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JLo’s ‘Halftime’ Unveils How Latinas Success is Downplayed — No Matter Who You Are

Cristina Escobar — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:30:24 +0000

Hardworking and underappreciated – what’s more Latina than that? Not much. We’re a hard-working bunch, and in many ways the hustle – the good, the bad, and the ugly of it – define us. And that’s certainly what I saw watching Jennifer Lopez’s Halftime, a documentary following one of the most iconic Latinas of our

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John Ortiz Talks ABC’s ‘Promised Land,’ Playing Joe Sandoval & TV Family

Cristina Escobar — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:20:51 +0000

“Fun, juicy, sexy, glitzy glamoury,” that’s how star and veteran actor John Ortiz describes his new show, Promised Land, a made-up word and all. It’s a boozy soap set in wine country with Ortiz playing the patriarch Joe Sandoval, who’s at the swirling center of five kids, two wives, and one of the largest vineyards

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5 Times ‘Maya and the Three’ is Just So Mexican

Cristina Escobar — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:08:09 +0000

Netflix’s latest animated adventure Maya and the Three may feature a who’s who of Latine talent but don’t let the cross-diaspora casting fool you. This show is decidedly Mexican. We’re talking about a series that has an eagle land on a cactus and eat a snake in its opening sequence. And then REPEATS it later.

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‘On My Block’ Spin-off ‘Freeridge’ Gets a Cast and a Concept

Cristina Escobar — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:35:28 +0000

The final season of Netflix’s On My Block dropped on October 4 but fans of its particular brand of coming-of-age antics have something to look forward to: a spinoff. It’s titled Freeridge and it’s created by the same people (Jamie Uyeshiro, Eddie Gonzalez, and Jeremy Haft), set on the same block, and appears to have

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‘On My Block’ Advances the Teen Genre By Balancing Latine Characters Problems and Joys

Cristina Escobar — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:08:24 +0000

Netflix’s On My Block is the rare teen show to dramatize what it is to be part of Latine, Black, or Brown communities in a hardscrabble neighborhood in LA. With the final season here, the show gave our protagonists a proper send-off, balancing hope for their futures’ with a real acknowledgment of their problems. I

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‘On My Block’ Cast Say Goodbye to Freeridge with Pride and Resilience

Cristina Escobar — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:22:04 +0000

On My Block is a masterclass on how to portray the difficulties of growing up in a neighborhood like Freeridge without exploiting those communities. It shows that individual choices do matter but never forgets that systemic ones have power. And the show itself works to chip away at one of those systems – specifically, the

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Everything You Need to Know About ‘On My Block’ Before the Final Season Premieres

Cristina Escobar — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:04:42 +0000

The fourth and final season of Netflix’s On My Block drops Monday, October 4 and we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know before binging the last ten episodes of our favorite BIPOC teen show. Season three ended with our four friends walking away from each other and spending two years apart after

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REVIEW: Season 3 of ‘On My Block’ Proves It’s One of the Best Teen Comedies Around

Cristina Escobar — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:19:44 +0000

On My Block defies expectations. It’s one part teen sex comedy, with jokes about masturbation and human anatomy, and one part caper, with each season revolving around a new mystery. But it distinguishes itself with how it portrays brown and black teendom, exploring the various paths open to its young protagonists: Who’s going to college

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‘Jane the Virgin’ Recap: Jane’s Love Triangle Is Getting Less Triangular

Cristina Escobar — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:55:08 +0000

Jane the Virgin Recap: Season 5, Episode 5, “Chapter Eighty-Six” How do you watch a show that portrays the anguish of having a human heart with devastating accuracy while also giving its characters telenovela obstacles to navigate? Personally, I just cry like six times an hour. This week’s Jane the Virgin managed to make

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‘Jane the Virgin’ Recap: Jane Is Stuck in a Love Triangle, Again

Cristina Escobar — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:24:59 +0000

Jane the Virgin Recap: Season 5, Episode 4, “Chapter Eighty-Five” Do you ever really stop loving someone? This is the question at the center of this week’s Jane the Virgin and it’s a doozy. Alba believes once enamorados, always enamorados, Petra’s trying to prove love conquers all, and then there’s Jane. You have to

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