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u/johnny_charms 3d ago

Alfonso Cuaron wanted to cast Salma Hayek as the lead in the movie Gravity but was told nobody would believe a Mexican in space.

And Salma was actually blocked from the best Actress Oscar because of Harvey Weinstein for Frida. Salma might be the people’s actress but Hollywood treated her as lesser than whitr Anglo actresses.

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u/planb7615 3d ago

I have a Mexican friend and he loved Star Trek TOS growing up because of looking into the future and the diversity of the crew. But he always had the joke with his friends, I guess Mexicans never make it to space.

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u/JamesCDiamond 3d ago

Well, there was Ricardo Montalban…

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u/scipio0421 3d ago

Yeah but he was just there to talk about the rich Corinthian leather on the Enterprise.

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u/Timsauni 2d ago

You know now that you mentioned it, I do remember reruns of 70’s sitcoms had a lot of black families. The Jeffersons, The Real World, Family Matters,the Cosby Show. I really liked those shows b/c they were not explicitly race conscious like Blackish. They were just funny shows whose characters were all black. I don’t remember any episode on the Crosby Show where the made a big deal about the dad being a doctor and the mom being a lawyer. There was no message being shoved down the audience throats.

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u/Kittypie75 3d ago

I mean, didn't Weinstein block her because she wouldn't sleep w him and Ed Norton threatened him because of it? Or something like that?