After three decades of increasingly steep losses in rural America, Democrats are finally beginning to grapple with an inconvenient truth: An enduring Democratic majority requires winning back some portion of persuadable rural working-class voters.
Both Republicans’ and Democrats’ neoliberal economic policies have been harmful—in some instances ruinous—to rural communities. The GOP, on the whole, has caused more economic pain—but it has also been the party that has acknowledged rural struggles and put the people who’ve been harmed at the center of their rhetoric. None more so than Donald Trump, who said, in 2016, “Every time you see a closed factory or a wiped out community in Ohio, it was essentially caused by the Clintons.”
Too many Democrats, meanwhile, have sounded either dismissive of or exasperated by rural people. In 2016, Chuck Schumer’s catastrophically cavalier strategy willfully sacrificed blue-collar rural voters in exchange (or so he’d hoped) for high-income suburbanites. As far as the Democratic establishment was concerned, non-college-educated rural voters should quit complaining and simply get a degree—ideally in coding—and join the knowledge economy. Such contempt for a large swath of America has resulted in the ongoing erosion of Democratic support among working-class white and non-white voters.
Joe Biden, more than any president in decades, has prioritized rural people with a remarkable set of pro-worker policies and major investments in rural economies and infrastructure. We believe that this record offers a foundation for Democrats at all levels to begin to win back working-class rural voters—while holding on to the party’s multiracial urban and suburban base.
In 2022, the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (which we cofounded) interviewed 50 Democratic candidates, from 25 states, who ran in rural districts between 2016 and 2020. Though they didn’t all win office, they all significantly overperformed the partisan lean of their district or state.
Our questions to them boiled down to, “What was your secret sauce?” From their answers, we identified several key ingredients: First and foremost, successful candidates were highly attuned to the concerns of their would-be constituents. Instead of running on a cookie-cutter national Democratic platform, they focused on the things voters in their district cared about most—kitchen-table matters like jobs and the economy, alongside ultra-local problems such as lousy roads, underfunded hospitals, and spotty Internet access.
Overperforming candidates also eschewed Beltway political consultants in favor of campaign staffers rooted in the community. This made for authentic campaigns with local flavor. Former Maine state senator Chloe Maxmin, for example, deployed homemade yard signs that were a folksy departure from the typically soulless campaign placards that litter the landscape.
Rural overperformers did something else that’s unpopular within the progressive left but widely appreciated by rural swing voters: They didn’t demonize Trump, no matter how richly he deserved it. And they didn’t try to scare or pressure persuadable voters into seeing the GOP or MAGA as an existential threat to democracy. Such rhetoric is music to the base’s ears but falls flat with key constituencies, most worryingly youth and Latinos.
Guillermo Lopez, a board member of the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had this to say about Democrats’ hyping the MAGA threat to democracy: “I actually think that harms the vote.… [The average person who] just puts their nose to the grindstone and goes to work, I don’t think that motivates them. I think it scares them and freezes them.”
We’re with Lopez. Time spent enumerating and labeling Trump’s voluminous misconduct is time that could have been spent connecting with voters on what they care about most. We reserve judgment as to whether sounding the alarm about MAGA fascism appeals to disaffected or undecided urban and suburban voters, but we’re reasonably confident that this message does little to help rural candidates.
The superiority of depolarizing rhetoric is corroborated by a wide body of academic and poll-tested research documented in our full report. At the end of the day, the rural Democrats able to chip away at Republican strongholds were the ones who knew how to meet voters where they already were—not where they wished they were at. This sounds like Politics 101, but it’s a principle all too often cast aside by candidates and campaign consultants who spend too much time tuned in to MSNBC pundits and not enough listening to their own voters.
Democrats running in this cycle should study the 2022 campaigns of Representatives Mary Peltola, who won in solidly red Alaska, and Marie Glusenkamp Perez, who won Washington State’s Third Congressional District, which had been in Republican hands for six terms. Peltola ran on “Fish, Family, Freedom” and in her current reelection campaign calls on Alaskans to say “to hell with politics” and “work together to protect our Alaska way of life.”
