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i KNOW! i LOVED this show! when there werent any more new episodes, i was like WHAT?!?! what happened?!



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How was anyone on this show "stereotypical"? It made fun of people who stereotype (Sara's parents, the cheerleader David went out with, etc) more than anyone.

But that was the point to my way of thinking-- they were NOT "stereotypical Mexicans." I am not chicana but I grew up around the Mexican culture in southern California and Arizona (pray for us about the Border situation)and I felt the characters held true to the essence of a very modern Mexican-American family *without* stereotypes. For example, it was the arrogant daughter-- the pride and joy of the dad who could see no wrong in her-- who was bain of her tender and sweet younger brother's existence. (The younger brother was played by Pablos Santos who just died in a terrible plane crash.) The Mexican-American father might be construed to be a "stereotype" in his overbearing heffe role but he was married to an Anglo and was always being shot down when he acted up. The Dad's younger brother was hilarious in non-stereotypical ways, playing a "suave" (in his eyes, which made for comedy) divorced man who lived with his brother's family. It was a truly Mexican family as I have encountered Mexicans with multi-generational families (which I have always loved about the Mexican culture) and truly a second generation, "encorporated" American family with a very non-stereotypical Grandmother. (They might have gone overboard with making the Grandmother-- who had been born in Mexico-- SO non-tradional.)

I was very sad to see Greetings from Tucson go off the air.

Flanagan

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