The Fallout From Latino In America

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

Note: Video contains one instance of NSFW language
This was noted in last week’s thread over Part 2 of CNN’s Latino In America, but it’s worth a bigger mention: it looks like the network is getting the wrong kind of attention for it, as Latino groups seized on the broadcast to [...]

Latino In America goes out with a whine

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
For a review of Part 1, click here
No way around it: Latino In America was a failure.
At the very least, Thursday’s conclusion, “Chasing The Dream,” seemed equal parts melodrama and bait-and-switch, with the broadcast component weakened by a lack of questions that undercut even its’ more compelling segments.
For instance, [...]

Latinos Under Siege? A Look At CNN’s Latino In America

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
Soledad O’Brien says she wants Latino In America to “start a conversation.” Unfortunately for viewers, the series’ message seems to be, what? Woe is us? Abandon ship? What did Brown ever do to you?
Grounded in depressing case studies and missed questions, the series’ first installment was less “Latinos In America” [...]

Happy Día De La Independencia: A Mexican Rock Primer

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García

As we noted in May, Wednesday marked Mexican Independence Day, which kicked off at midnight with the traditional Grito de La Independencia by not only President Felipe Calderón, but all executive office-holders, right down to the local level.
But rather than mark the date here with a history lesson, I want [...]

Crazy From The Heat: The End Of Summer TV Roundup

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García
These have truly been depressing days. Bad enough that the past few weeks of summer television hasn’t given us anything to rave about. But not even the bad stuff was inspiring – there was nothing that brought out the sweet, bileful taste of anger.
So thank you, Fox, for bringing Glee [...]

PeTA and Oppression on the Border

by Guest Contributor Marisol LeBron, originally published at Post Pomo Nuyorican Homo
People who know me know that few things on this planet irk to the extent that PETA does. The tactics that PETA deploy to get their point across are dubious at best and some are downright deplorable. I wrote off PETA after a campaign [...]

Bitch Slapped by Satire

by Guest Contributor Marisol LeBron, originally published at Post Pomo Nuyorican Homo

A friend of mine from college recently sent me a link to an AfterEllen.com article about the movie Bitch Slap coming out in December 2008. She asked me for my thoughts and here they are…
I think I might be the wrong person to ask.
Reason [...]