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Didn’t Pixar *just* give us a Latin flick?


Just curious. I guess it’s in high demand!

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Which one are you referring to?
Coco was over 4 years ago.
Luca is European-Italian.
Encanto is South American-Colombian.

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Such vastly different cultures! It will be interesting to see Pixar do a Colombian story since I don't know a lot about Colombia. A cultures 'fairytale' says so much about them.

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From the trailer... it didn't feel Colombian at all. It seemed like the standard "South-American archetype" in Hollywood modern movies, which is loosely based in Mexicans, mixed with some "posh empowered girl" moments. The only thing that reminded me to Colombians was the grand-mother's accent.

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Oh interesting, are you Colombian? I have been to Costa Rica and had planned to check out Colombia afterwards but plans got interrupted. I mean Colombia is so huge I'm sure that it could have lots of subcultures but I just don't know much about it down there.

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No, but my mother tongue is Spanish. I've lived, hanged out and worked with people from many South-American countries.

In practice, it's not such a big country, since the population occupies a narrow strip. It's the same for Ecuador and Peru. I don't feel there were lots of subcultures there, though I've met people from the center and south, not from the north. People identify themselves mostly in ethnic terms, depending you're more from indigenous descent or Spanish descent (it's far from being homogenous).

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I'm a Colombian and it's very Colombian: food, constumes, symbols, music, etc.

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Cool! Thanks for sharing this! what is your favorite Colombian dish or foods? What are some common symbols for the country? Is it still very Catholic there or is it more diverse concerning religious beliefs?

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Nah, to me it felt very Colombian, the way the accordion was used, the vueltiao hat, all the costumes, Carlos Vives singing the song.

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Reported for not using LatinX.

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lol

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OP is in big dodo for sure. Us folks here on MC only speak faculty-lounge elite talk.

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Latinx is an insult to everyone who actually speaks spanish, because people who speak spanish know that the masculine is gender neutral.

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I love how white americans coined that term to be "politically correct", but just ended up pissing off every single latin american with it. They need to start realizing that the rest of the world doesn't care about their silly culture wars.

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Actually, the term "latinx" was coined by some Latino Americans, not white Americans. Here's a look at how the term "latinx" came into being, what it really means, and why some Latinos don't like it---it's pretty complicated: https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a28056593/latinx-meaning/


And adding a new word to the English lexicon is not part of any "culture war". That's just some BS right-wing term.

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Now, that article was really helpful to make me understand the issue.
So thank you for posting it.
However, I don't believe that I will use the "Latinx" term any time soon.

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You're welcome. The article does explain why some people like the term, and why some don't like or use it either.

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