‘West Side Story’ was crafted with the intention of matching the actors to the storyline, from the background actors to the principal roles!
West Side Story
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In “West Side Love Story,” best-selling author Priscilla Oliveras gives us a love letter to her Puerto Rican-Mexican heritage.
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These five inspiring Latinas were breaking barriers on 80s TV, showing we can do it all – shoulder pads, big hair, and big roles.
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We want to share Latinx movie history in Hollywood, and part of that is the many times that non-Latinx actors played Latinx parts.
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For issue 11 of #TheLatinaPress, we look at what Black History Month, JLo’s ‘Marry Me,’ and Valentine’s Day meant to Latinas.
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In #TheLatinaPress Issue 9, we welcome 2022 and say goodbye to 2021, looking back at our favorite films, podcasts, and year-end lists.
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If you want to see Latinxs get heated, just bring up West Side Story. It’s a love it or hate it or hate to love it or love to hate it sort of thing and that means there was lots of digital ink spilled about Steven Speilberg’s re-make.
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