Glusenkamp Perez won her 2022 race in large part because of her credibility as co-owner of an auto repair shop and her laser-sharp focus on issues her constituents prioritized, like the “right to repair” farming and other equipment. While some on the left are angry that she doesn’t toe the Democratic party line on every issue, her record shows her to be the kind of left-leaning populist who can win in rural districts. The Democratic Party would be wise to embrace socially moderate, economically and stylistically populist candidates like Glusenkamp Perez and Peltola as part of its coalition.
In the spirit of cross-racial populist solidarity, top-performing rural candidates put work and workers at the center of their policy and rhetoric, proposing a “hand up” rather than a “handout.” For the great majority of rural people, self-reliance—the wherewithal to solve our own problems and meet our own needs—is central to our identity. We don’t know a single farmer, conservative or liberal, who doesn’t feel this way. As Colby College rural political scholars Nick Jacobs and Dan Shea put it, “What rural residents want to hear is this: ‘Make it possible for us to improve our communities ourselves.’”
Rural residents might be disproportionately dependent on some form of government transfer payment, but they don’t like it. Farah Stockman, author of American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears, wrote, “Too often, those who champion the working class speak only of social safety nets, not the jobs that anchor a working person’s identity.” The key is in the delivery, ensuring that local communities can adapt and drive these investments rather than trying to implement ill-suited, top-down mandates.
The Biden administration’s aggressive anti-trust actions combined with rule changes favoring workers and organized labor are critical steps in giving non-college-educated working people agency. Its investments in rural infrastructure and manufacturing are essential as well.
Likewise, the Biden campaign’s decision to hire a rural coordinator bodes well. But that coordinator’s efficacy will be orders of magnitude greater if they hire a small army of locally rooted staff who know how to make a national campaign relevant and resonant for rural voters.
While Democrats will not “win” rural America in 2024, they can and must run up the margins with rural voters—a third of whom are considered persuadable—if they are to keep the presidency and control Congress and statehouses. Because it turns out the secret sauce isn’t that complicated: Find out what’s most important to persuadable rural people, and focus on that. That’s the only recipe worth cooking.
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WHAT GUILLERMO SAID !!!!
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Captain Vidal vs Colonel Tavington
Long ago, I rewatched Pan's Labyrinth (2006) with the intention of comparing its villain with from The Patriot's. Then and also in last week's rewatch, I was surprised to find even more similarities than I expected. In no particular order, some things these two men have in common: rooting out rebel forces, child-killing, torturing, speech-making, and shaving. So, why is it that Vidal is the most terrifying movie villain I've encountered in my adult life while Tavington is my babygirl? There are three reasons.
Vidal is crueler to his enemies than Tavington.
Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez) sees the rebels as vermin to be exterminated. Within about ten minutes of his first appearance he brutally and unexpectedly murders a young man with a wine bottle in front of his father for having Communist propaganda, and then murders the father. He seems to relish torturing rebels and attempts to do so on two occasions. In the first scene, Vidal addresses the man in a conversational tone while showing him the implements of torture he plans to use to get him to talk and explaining the effects he believe they will have. He taunts the man, who suffers from a speech impediment, that he will let him go if he can count to three without stuttering. He also makes a speech to Mercedes, but it is interrupted when she attacks him with the knife we saw her sew into her apron earlier. Although Vidal views the rebel man with contempt, he faces him during his speech. Mercedes is only able to escape because Vidal is so little concerned about her as a threat that he makes the whole speech with his back to her. Like Tavington, running his mouth gets him into trouble.
Colonel Tavington (Jason Isaacs), in spite of claiming to find "real pleasure" in his victim's suffering, is prepared to ride away from his first encounter with the Martin family without killing anyone. He metes out Martin's punishment for having aided rebel soldiers, threatens him and his children with his pistol, and seems content until Thomas ignores the warning and rushes to free his brother. After one rebel dies under torture, Tavington offers his companion a chance at more riches to add to his stolen ones if he gives up the information. I think Tavington is lying here and would kill this man even if he had accepted the offer, but that he is trying to get out of torturing him too provides a sharp contrast to Vidal, who is clearly mixing business with pleasure.
