This guy is not even Mexican-American.
How does that happen? LOL
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Almost no in the show is Mexican American. Real LA Latino gangs are mostly Mexican and Central American. Instead the producers have chosen to cast this like a Broadway West Side Story with mostly New York actors of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage which are very rare on the West Coast.
Cliff Curtis is a Pacific Islander from New Zealand and is badly miscast and unbelievable as the patriarch.
Face palm!!
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I agree...I mentioned this in my review. Without him, this show may not be around after this season.
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I agree with you on that 100%, I don't know the difference between the various Latin Americans so for me Curtis is believable as the patriarch of a Latin crime gang, I don't see why it's necessary to cast actors from the same region as the characters, they're actors they play roles that's their job I think a lot of people completely miss that point.
I agree with you on that 100%, I don't know the difference between the various Latin Americans so for me Curtis is believable as the patriarch of a Latin crime gang,
he's not from any "region" of Latin America, dude. He's a New Zealander. It's another case of Hollywood going "hey, what's the difference really? Doesn't matter where they're from, brown people are brown people, no?"
And honestly, I don't even speak Spanish but when they try to throw in a line of Spanish for him he sounds like my uncle asking for directions on his vacations video in Mexico. Terrible.
they're actors they play roles that's their job I think a lot of people completely miss that point.
Sure, they're actors playing a part. So why not cast a 20 year old Asian woman in that part? That would be cool. That wouldn't bother you at all, would it? She would just be an actress playing a part, right?
Just because you are fine with whatever shade of brown, like the idiots who cast that show, doesn't mean he's believable. All the others spend their time speaking in Spanish and the Jeffe only throw a poor mispronounced word every once in a while, at great obvious pain. Yeah. it's believable.
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Cliff Curtis plays everything but Maori. It is like a rule. Or a life long ambition.
shareHe played a Maori in "Once were Warriors", Lee Tamahori's debut film - and arguably his best film.
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He's played lots of Maori in film:
Once Were Warriors
Whale Rider
River Queen
The Dark Horse
There's also a bunch of minor NZ films he's done as a Maori as well.
The only big Maori movie he's missing from his CV is Boy.
I think Cliff Curtis is the best actor in the show.
shareCurtis gets huge raps elsewhere on this board as the best on the show
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