from trans-identifying actor Karla Sof�a Gasc�n, who plays the main character, resurfaced and went viral. The posts
put forth controversial takes on hot topics, including George Floyd, Muslims, and diversity at the Oscars.

Now Gasc�n has become persona non grata, with many in the film industry, including �Emilia P�rez� director Jacques Audiard, disavowing him.

Netflix�s Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria gave her take on the situation during an interview on �The Town� podcast, echoing what many others have been saying and placing blame firmly on the film�s star rather than defending his actions.

�I think it�s really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who made an amazing movie,� Bajaria said, per Variety. �And if you look at the nominations, and all of this awards love that it�s received, I think it�s
such a bummer that it distracted from that.�

She continued, �It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different
way [from] this incredible movie that Jacques Audiard � who is an incredible director � has made. It really is a bummer for a lot of the people, like [co-stars] Zoe [Salda�a] and Selena [Gomez]. And our awards team did an incredible campaign for that movie.�

The Netflix exec responded to a question about potentially vetting a star�s social media accounts by saying, �It�s not really common practice for people
to vet social tweets that way � A lot of people are reevaluating that � I do think it is raising questions for a lot of people about reevaluating that process.�

Bajaria added, �I think you also have to [ask]: Are we going to actually look at the personal social media of tens of thousands of people, every single day around the world, [given the] amount of original film and TV and co-prods
that we make and license? It raises a lot of questions about what that should look like.�

She said despite the backlash, it�s all been worth it.

�If you ask me today, everything I know, we would still buy the movie today. That movie is incredible and it�s creative and it�s bold � that�s what you want, and it resonated with a lot of people this year,� Bajaria concluded.

Gasc�n has apologized multiple times but is still being chastised and has
been uninvited from events to promote �Emilia P�rez� before the Oscars ceremony.

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On Feb 17, 2025 at 1:30:43 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

Netflix has broken its silence on the controversy over EMILIA PÉREZ, the streaming giant's musical drama, which earned 13 Academy Award nominations.

While the film has been heaped in praise for months, things took a turn recently when old social media posts from trans-identifying actor Karla Sofía

Gascón, who plays the main character, resurfaced and went viral. The posts put forth controversial takes on hot topics, including George Floyd, Muslims,

and diversity at the Oscars.

Now Gascón has become persona non grata, with many in the film industry, including EMILIA PÉREZ director Jacques Audiard, disavowing him.

Netflix's Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria gave her take on the situation during an interview on THE TOWN podcast, echoing what many others have been saying and placing blame firmly on the film's star rather than defending his actions.

"I think it's really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who made

an amazing movie," Bajaria said, per Variety. "And if you look at the nominations, and all of this awards love that it's received, I think it's such a bummer that it distracted from that."

She continued, "It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different way [from] this incredible movie that Jacques Audiard-- who is an incredible director-- has made. It really is a bummer for a lot of the people, like [co-stars] Zoe [Saldaña] and Selena [Gomez]. And our awards team did an incredible campaign for that movie."

This high-level executive of one of America's premiere corporations uses the word 'bummer' in a professional media interview to address a corporate crisis three different times in the space of two paragraphs. I think I'm beginning to see the problem over at Netflix.

The Netflix exec responded to a question about potentially vetting a star's social media accounts by saying, "It's not really common practice for people to vet social tweets that way. A lot of people are reevaluating that. I do think it is raising questions for a lot of people about reevaluating that process."

So basically "We're going to start screening people for wrong think before hiring them and blacklisting those who have opinion that stray from the
leftist orthodoxy."

Bajaria added, "I think you also have to [ask]: Are we going to actually look

at the personal social media of tens of thousands of people, every single day

around the world, [given the] amount of original film and TV and co-prods that we make and license? It raises a lot of questions about what that should

look like."

So it's just a matter of scale, not ethics or morality or basic fairness.
"We'd totally do it if it wasn't just so much work."

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In article <vovr6k$181sn$[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:

"Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

Netflix has broken its silence on the controversy over Emilia P�rez, the
streaming giant's musical drama, which earned 13 Academy Award nominations. >>
While the film has been heaped in praise for months, things took a turn
recently when old social media posts from trans-identifying actor Karla
Sof�a Gasc�n, who plays the main character, resurfaced and went viral. The >> posts put forth controversial takes on hot topics, including George Floyd, >> Muslims, and diversity at the Oscars.

Now Gasc�n has become persona non grata, with many in the film industry,
including �Emilia P�rez� director Jacques Audiard, disavowing him.

Netflix's Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria gave her take on the situation >> during an interview on THE TOWN podcast, echoing what many others have been >> saying and placing blame firmly on the film's star rather than defending
his actions.

"I think it's really a bummer for the 100 incredibly talented people who
made an amazing movie," Bajaria said, per Variety. "And if you look at the >> nominations, and all of this awards love that it's received, I think it's
such a bummer that it distracted from that."

She continued, "It really has kind of taken the conversation in a different >> way [from] this incredible movie that Jacques Audiard-- who is an incredible >> director-- has made. It really is a bummer for a lot of the people, like
[co-stars] Zoe [Salda�a] and Selena [Gomez]. And our awards team did an
incredible campaign for that movie."

This high-level executive of one of America's premiere corporations uses the >word 'bummer' in a professional media interview to address a corporate crisis >three different times in the space of two paragraphs. I think I'm beginning to >see the problem over at Netflix.

The Netflix exec responded to a question about potentially vetting a star's >> social media accounts by saying, "It's not really common practice for people >> to vet social tweets that way. A lot of people are reevaluating that. I do >> think it is raising questions for a lot of people about reevaluating that
process."

Bajaria added, "I think you also have to [ask]: Are we going to actually
look at the personal social media of tens of thousands of people, every
single day around the world, [given the] amount of original film and TV
and co-prods that we make and license? It raises a lot of questions about
what that should look like."

So it's just a matter of scale, not ethics or morality or basic fairness. >"We'd totally do it if it wasn't just so much work."

Weren't they already doing that, or did you mean they'd include their precious chosen checkboxes?

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