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That's another complex story. And down here in Texas I know some "Tejanos"--Mexicans whose families were here when the land was still Mexico--and they have a whole different story.
Ditto. A member of my family married a *Spanish man who can trace his family back 300 years in what is now New Mexico. When the bride's mom (meaning well but coming across as more than a little racist) asked him, "What sort of Mexican are you?" He replied, "The kind that's been here 300 years longer than you." He said it with a smile, but it was a great point.
It's why in the Southwest when I run into white folks complaining of immigrants and saying, "They need to go back where they came from," the proper reply is, "Okay. Would you like me to help you pack?"
*NOTE: Where I grew up, people whose heritage was from Mexico called themselves "Mexican." But people who spoke Spanish and whose ancestry had been in the area for centuries usually referred to themselves as "Spanish." Why? I honestly don't know. Someone should write a paper on that.
Ditto. A member of my family married a *Spanish man who can trace his family back 300 years in what is now New Mexico. When the bride's mom (meaning well but coming across as more than a little racist) asked him, "What sort of Mexican are you?" He replied, "The kind that's been here 300 years longer than you." He said it with a smile, but it was a great point.
It's why in the Southwest when I run into white folks complaining of immigrants and saying, "They need to go back where they came from," the proper reply is, "Okay. Would you like me to help you pack?"
*NOTE: Where I grew up, people whose heritage was from Mexico called themselves "Mexican." But people who spoke Spanish and whose ancestry had been in the area for centuries usually referred to themselves as "Spanish." Why? I honestly don't know. Someone should write a paper on that.
In a movie about race relations. Perhaps although the Spanish and Portuguese Europeans mixed with the indigenous population and acknowledged their children as their own more so than Anglo colonist breeding slaves there remains the class distinctions. Spanish being from Spain, with that culture intact but in Mexico , no matter how many generations have passed or how much of the Native Americans DNA got mixed in
In a movie about race relations. Perhaps although the Spanish and Portuguese Europeans mixed with the indigenous population and acknowledged their children as their own more so than Anglo colonist breeding slaves there remains the class distinctions. Spanish being from Spain, with that culture intact but in Mexico , no matter how many generations have passed or how much of the Native Americans DNA got mixed in
There was a smattering of white slave owners who did, to some extent, accept their mixed children as their own. Society being as it was, those slave owners would send those children away, generally to the north for education and new lives, but continue to provide financial support. That's part of the history of a few HBCUs.
We could said it menaged to outdone Ghostbusters 2016.
Actually, "The average theatrical window for films released from May through June will end up more than 40 days — a significant increase compared to January-April, when the theatrical window fell to an average of 30 days." For a relatively low budget film, this doesn't seem that unusual.
And by the way, "Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 70% overall positive score, with 51% saying they would definitely recommend it."
Actually, "The average theatrical window for films released from May through June will end up more than 40 days — a significant increase compared to January-April, when the theatrical window fell to an average of 30 days." For a relatively low budget film, this doesn't seem that unusual.
And by the way, "Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 70% overall positive score, with 51% saying they would definitely recommend it."
Clearly they found their audience...it's just a lot smaller than they probably hoped.
I haven't seen it yet...just gonna wait for streaming. But my impression from what I've read is that a lot of people just don't "get" the film. I can understand that. There are movies I watch and occasionally will walk away thinking, literally, "I just don't get it". And it would seem to me that this film is very likely one that a lot of people just don't get. And I think you're right...their audience was probably a lot small than they thought it would be. Maybe it should have been a Netflix (or similar) limited series, rather than a movie theater type release.
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