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What are Disney movie makers thinking? Well, obviously they are not thinking that a move called "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," which is packed full of some of the most over-used racial stereotypes of Mexican Americans, will offend anyone. Albuquerque-born writer Alisa Valdes Rodriguez thinks otherwise.
I tend to agree. Visitors to her Web site and blog can view this Disney trailer of the movie, which features the voices of (gasp) George Lopez and Salma Hayek. As Rodriguez says, Disney gives — lots of money — in order for big names like that to lend their talents to projects like this.
And even better, the movie is set for release in September — just in time for Hispanic History Month in America. Great.
From Rodriguez: "At a time when new information about the incredible complexity of ancient Mayan civilization, writing, language and mathematics is being uncovered, at a time of unprecedented attacks upon those of Mexican descent in this country, at a time when history books are finally starting to admit that many tens of millions more indigenous people were killed in the Americas than previously admitted – this, THIS is what we get from our film industry."
Hey, but the Chihuahuas they created are cute — cuter than the real ones in my opinion. View the trailer, let us know what you think.