2. Vidal is crueler to those close to him than Tavington.
Vidal's men are as rattled by his murder of the farmer and his son as the audience, and yet he lays the blame for his actions at their door: "Let this teach you to search these fools before you come bothering me." He berates them similarly throughout other scenes. Tavington is clearly annoyed that the lieutenant he replaces as the highest ranking officer at the Martin farm does not know who carried the dispatches handed directly to Tavington in spite of having arrived two whole minutes before him, but he does not reprimand him. Tavington's second in command shows signs of being afraid of him both during his interview with the wounded soldier and after the first tortured militaman dies, but Tavington never behaves towards Bordon in ways that justify that fear. After Tavington's men follow him into Martin's trap, he does make some attempt to stop the charge and mitigate the damage he caused.
The sharpest contrast, though, lies in Vidal, unlike Tavington, having members of his own family on hand to mistreat. Initially, he seems to show some concern for Carmen, his wife and Ofelia's mother, but it quickly becomes clear that this is only a facade. When Dr. Ferreiro tells him that Carmen should not have traveled so near her due date, Vidal responds, "a son should be born where his father is," and when she falls dangerously ill, he tells the doctor to save his son, even at the expense of his mother. Vidal is indirectly responsible for Carmen's death, and, of course, very directly responsible for Ofelia's, but one particular incident of cruelty really resonated with me on this last rewatch. At the dinner party Vidal hosts, one of the officers' wives asks Carmen how she and Vidal met, and she explains that her late husband had made his uniforms. Vidal apologizes for her and says, "My wife is uneducated, and she believes these kinds of silly stories are interesting to people." If he is embarrassed at having married is deceased tailor's wife, perhaps he should not have married his deceased tailor's wife? Embarrassed or not, he saw a polite exchange between two women and said, "What in the fuck is that? I hate it!" Carmen is not a wife to him but a broodmare, and Ofelia is simply a nuisance. The only person he really cares for is his son, though even that care is questionable.
3. Vidal's evil actions are backed by evil principles
While Guillermo del Toro's heroes in this film are communists, the film is so much presenting communism in a favorable light as it is absolutely skewering fascism and the kind of masculinity that goes with it. Tavington and Vidal's attention to personal grooming initially appears to be a similarity, but closer inspection reveals the differences. The scene where Tavington shaves in the creek sets him apart from his own men, who are socializing with each other, but also the more rugged militiamen who cannot be bothered with such superficial concerns (and yet remain barefaced nonetheless . . . somehow). Vidal, though, is shown shaving on several occasions. And shining his boots. And cleaning his watch. As any second wave feminist can tell you, it's not about the final effect but the work it takes to produce it. Vidal is reproducing a rigid, militaristic masculinity like it's his job, which in some respects it certainly is. It is also a family legacy.
Both films provide stories about the villain's fathers, but while Tavington's is told by him in a scene of surprising emotional honesty given his usual propensity for lying his ass off, Vidal's is told by an unnamed man at the aforementioned dinner party. When he describes General Vidal breaking his watch in battle so his son would know at what time he died, Vidal replies, "That's ridiculous. My father never owned a watch." If you want to dispel a rumor, telling an even more ridiculous lie is not the way to do it. It is not a rumor, though, and Vidal confirms that when he hands his son to Mercedes at the end of the film and holds up his watch, saying, "Tell my son when his father died." In his eyes, this child is less a child than a replica.
Vidal's masculinity is one rooted in violent domination of both women and men that he sees as less than himself. He wants to pass these traits on to his son. As he explains to Ferreiro, "That boy will carry my name and my father's." Tavington also seeks to subjugate the local population, but like his shaving, this does not set him apart from the film's heroes in the ways the filmmakers intended. Vidal is evil because he's a patriarchal fascist in a feminist fantasy/drama. Tavington is evil because he's British in an American nationalist propaganda piece. I would argue that Vidal "works" better as a villain simply because Pan's Labyrinth is a better-written, smarter story than The Patriot. Of all the insights comparing these films has brought me, my favorite has to do with fatherhood. While Roland Emmerich sets it up as a virtue in and of itself. del Toro reminds the audience that being a father does not necessarily have to do with being selfless and caring. On the contrary, it can be narcissistic. Caring for one's own children carries little weight if it does not also entail caring for other people's children, as Mercedes does when she takes Vidal's son from his arms and when she tries to protect Ofelia from him. She breaks the patriarchal cycle when she responds to Vidal's final demand with, "No. [Your son] won't even know your name."
