Steve Sailer writes: A. I don’t have anything against Sandler since I mostly just avoid his movies (although I can think of three I enjoyed). But he’s the bane of people whose job requires them to see every movie that comes out and write 800 words about his latest extrusion. Although American critics have long looked forward to the end of Adam Sandler movies, his secret weapon appears to be that Hispanics identify with him…
The movie tastes of Latin Americans, there and here, are pretty much terra incognita for American cultural commentators.
You might think that they would be a question of some relevance, what with the immigration demographic tidal wave and all that, but the vast majority of white American film critics don’t appear to have ever even considered that Hispanics have likes and dislikes.
COMMENTS TO STEVE SAILER:
* Shouldn’t that be reason enough to restrict immigration?
* It’s impossible to believe people who get paid to watch tv/film have never tuned into Univision even for a few minutes. Thirty seconds of Sabado Gigante! in its primetime slot would clue even the dimmest observer into the fact that Latinos’ viewing preferences are vastly different from Americans’. This is another instance of refusal to notice. Noticing Latino TV seems to be written for five year olds is badthinking although I suspect it’s ok to notice Japanese TV appears to have the same childish bent.
* I used to work at a company with an all Mexican factory work force and the TV shows they had on in the break room during lunch were eye-opening. The favorite seemed to be a comedy variety show that was vaguely reminiscent to me of the old Hee Haw show, in that it featured an all White cast most of whom were in costumes, and the women’s tended to be scanty. The main difference between the two shows was that in terms of comedic sophistication, and musical quality the Mexican show made Hee Haw look like The Marriage of Figaro.
