Bad Chicanos In Hollywood, ie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua
I’m not sure what I will write about. I have a lot of things on my mind. Probably what bugs me a lot right now is the trailer I’ve seen twice on a new upcoming movie, Beverly Hills Chihauhua. I not sure which is better to not have Chicanos on TV, Chicanos In Hollywood or to have bad Chicanos On TV or bad Chicanos In Hollywood. Here I’ve been complaining about No Chicanos On TV nor Chicanos In Hollywood only to see this trailer for an upcoming movie.
I was disgusted that they would make a dumb movie using all of our pre-Columbian symbols like the Teotihuacan Pyrimid of the Sun, and other Mexican indigenous symbols to put on dancing dogs. Some will say, “Where is your sense of humor?” And I will respond, “Where is your taste? If you want to do a movie on our culture why don’t you do a good one?”
The other thing is that it is a Disney movie. I thought DreamWorks and Disney had corrected their previous two blunders with the cartoon on The Road To El Dorado and with The Alamo respectively. Two horrible films which most Latinos did not watch nor rent on DVD.
Lastly, I don’t care if many big Latinos in Hollywood have lent their voices and names to the project. It still stinks. We can’t just do a job just to get paid. Don’t they have any class.
Sometimes it’s better to have no movies than bad movies. Please say “No” to bad movies about Latinos or Latino themes. Say “No” to Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Say, “Hasta La Vista Chihuahua.”
Yo no quiero bad movies. Yo no quiero Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Quiero Taco Bell. (Even this is better than the BH Chihuahua.)
(Cheech, Paul Rodriguez or George Lopez where are you guys when we need you?)
Frank R. Castillo © 2008
I was disgusted that they would make a dumb movie using all of our pre-Columbian symbols like the Teotihuacan Pyrimid of the Sun, and other Mexican indigenous symbols to put on dancing dogs. Some will say, “Where is your sense of humor?” And I will respond, “Where is your taste? If you want to do a movie on our culture why don’t you do a good one?”
The other thing is that it is a Disney movie. I thought DreamWorks and Disney had corrected their previous two blunders with the cartoon on The Road To El Dorado and with The Alamo respectively. Two horrible films which most Latinos did not watch nor rent on DVD.
Lastly, I don’t care if many big Latinos in Hollywood have lent their voices and names to the project. It still stinks. We can’t just do a job just to get paid. Don’t they have any class.
Sometimes it’s better to have no movies than bad movies. Please say “No” to bad movies about Latinos or Latino themes. Say “No” to Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Say, “Hasta La Vista Chihuahua.”
Yo no quiero bad movies. Yo no quiero Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Quiero Taco Bell. (Even this is better than the BH Chihuahua.)
(Cheech, Paul Rodriguez or George Lopez where are you guys when we need you?)
Frank R. Castillo © 2008
