To be fair, weren't americans the pioneers on that sort of show?
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Univision (Spanish NA TV Channel) is depressing ass hell.
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To be fair, weren't americans the pioneers on that sort of show?
Oh yeah, the levels of not-give-a-fuck are hilarious. Especially considering how neutered network TV news is.
US Network TV: "What you are about to see maybe disturbing." *censors guy getting punched in the face*
Primer Impacto: "Oh right, this happened-" *show blown limbs of deceased children from cartel IED*
Op, "Latinos", as in the plural, encompasses both the male and female forms of the words when referring to a group. It's the form recognized by the RAE.
The use of the x isn't recognized and may confound people.
On topic, I've always found Mexican TV to be corny and cheesy and hell. The Chilean news channels (except one that's know for being sensationalist) are far more grounded, plus showing graphic stuff is forbidden by law. Whenever I travel abroad, if Univision or Telemundo are the only Latin American news channels available, I'll probably say fuck it and put either the BBC or CNN.
The use of the x isn't recognized and may confound people.
On topic, I've always found Mexican TV to be corny and cheesy and hell. The Chilean news channels (except one that's know for being sensationalist) are far more grounded, plus showing graphic stuff is forbidden by law. Whenever I travel abroad, if Univision or Telemundo are the only Latin American news channels available, I'll probably say fuck it and put either the BBC or CNN.
Most tv in general is sexist as hell but I feel like Hispanic tv takes it up a notch where women are used purely for sexual purposes.
It feels the void of horribly depressing stories left by the dissapearance of "stories of abused women" kind of shows that were a staple of mexican tv, these shows are similar but have a more uplifting tone, so old people pretty much watch them as a replacement.
I get why not everyone uses the term, but calling it some "dumb white people shit" or questioning the identity of actual Spanish speaking Latin Americans is inaccurate and frustrating. Just because you have never heard Latin Americans use the term does not mean none of us do.
We are an incredibly diverse, huge group of people, spread over multiple continents, countries, and communities. Some people in these communities feel more comfortable using the term Latinx. That does not make them any less Latino than you, does not make them white, and does not mean they aren't Spanish speakers. Please respect what words people use to identify themselves without calling their ethnic and linguistic identity into question. That goes for all terms, including just using Latino.
My mom only tunes to Univision because watches Mi marido tiene más familia at 9PM EST. It's a sappy, goofy feel good soap opera with a theme song that always plays around 9:17-9:18pm. I don't get why she watches it but she finds it entertaining so eh. Otherwise, when it's not that shows, it's Caso Cerrado reruns at 2PMEST and 7PM EST on Telemundo.
I'm quite surprised there's a remake of Betty La Fea on Telemundo but it's a remake of Ugly Betty so there's a few characters that speak English, trying to make to make it NYC, and other stuff. The production values were quite good from what I saw of it. As I type this, my mom is watching a Juanes concert on Telemundo.
As a kid, being forced to watching Primer Impacto, Cristina, and Sabado Gigante at my granparents' house was torturous. A mix of depressing, sensationalist, and soft-core porn crap.
I'm quite surprised there's a remake of Betty La Fea on Telemundo but it's a remake of Ugly Betty so there's a few characters that speak English, trying to make to make it NYC, and other stuff. The production values were quite good from what I saw of it. As I type this, my mom is watching a Juanes concert on Telemundo.
As a kid, being forced to watching Primer Impacto, Cristina, and Sabado Gigante at my granparents' house was torturous. A mix of depressing, sensationalist, and soft-core porn crap.
Oh my god, I did not know about this. I still remember watching the Colombian original. How did we get to this point.
That and that Resturant anthology show which is just the same, uplifting but still with an edge. My mom watches that shit.
I just watch Univision for Liga MX at this point although last week, they played Book of Life.
Basically, the OG exploded in all of latin america, different countries began to make their own version, which continued to be popular leading to the creation of Ugly Betty for the american audience and this new version brought up probably was made thinking of the Hispanic audience who has never been outside the USA.
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Stop with the latinx bullshit please. Say either Latino or Latina and if you are feeling lazy say Latin@.
That makes sense.
When I searched it on youtube, this one was the top result.
I keep Univision on for background noise because it's the only channel I get reliably in my apartment, and because I'm kind of half assed trying to learn Spanish.