Indeed, it has been a real struggle to write this post without digressing onto the topic of how well-written and amazing the heroes of Pan's Labyrinth are in comparison to The Patriot's, but that's another post!
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“We started looking at options and he came to me with this idea for a werewolf Western and I loved it because who would think of a werewolf Western directed by a Mexican woman director? It’s such an odd combination; I would definitely want to see that! And I always want to make good movies that I want to see. So it is very dark, it is very violent, it’s a lot of fun.”
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Don Julio Brings “A Summer Of Mexicana” Concert Series to LA
Don Julio Invaded DTLA earlier this week. For the final stop of their ‘A Summer of Mexicana’ concert series celebrating and spotlighting creatives who live Por Amor, Don Julio curated an unforgettable night for Los Angeles residents to learn about Hispanic culture and arts.
Hosted by Guillermo Rodriguez, the evening featured a live performance by Latin superstar Chencho Corleone along with Sofi…
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Mercato taurin : Ginés Marin, Manuel Escribano, Roman, José Garrido, Fernando Robleño, Sergio Flores, Garcia Pulido
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La Llorona: A Unique and Timely Guatemalan Ghost Story
This review was originally published on HorrOrigins.com on 8/21/2020
It might be an insulting understatement to say that 2020 has been a particularly tumultuous year, especially in political terms. As a reaction to the general creep of far-right politics, tensions mounting due to a pandemic, and continued deaths of marginalized folks via unlawful force by the police, we have seen perhaps the…
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1. The Batman
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6. The Northman
7. Bodies Bodies Bodies
8. The Banshees of Inisherin
9. Bones and All
10. Avatar: The Way of Water
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11. Turning Red
12. The Menu
13. Babylon
14. Hit the Road
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16. Watcher
17. Funny Pages
18. Mad God
19. On the Count of Three
20. Armageddon Time
21. Terrifier 2
22. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
23. Smile
24. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
25. Holy Spider
26. Aftersun
27. The Fabelmans
28. Breaking
29. Decision to Leave
30. The Whale
31. All Quiet on the Western Front
32. Brian and Charles
33. Piggy
34. Saint Omer
35. Thirteen Lives
36. Men
37. The Fallout
38. Resurrection
39. Causeway
40. The Black Phone
41. Official Competition
42. Nope
43. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
44. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
45. Till
46. TÁR
47. Happening
48. A Love Song
49. The Outfit
50. The Innocents
51. Jackass Forever
52. BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
53. Montana Story
54. Three Thousand Years of Longing
55. You Won’t Be Alone
56. The Sadness
57. Halloween Ends
58. Pearl
59. X
60. Vesper
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61. This Place Rules
62. Fresh
63. Windfall
64. Kimi
65. No Exit
66. Top Gun: Maverick
67. “Sr.”
68. Farha
69. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
70. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
71. Nitram
72. Speak No Evil
73. Run Sweetheart Run
74. She Said
75. White Noise
76. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
77. V/H/S/99
78. The Wonder
79. Women Talking
80. Hatching
81. Soft & Quiet
82. Scream
83. To Leslie
84. Hustle
85. Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers
86. Dual
87. God’s Country
88. Emancipation
89. Vengeance
90. Fire of Love
91. Bullet Train
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93. The Valet
94. Hellraiser
95. Christmas Bloody Christmas
96. Significant Other
97. Cha Cha Real Smooth
98. Lucy and Desi
99. Not Okay
100. A Christmas Story Christmas
101. Blonde
102. Deadstream
103. Sissy
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104. The Bad Guys
105. The Cursed
106. Empire of Light
107. A Man Called Otto
108. Broker
109. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
110. The Princess
111. Beast
112. After Yang
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126. You Are Not My Mother
127. Emily the Criminal
128. Crimes of the Future
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131. Wendell & Wild
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135. Spiderhead
136. Studio 666
137. Bros
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139. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
140. Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
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144. Strange World
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146. The Gray Man
147. Devotion
148. Clerks III
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150. Enola Holmes 2
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168. Catwoman: Hunted
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174. Dead for a Dollar
175. Jerry & Marge Go Large
176. Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
177. Infinite Storm
178. Marry Me
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180. Spirited
181. Disney's Pinocchio
182. Alice
183. Black Adam
184. Orphan: First Kill
185. The Adam Project
186. The Invitation
187. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
188. Ticket to Paradise
189. The 355
190. Umma
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191. Green Lantern: Beware My Power
192. Deep Water
193. Where the Crawdads Sing
194. Blacklight
195. Mack & Rita
196. Memory
197. Me Time
198. Death on the Nile
199. Morbius
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Hi! Sorry it's me again 😅 Any updates on the latam dub situation? Or any venting or sighing you want to do?
