Although I know it is late, I would like to comment about the movie "A Day Without A Mexican." I thought that the Hollywood version of "A Day Without a Mexican" was eyeopening and entertaining. People don't realize how much of their lives are affected by not only Mexicans, but all Latinos/as. While the movie was full of horrible acting, I think it touched on the great issue of immigration and "illegal aliens." So many people in America say that they don't want undocumented people living here, but when these people are finally gone they don't know what to do.
I did think that it didn't really make sense that the in the movie all of the Latinos living California disappeared. I think it would have been more powerful if only the undocumented people disappeared because, after all, that was the issue being confronted. I also didn't think that the soap opera drama was necessary. For example, when it turned out that the little girl was actually the neighbor's daughter. Where did that even come from? I also thought that the way in which the people that the non-latino characters in the movie were very stereotypical of people living in California. It got a little old after a while because it was so unrealistic for everyone to be that way.
Overall, I thought that this movie was pretty interesting. It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but I thought it touched on the issue of illegal immigration and brought it to a new light.
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I agree that the acting was HORRID. Lol. As an actor, it really was hard to pay attention to the content. However, the content was not brand new to me. I had read "Day Of Absence", the play based on the absence of African Americans. So, seeing it in a film form was kind of interesting. Also, I disagree with only certain Latinos disappearing; they are all connected in some way and are all treated the same without knowing if documented or not. It only makes the treatment worse if they are undocumented. Overall, you all should have more films that are directly related to topics in class....
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