Karla Sofía Gascón, a cast member in the film Emilia Perez, at the Shangri-La Hotel during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8.Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press
Sex, racism and robots: No, that’s not the title of a new Steven Soderbergh film, but rather just a few of the lively topics that have overtaken this year’s Oscars race, the ugliest awards campaign in recent memory. And the mudslinging is set to only get dirtier and nastier as the slouch toward the 97th Academy Awards approaches.
Pick any one of this year’s best picture candidates, and you’re likely to find a film caught in the crosshairs of a controversy either organic or…