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Just as an FYI (I'm from Aguascalientes)


I'm from Aguascalientes, the city where Isabell is from, and no, that's not what it is like here.

I just read a post about stereotypes and whatnot, and, although there's a big percentage of the population who does live in conditions like shown in the movie, it's quite unfair how it is depicted in the movie, cuz:

a) There is an airport in the city, although not as international as the one in Mexico City or Guadalajara, there are direct flights from the US to the city, also there are car rental companies, I think Alex with the money he had could've gotten a car, instead of ridding a donkey or get in a truck full of people.

b) THERE IS A CITY!!! There are buildings, roads, there's a Wal-Mart, there's a Starbucks, a Hugo Boss store, Applebee's, Subway restaurant, a Marriott...just don't get the impression from the movie...

c) There is white people in the city (and the country), in fact, there's a large percentage of white descendent people here, although not 100%, most are rather white, I myself am, although both my parents and their parents are mexican...

That's all I gotta say :-)




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Hot Springs, eh?

Most movies stretch the imagination quite a bit! But it's a lot of fun

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This is a movie made in 1996 how was it then? Not now. I'm sure people know that's not how it is now.


"Oh, and also, Im wretchedly in Love with You."

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I can't believe she would drive down there all the time, it's a 26 hour drive from Las Vegas and her truck doesn't look to be in the best condition.

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That's a fine post; and you're completely right.

The only thing silly movies like this do are re-enforce stereotypes portraying Mexico as an undeveloped backwater full of lower-class, uneducated, uncultured, "trashy" and unsophisticated inhabitants. Even if they're "not supposed to be taken seriously", many little informed viewers do take these films at face value.

I've yet to see one Hollywood film properly showing the historic and upscale neighborhoods of Mexico City, its skyscrapers and elegant boulevards, the Palace of Fine Arts and other fine museums, its upscale shopping districts, its multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious and socially/ideologically varied inhabitants, its universities, arts, architecture, music and literature, its fascinating history, etc. (let alone of Aguascalientes or any of Mexico's other numerous and interesting cities, as you say).

At least there is some good Mexican cinema as a counter-balance.

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