…absent fathers, drug dealers, gangsters, cholos… There has definitely been a shift in how society views Latino men and, in my opinion, it’s largely thanks to the rising popularity of…
…portray drug trafficking as an exclusively male business, with women showing up only as victims. But this time, Netflix’s spotlight is on the most important woman in the history of…
…Amazon Prime comedy-drama is based on the memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music by oboist Blair Tindall. In this series, Bernal delivers one of the most…
…the come-up from a perspective fans already know. The allure of Miami’s “neon,” with its parties, sex, drugs, vulture opportunistic investors, and palm trees, is just a tempting canvas for…
…to enable or criticize the drug trade. Even as an American, I am fully aware that everyone knows someone impacted by the cartels, especially in Northern Mexico. I’ve heard horror…
…I’d like to see our community be represented as more than all those tired, old tropes – no more dumb sexpots, corrupt drug dealers, or maids existing only to serve….
…druglord Tony Montana in Scarface. A decade later, in 1993’s Carlito’s Way, Al Pacino played Carlito Brigante, a Puerto Rican ex-con who tries to stay away from a life of…
…who has also appeared in shows like Pose, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, and Narcos. He is the comic relief in a sea of heavy topics like drug addiction, unrequited…
…shares how cholos can be lured into gangs and the easy-money that comes from selling drugs. How the women who love them are often left alone to be the badasses…
…five months. The parts he’d auditioned for were usually to play a drug dealer and other stereotypes. “I was an idealistic young man,” said Leguizamo. “I thought meritocracy was a…
