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Amores Perros. Lucha de Gigantes.
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I saw the film Amores Perros together with one of my students. Below is one of the main soundtrack songs. Its name is Lucha de Gigantes, by the Spanish band Nacha Pop. The actual movie scene is too strong to embed on this website. It’s not for kids and it’s not for many people. […] More
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Charlie Chaplin in Mexico.
This Charlie Chaplin movie, The Pilgrim, was made nearly a century ago, in 1923. It was not really made in Mexico, but more north in a California movie studio. In this scene, Charlie Chaplin is deported to Mexico. Charlie Chaplin really traveled in Mexico. He married 16 year-old Lita Gray, who had […] More
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La Kahlo
The use of “La” only for famous ladies. It’s a pop culture thing to refer to famous ladies using the definite article plus her last name to convey something like “the one and only.” For example: La Monroe The one and only Miss Monroe. It’s like if there were no other famous woman with […] More
