Holy stereotypes, Batman! Have you seen the teaser trailer for Eva Longoria’s new Lifetime series,Devious Maids? The minute-long trailer manages to efficiently portray Latinas as hypersexual, nosy, scheming and, at times, totally invisible domestic servants, one set of pushed-up breasts, devilishly squinted eyes and sassy hair flip at a time. What the trailer doesn’t do, however, is [...]
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I’ve been on cloud nueve, lately! What, with all of the new English-language Latino-centered online media popping up all over the web, new television channels catering towards the English-speaking Hispanic community and with reggaeton finally dead! What more can a girl ask for? Short of Eva Longoria’s part in producing “Devious Maids”–a show about a [...]
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When I found out that Eva Longoria and Desperate Housewives producer, Mark Cherry, were greenlit to bring a largely Latina casted television show to Lifetime, I did a happy little dance and celebrated with some chocolate! But then I read on and learned that the name of the show is “Devious Maids” and promptly died [...]
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