Outward | Breaking Down Emilia Perez: Backlash, Awards Buzz, and Corporate Pride

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Bryan, Jules, and Christina take on the troubling transphobia in Emilia Pérez, the movie that has received 13 Oscar nominations this awards season. They explore why it’s heavily nominated in this political climate. They also unpack the backlash to the film and the backlash to that backlash, exploring why some defend Emilia Pérez despite its flaws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
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0:24.0	Learn more at Disneyplus.com. Hello, everybody, and welcome to Outward Slate's LGBTQ podcast. That's right, the Trump
0:48.5	administration hasn't gotten around to backspacing those letters from our show just yet,
0:52.4	though I'm sure they've got their best and brightest
0:54.6	on the case. I'm Brian Louder and editor at Slate, and since it's been so insanely cold across much
1:00.0	of the country the week we're recording, even New Orleans I hear got 10 inches of snow. I'm delighted
1:05.4	to be able to cuddle up today with both of my cozy co-hosts for a little movie night.
1:11.6	That's right.
1:12.6	You know, 10 inches in New Orleans, that really takes me back.
1:16.5	Sorry.
1:21.4	I'm Christina Cauderidge.
1:23.7	I'm Christina Cauderucci, a senior writer at Slate, and I'm so glad that our own personal, you know, podcast, DEI initiative has not been the subject of one of these executive orders yet.
1:36.1	But another part of me is like, are we not popular enough?
1:40.0	I know we have most of LGBTQ on air right now, right? Most of the letters.
1:46.9	Sure, at the rate they're going. I'm sure they'll go to us sometime soon.
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