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Originally Posted by Taualumna
On dumbing down and ethnicity:
I found this from a site called Multiplicative Identity:
If the above is true, isn't Touchtone basically saying that America is "too stupid" to believe that a Latina can be educated and a shopaholic? (though another POV is that they didn't want Eva typecast...this character doesn't sound too different from Gabi Solis...she's probably an EDUCATED Gabi) |
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In 2007, Touchstone Pictures pulls the plug on "Deep in the Heart of Texas," a feature film starring Eva Longoria, about a fully assimilated Mexican American woman, saying there is nothing particularly "Latina" about an educated, professional shopaholic from Texas; meaning, the character is "too American" for audiences to believe as "Latina". (Meanwhile, Texas is no longer a majority-white state, and most Latinos there speak English…)
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There are two pieces of information there. First, Touchstone pulled the plug on the movie. Second, they said that there was nothing particularly Latina about an educated professional shopaholic from Texas. There is no indication that these two pieces of information are connected. Also the second one is true, it isn't particularly "Latina" just as it isn't particularly "white." I'd think you'd agree with that point.
The interpretation of the author of the blog is his or her own, not what Touchstone said. And without a quote we won't know how the information was conveyed. Now, maybe they didn't want to make a "Latina" movie, but since they didn't recast it with Julia Roberts we don't know whether they didn't want to make a Latina movie or they didn't want to make a movie.
Finally, no it's not "dumbing it down" admit the misuse of words and move on. Pandering yes, playing into prejudices yes, but dumbing it down means making it less intelligent not making it appeal to closeminded people.