She is so annoying and mediocre.
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ts-conceicao — 10 years ago(July 31, 2015 01:15 PM)
Latino/Hispanic designates language and culture, not race.
That's the problem. What i2000s a "Latino" culture? There's no "Latino" culture in the world, only in the US.
you come from a Latin culture (Brazil)
Brazilian culture is Brazilian. Latins were the ancestors of the Romans, it has nothing to do with Brazil. -
afcaetano — 15 years ago(February 04, 2011 10:23 AM)
The problem for some middle class Brazilians brought up on a steady diet of American movies, sitcoms and TV series, is that they don't want be lumped up with the dark-skinned, poor, barely able to speak English Latino stereotype portrayed therein. Never mind that most Brazilian immigrants to the US fit that stereotype to a t. Never mind also that likewise snobbish well-off Colombians, Argentinians, Mexicans etc also partake in the prejudice don't want to get confused with the Latino stereotype too.
No, that must be because Brazil is
completely different
from the rest of Latin America (which is of course, very homogeneous) and oh-so special. Right. And shame on Alice for not playing Swedish or Icelandic roles. -
VexLuthor — 14 years ago(May 30, 2011 01:40 PM)
I kinda get what he was trying to say, although not correcty. Brazil is a multicultural country, and people here don't like the fact that a lot o people think we look just like mexicans and speak spanish. No offense to Mexico or to the Spanish languages, but there are many differences.
Depending on the region or the ascendance, people in Brazil may or may not look like hispanic people. If you descend from native americans, you may look a bit like them.
For example, I have portuguese, italian and a little bit of native american blood.
When I went to NY with my mom and my sister, people usually thought my mother was Italian and my sister was hispanic.
Since I have fair skin, they didn't think I was from latin america at first. Then after hearing my accent, they wanted to speak spanish with me. When I tried to explain I didn't speak spanish very well and I more fluent in English, they looked at me like I was a lunatic. -
BewareOfTheAvalanche — 11 years ago(July 28, 2014 07:33 PM)
Brazil is a multicultural country, a7ecnd people here don't like the fact that a lot o people think we look just like mexicans and speak spanish.
I don't like that done to my culture neither, but people are ignorant and it's easier for them to lump everyone in just one bag. Many Latinos also lump themselves in the same place and promote stereotypes.
Depending on the region or the ascendance, people in Brazil may or may not look like hispanic people.
You can't look like someone Hispanic, Hispanic is an umbrella for SPanish speaking cultures related to Spain. The stereotype is that Hispanics look like Mexicans, most of whom are mestizos, but many Hispanic, specially those from the Caribbean, are mulattoes and might have Amerindian blood as well. -
ts-conceicao — 10 years ago(July 31, 2015 01:10 PM)
Edson, like it or not, Brazilians are Latin Americans which is what being Latino means in the USA.
The problem is context. The term "latin american" only makes sense in a linguistic context, when in the US it is used as an "ethnicity".
There's no shared history between Brazil and the other neighboring countries. Neither genetics. Perhaps the only other country who can claim some shared past is Portugal, but that's all.
Brazilians may be "latino-americ2000anos" because they speak Portuguese, but are not "Latinos" because they are not "Mexicans".
I agree with the original poster. It's ridiculous.
BTW, "Latins" where one of the ancestral peoples of the ancient Romans. Far away from Brazil and totally unrelated. -
mel_portela — 12 years ago(September 22, 2013 08:10 PM)
Jesus F* Christ!
It's amazing how people try so hard to assure themselves.
There is such a huge complex about not being white that they defend with their lives the slightest possibility of posing as one.
Everytime I come to a non-american/european artist's thread is the same thing. It seems like the background of the person means more than the acting skills.
But the worst part is the misconceptions about race, ethnicity and the human geography as well.
Shame on all the desperate people that are clearly mixed and deny it!
By the way, I am a proud multiracial Brazilian girl!
I think my mask of sanity is about to slip. -
olivaleticia — 12 years ago(April 04, 2014 04:34 PM)
She's doing anything but trying to become a caricature of a latina. I honestly can't see where you're coming from. Do you even watch her movies?
Rodrigo Santoro is nothing but himself. They are honest actors who are just being themselves. Your opinion doesn't make sense at all t5b4o me.