It’s not awards season without a controversy or two.
One of the first awards season brouhahas is upon us. The movie in question is Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” (currently sporting a near-perfect 90 on Metacritic), which some find quite sour, thanks to a pair of scenes with a goofball restaurant owner (played by Christopher Guest regular John Michael Higgins) who speaks to his Japanese wives in a caricatured faux Japanese accent.
Several people on Twitter have brought up the accent, including podcaster David Chen, critic Walter Chaw (when comparing “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” to “Licorice Pizza”), and filmmaker Karen Maine.