El Tigre! is a new cartoon on Nick that the kids I b-sit for watch. Normally, I do not watch tv with them, but tonight I decided to check it out. The show uses vintage toon imagery, punctured with a day of the dead motif and showcases an all Latino ensemble cast of voices. The hero [...]
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El Tigre! Multiculturalism or Minstrel Show?
Posted in Latino/a, pop culture, stereotypes, women of color on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Sopranos get personal
Posted in pop culture on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If I were going to do a phd in pop culture or American Studies I would write about the Sopranos. On a personal level, no other show gets it so right about Italian working class culture in the suburban north east. It might as well not be about the mob at all, but then would [...]
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