Tag: Movies
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My ‘Black Friday’ at the Movies: Rise of the Guardians
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I sure did. We hosted 14 people for dinner and everything turned out great. The food was delicious. We went all out and put tablecloths on the tables and my kids entertained everyone between dinner and dessert by playing their instruments (guitar and…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Multicultural Familia Gets an Update, One More Opinion About Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye’s Message About Hurricane Sandy
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I hope all of you living on the East Coast are okay post Sandy. We were very lucky here in our Kinky Gazpacho family. We survived with nothing more than a little trickle of water in our basement. My sister and brother, who also live in Philadelphia, also made it through with…
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Ms. Meltingpot Recommends: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Hi Meltingpot Readers, If unlike me, you’re not racing around the city this afternoon looking for a beret for you son’s Halloween mime costume and then spending the evening in a church basement carving pumpkins with your kids, you might want a recommendation for a good movie to watch tonight. If that is the case,…
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Is Argo a Whitewash of Latino Identity?
Hola Meltingpot Readers, This weekend el esposo and I went to see the film Argo. In case you haven’t heard about it, Argo is the movie based on the true life rescue of six hostages held in Iran during the infamous 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The hero of the story, Tony Mendez, is the CIA…
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Zoe Saldana’s ‘Monster’ Moment
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Colorism has caught my attention. In this country I believe colorism — a preference for, or belief about someone based on the color of their skin –is so pervasive and yet so underreported. It’s like our dirty little secret that keeps us up at night. And of course with all secrets, the…
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Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman and Vampires
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Am I the only one who just heard about the film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? People, I just saw the book in the bookstore the other day and then, come to find out that the Tim Burton produced film hit movie theaters last month! Where have I been? Okay, maybe I did hear…
