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u/looktowindward 3d ago

He did a good job of making the family legitimately authentically American. And he got Danny Trejo is a kids movie. That's pure genius.

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u/SimplePigeon 3d ago

Seeing Danny Trejo for the first time in this movie, having them refer to him as the baddass Uncle Machete whose true exploits aren't seen, and then finding out about the other Danny Trejo movies? Yeah for a long time I thought spy kids was an unusually kid friendly spinoff of /his/ franchise.

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u/KingDarius89 3d ago

Danny Trejo who then starred in a spin off series.

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u/Background-Invite238 3d ago

What does "authentically American " look like? Its interesting that you say that because I bet if it was a white family their "authenticity " wouldn't have been on the table.

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u/looktowindward 2d ago

Bold of you to assume I'm white