I have no idea what's being said, but I agree that it seems pretty depressing all the time. It seems hyper critical of Trump, at least, which other news stations should be doing more of. But again, I don't know what they're saying, so maybe they're not as hyper critical as I think they're being.
The thing that shocked me is how much religious stuff they play. Like Rosa de Guadalupe and this show called Jesus. It's all during prime time too.
I have no idea what's being said, but I agree that it seems pretty depressing all the time. It seems hyper critical of Trump, at least, which other news stations should be doing more of. But again, I don't know what they're saying, so maybe they're not as hyper critical as I think they're being.
The thing that shocked me is how much religious stuff they play. Like Rosa de Guadalupe and this show called Jesus. It's all during prime time too.
Basically this. I mean just look at the synopsis for the reboot:
Translation for the non-Spanish speaking people: This series focuses on a young Mexican woman who lives in New York. She pursues her dreams in a world where looks are everything.
And I thought American TV was exploitative, the kind of things you are all describing are insane.
I know, but I still don't get it. My family (and I because it was on) watched the original, the first Mexican remake, and the beginning of Ugly Betty. They're probably watching this show too. Three times wasn't enough?!
Everything you say is true, let's not forget the brainwashing since they tend to spread a lot of fake news (more than American news imo). My family would watch it religiously and say ridiculous things like drinking milk can kill you or whatever my mom used to tell me because she heard it on the news. You aren't wrong about the graphic part either. The news showing dead bodies, car accidents, people shot like it was nothing. I never understood how my mom watches that stuff and wonder if that attributed to her bad outlook on life since she always sees things negatively. My dad at least used to watch American movies every now and then.
I was actually thinking this very same thing a while back that it's too nonchalant with their censorship and shows are, in my opinion, sexist and homophobic. Heck, even my mother moved on to another channel where they show soap operas from other countries that are more grounded and not stereotypical like they are on Univision.
Yeah, as a latino kid that shit was rough when I visited my aunt and she only saw Univision, like damn tía i'm eight visiting an a foreign place for the first time and i'm working through a big helado bucket from that publix place, can we not see about el burro bomba anymore?
Yeah, don't Google burro bomba, that was bad.
Yeah, don't Google burro bomba, that was bad.
Tony dandrades is a real cool guy in real life. Got to hang out with him once, bought us lunch and took a picture of my lunch for his instagram.. lol
You forget that using this word will make racism against black Latinos just disappear.
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Apparently it's commonly used among the more "educated" and "academic" members of our culture.
Us lowly peasants wouldn't understand
Apparently it's commonly used among the more "educated" and "academic" members of our culture.
Us lowly peasants wouldn't understand
It's really not widespread. Maybe it's used in some academic circles.
How the fuck did you guys manage to turn this into a "complain about the term Latinx" thread?
But since we're talking about this, I'm eating cheetos horneados right now, and it absolutely pisses me off that this is something I've only seen in Colombia yet it's still pronounced "chi-toes" because such pronounciations are fundamentally incompatible with Spanish. Also, give me a moment to whine about all those Spanish speakers who pronounce words like 'gay' without using the Spanish a. These are things that represent incomprehensible concepts to me and make me feel incredibly angry.
But since we're talking about this, I'm eating cheetos horneados right now, and it absolutely pisses me off that this is something I've only seen in Colombia yet it's still pronounced "chi-toes" because such pronounciations are fundamentally incompatible with Spanish. Also, give me a moment to whine about all those Spanish speakers who pronounce words like 'gay' without using the Spanish a. These are things that represent incomprehensible concepts to me and make me feel incredibly angry.
Could be worse, they pronounce sega like seh-ga or say-ga ?
the answer is Seh-ga
Only if you like being wrong.
The carts themselves clearly say Say-gah on boot.
Forget the latinx conversation, the real problem are those poorly designed posters for banda concerts
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They had a news segment on anime addiction last year. Watching them report on weaboos was one of the weirdest things i've seen on the news.
Forget the latinx conversation, the real problem are those poorly designed posters for banda concerts
Hispanics are truly the worst at graphic design.
Only spaniards to through those weird lenghts to pronounce extranjerismos like it would sound in spanish, you are supposed to say gay like "gey" instead of gay like "gaia".
What's wrong with how we pronounce cheetos? :( Also, I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone know that they are better than regular cheetos.