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The day after a pro-Trump mob assaulted the nation’s Capitol, Metro, a Mexico City tabloid, printed what this blogger declares the best headline ever on the whole messy situation.
Please also note the wonderful use of the word zafarrancho, a wonderful choice to describe Wednesday’s brawl.
Filing under “Why I love Mexico” and “Mexicans: How Can Anyone Not Like Us?”
I’m sure at this point you’re well aware of Mexico’s Scandinavian-looking talent, the ones that get all the TV gigs and –unsurprisingly– hail from FRFs (Filthy Rich Families.)
Add one more to the list, as Netflix this week will premiere Made in Mexico, its first reality series about, well, rich, white Mexicans.
Produced by a non-Mexican production company (Love Productions USA,) Made in Mexico seeks to “cast a light on Mexico City’s wealthy families and their opulent lifestyles as it trails nine socialites.”
Made in Mexico debuts September 28 in all territories where Netflix is available and this blogger will be watching –of course.
Via: CNET en Español
Mexican media giant — and Univision partner in [programming] crime — this week announced the launch of Blim.com, an OTT service á la Netflix.
Per the official announcement, the service is expected to cost $6.05 per month (which is roughly many, many, many pesos) and feature “relevant, Spanish-language programming targeting users in Mexico and Latin America.”
Mexicans promptly took to Twitter to share their “enthusiasm” around this thing. NOT.
Here are only a few examples of what Mexico twitteratti is saying about Blim.com
¿Y por solo $109 pesitos?@Blim_MX 😂 pic.twitter.com/IRzLH0QV1y
— Gaboshok (@gabundox) 24 de febrero de 2016
“Everyone is making money on the Internet; except us!” — Televisa introducing Blim.com
“Todo mundo está haciendo dinero con la Internet menos nosotros”
— Televisa presentando #Blim pic.twitter.com/14v7VoGTEe
— Los Simpson (@LosSimpsonMX) febrero 22, 2016
My friend, Azcárraga. Congrats on Blim; you do know what young viewers really want to watch on the Internet.
Amigo @eazcarraga felicidades por Blim. Tú sí sabes lo que la juventud de México quiere ver en internet pic.twitter.com/RiuEXKsJYD
— Callodehacha (@callodehacha) febrero 23, 2016
My phone is so smart, it will not install Blim
Si debe ser inteligente mi teléfono, pues no me deja instalar #Blim
— Gianni Pex (@Gianni_Pex) febrero 23, 2016
Or … does it only work on Alcatel phones?
Al parecer #Blim sólo funciona en dispositivos Alcatel.
— Gianni Pex (@Gianni_Pex) febrero 23, 2016
This survey
¿Qué opinas de #Blim?
— BuzzFeed México (@BuzzFeedMexico) febrero 23, 2016
Ironies aside, there are some tuiteros, including God himself, who think Blim can be a success. But three things must happen first:
1. Better programming
2. Better pricing
3. Netflix must disappear
Para que televisa triunfe con #Blim necesita sólo 3 cosas:
1. Mejores contenidos.
2. Un precio más bajo.
3. Que Netflix deje de existir.— Dios〖∆〗 (@Dios_Padre) febrero 23, 2016
…. Soraya is BAAAAAAAACK!
Per a Univision press release:
Netflix will now offer many hours of some of the most beloved and highly-rated shows from the Univision classics such as Teresa, Maria la del Barrio, Lo Que La Vida Me Robó, Por Ella Soy Eva, La Viuda Negra and Rosa de Guadalupe. The lineup also features some of the Top 20 novelas of all time including La Fea Mas Bella, Cuidado con el Angel and Rubi.
Yeah.. I know what you’re thinking
Awwww, my people can be so creative! (and by that I mean both, Latinos and editors.)
Take the National Institute for Latino Policy (NALIP), which recently posted the findings of a five-year-old study about the misrepresentation of Latinos and Muslims in national broadcast and cable news.
Among other things, the study found that both, Latinos and Muslims are overrepresented as the ‘bad guys’ across national TV, with Latinos being — almost invariably — undocumented criminals and Muslims, well, hopeless terrorists.
But hold on. I’m all up for my people (and everybody else’s people) not to be singled out as the bad guys on television. But I do think using a Sarape-Inspired Male Niqab to illustrate this story is a bit of a stretch.
I mean… I just went LOL.
Don’t the producers over there know there is no worm in tequila?
It’s mezcal, you morons! Worms go in mezcal!
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