.julito77: The ‘Selena’ re-release is Hollywood cashing in on Latinos, not valuing them
April 14, 2022, 7:09 PM UTCThe 1997 film"Selena" is perhaps the most iconic U.S. Latino movie ever made, and a quote from Selena Quintanilla’s father, played by Edward James Olmos, illustrates why.
“We've got to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time,” he says. “It’s exhausting!”I watched that scene in 1997 as a Puerto Rican who felt the same way as the Mexican American Abraham Quintanilla Jr. There were too many times when I had to prove I was more Puerto Rican than the Puerto Ricans and more American than the Americans.
"Selena" was always more than just a biopic of the musician. Director Gregory Nava made sure his great film showed a Mexican American family dealing with the real struggles of assimilation, biculturalism and acceptance.across 500 theaters to celebrate its 25th anniversary, was always more than just a biopic of the musician Selena, whose life tragically ended in murder when she was 23.
There should be no surprise, then, that"Selena" remains a popular film, so much so that it is officially. Selena reached goddess-like status after her 1995 murder. Then, Jennifer Lopez played that goddess two years later. But for all its benefits, the film and the reverence for the musician may have done harm to the identity the U.S. Latino community has tried to celebrate for years. After non-Hispanic white people, Latinos are now
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