I have been going back and forth about what I wanted to write today. I get distracted easily and this is very much a lazy Sunday. I wont mention that today is one of the biggest sporting events of the year. Since I have already spoke my peace about the Super Bowl already this week, I will not delve further into it.
So, what do I write about? How do I come up with the subjects on this blog? I do not have a set schedule that is for sure. I just get this feeling and then I start typing.So I sat around today watching movies. I ended up watching Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, College Road Trip, and Desperado. Clearly I was not interested in the 9 hours of pre game show over on NBC. There was also no intention to watch Martin Lawrence in 2 straight movies either. I am the type of person who just puts the TV on from the last channel on which is was set from the night before and go on from there.
Anyway, I was going to write about family because that was what the first 2 movies were about. But, that gets too complicated for my family. I come from a large extended family of cousins, aunts, and uncles. While I can share a whole range of stories, I will pass on that (for now at least). I guess I wanted to stick more to the theme I have set so far with this blog and that is the view of Latinos.
Let me preface this by saying that I love Desperado. The action, the comedy, the sex (of course). Not to mention the ever lovely Salma Hayek. Anyway, it made me think about once again what is the typical Latino look like. In a previous blog, when I mentioned the stereotype of the hot Latino lover and for some reason I think about Antonio Banderas. In the some of the roles I have seen him play, there is the sense that he is dripping sex. There is just an image that he manages to portray. I am sure there are other movies he is that he is not portrayes as this stereotypes such as, The 13th Warrior, but he does play a Muslim man who love god.
So where does that leave me? I made a funny comment on Brook's Blog which I said that I blame Marc Anthony for what the image of a Puerto Rican male was, so does that mean I should blame Antonio Banderas for our oversexed image? Perhaps. I may have to reflect further on this. I will also say that the lack of (skin) darkness in this movie is not surprise because clearly Black Mexicans do not exist.
Ok...enough of my soap box rantings. I am off to watch the Super Bowl.
P.S. Jennifer Hudson looks so beautiful tonight singing before the game...she amazes me.
2 comments:
I never got the whole sexy Antonio Banderas thing...he just doesn't do it for me. You know who I think is sexy...in a dark way? Benicio del Torro! He doesn't get enough props if you ask me :-)
Jennifer Hudson was amazing! I actually teared up as I watched her sing because I was so proud of her to be able to stand there and belt out that song after all the tragedy she's seen. She did an amazing job and looked beautiful.
Benicio! The roles he always seems to get has always been like this dirty Latino, so maybe that is why he doesnt get the props. Although, his next film, Che, should be off the hook.
Yeah, Jennifer Hudson continues to amazes me with her style and her grace. She is a true diva in my book.
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