On Its 20th Anniversary, I Wish “Spanglish” Made Me Proud
I speak Spanglish with pride but when I look back at the 2004 film I adored as a kid, I just can’t get over the casting of Spaniard Paz Vega.
I speak Spanglish with pride but when I look back at the 2004 film I adored as a kid, I just can’t get over the casting of Spaniard Paz Vega.
A teenager once told me that, when he moved to Miami, he “thought everyone would look like Sofia Vergara.” He was surprised, and a little disappointed, to find that people here looked – normal. He was expecting all the hypersexualized Latinas he’d seen on TV. I didn’t have to ask what he meant. Miami, also […]
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