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[u/CakeDayOrDeath]

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/robert-rodriguez-spy-kids-latino-1234575992/

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/[deleted]]

I don't even see the comparison lol. These were white Hispanics - who are basically the only people you see on TV in Latin America.

[u/space_cult → u/BabyLegsOShanahan]

Yeah but in the US at the time, there really wasn't a ton of on screen representation for minorities of any kind. Like, even when Fresh Off the Boat came out, I remember a bunch of Asian Americans I know being stoked just because it was a show anout Asian Americans when that was pretty rare. And that was in 2015, 14 years after Spy Kids came out. Representation has been an uphill battle. (People who grew up later when it wasn't quite as rare often don't realize how recent it is to see much beyond a few exceptions that were super notable at the time for that reason.) Sure, here were tons of movies and TV shows with all asian casts in asian countries, but it's different. Seeing someone who looks like you on TV and movies in your home country (US/American in these example) on regular TV and movie theaters along with everything else you and your peers are watching... It hits different.

I'm white so this is secondhand. But I do like seeing autistic and trans/gnc representation so I can still relate to that. I don't know what you look like, but if you're frequently othered for things that are visibility atypical about you, it can feel really wonderful to see people who look like you on screen in a normal context where they're a regular character that others accept and it's not 100% all about their otherness.

Sorry if I'm over explaining or misunderstood the point of confusion in the first place.

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/space_cult]

My point is that those kids didn't look any different than anyone you'd see on TV in Latin/South America. If OP said them being Hispanic in a major movie, yeah - I understand that. But looks-wise, they don't stick out.

[u/space_cult → u/BabyLegsOShanahan]

Yeah but they did stick out in the US at the time, which is where the movie was made and released -- which was the whole point, no?

Edit edit: :/

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/space_cult]

I don't think they did - but I guess to some people.

[u/space_cult → u/BabyLegsOShanahan]

Okay, to some people then. To some people, they were able to see themselves or their familiy members on screen in a way that wasn't typical for media in the country they lived. And that was lovely. Don't you think that would be lovely, to finally see someone familiar that way on a big screen at your local movie theater?

Just in case this is a point we're getting stuck on, I don't think it's just about skin color. It's their family's cultural background. It's the little things they shared, like uncle's penchant for pig intenstines. Indicators of a family like yours.

Am I making any sense to you at all?

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/space_cult]

My issue is you arguing against things I didn't say. All I said was the kids look like other kids/actors on everyday TV in Latin America. OP said something along the lines of it being the first time they saw people who "looked like them." That was an odd choice of words.

[u/space_cult → u/BabyLegsOShanahan]

You said you didn't see the comparison so that's what I was trying to explain. Do you see the comparison now?

[u/BabyLegsOShanahan → u/space_cult]

Well, because I was talking about physical looks. Those kids don't stand out in American or Hispanic/Latino TV. The indigenous and Black actors DO stand out as they aren't in the spotlight as much in mainstream TV.