A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Latino audiences still cannot claim a Cosby of our own, despite the increased visibility of Latino characters on network and cable television and the meteoric rise of Eva Longoria and then Sofia Vergara in recent years. ABC seems to hope that Cristela Alonzo, a Tejana comedienne, is the TV star to fill this niche.
Read moreShowtime’s Dexter has taken some criticism over the last few years, but its recent final episode stays true to what has been great about the series
Read moreThe Bravo network’s programming as a whole seems to use the eccentric ethnic character as a formulaic strategy to enhance a show’s entertainment value
Read moreDavid Murray’s reinterpretation of Nat King Cole prompts me to rehear The Nat King Cole Show, especially in the context of black televisual presence in today’s digital platforms.
Read moreRuPaul’s DragU, while rejecting normative and essentialist gender roles, exposes an “ideal” femininity that is framed in notions of masculinity and leaves us with only the charades of faux gender.
Read more“Race matters” in the realm of stepping into a cosplay character.
Read moreConsidering the representations and constructions of Dominican identity on Saturday Night Live.
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