Hi,
OMG I think you missed my last update about it :(
Unfortunately, in April this year we got the sad news that Adrian Fogarty (Aka. The Supernatural dub director from seasons 12 (ep. 250) to Season 15, died of a heart attack at the VERY young age of 55.
With this, the only person who could tell me for SURE what the original said and why we got "Y yo a ti" is gone, since the translator, Bernardo Lopez, told me he didn't remember, and Dean's VA, Guillermo Rojas and Cas's VA, Raul Anaya, both confirmed that the one with the last word about the adaptation of the scripts was always Fogarty.
I am still trying to schedule an interview with Mr. Lopez but given his huge amount of work, it may be a futile effort as he may have forgotten details. And while Fogarty's widow may know something, I think it's VERY distasteful to go to her with these kind of questions, even if she's a voice actress and director herself, at any point of time.
So all we have is what I've been telling you all along, what Rojas and Anaya told us in interviews: Mexican Dubbing doesn't change lines that will change complete plot points and relationships just for shit and giggles. IF the line from Dean was "And I, you" that means that the script everyone was working from said something akin to "And I love you" and not a "Don't do this, Cas" (Especially as the second version takes longer to say and thus would leave more space for more words, and not just and "Y yo a ti".
Sorry I couldn't give more info. And please, lit a candle to mr. Foggarty so that his afterlife is a lot more pleasant than a Chuck-run heaven.
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Harvey's being honored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition! He'll be receiving the NHMC's Impact Award for Outstanding Performance in a Series at their gala on June 14, 2024.
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Blue beetle spoilers. And spoilers for Macario (1960)
There’s plenty of articles out there already with this info but these are my thoughts.
Ok I just saw Blue Beetle and I’m in love with Xolo Maridueña!!! His character Jaime Reyes is so enthusiastic and loves his family and ultimately kind. And he has sweet eyes XD. It’s really cool he got the role because of his martial arts skills.
Harvey Guillén is in there! He plays another character with the same last name, de la Cruz, so maybe we can jokingly have crossovers in this universe with What we do in the Shadows. Blade (admittedly Marvel but still) is semi-canon already. (I didn’t catch the entirety of his real name sorry, just definitely the end.)(idk if Guillermo de la Cruz is his full name or if his name was shuffled around/inaccurately represented due to USian naming customs)
I loved George Lopez as Uncle Rudy. He rocks the kookiness!
Nana was hella cool. Between her implied revolutionary backstory (she hates Imperialists! The way she pulls out her braids when it’s time to attack makes me think that she was part of a pro-Mexico or maybe pro-Indigenous force back in the day) and Ignacio’s backstory (his mother, his only family, murdered in a ‘anti-communist’ attack in Guatemala, and then he was sent to ‘Escuela de las Americas’, a USA funded ‘school’ that basically churned out child soldiers and later adult destabilizers sent out to disrupt Latin America in the name of USian interests (its still in operation), and then he was experimented upon by the very people that ruined his life (a la the Tuskegee Airmen Experiment) really speaks to the racism and imperialism that affects the family in the movie and many people face today (preaching to the choir I know). The fight ain’t over.
(First link is in spanish, second link is the English Wikipedia page)
I appreciate that a good half of Jaime’s family were not in the US legally. The constant terror and unwillingness to seek help for fear of attention was quite palpable, and I think really adds to the idea that superheroes are supposed to make sure ALL people live safely and happily - legality should not contradict human rights. And hell, even though they were in the USA, their home was still threatened - by gentrification!
The poor Dad’s death is sadly not an uncommon phenomenon. Many immigrants, but especially undocumented ones, work themselves to the bone, both physically and emotionally. Poverty and instability kill more than any capitalist would ever like to acknowledge. And yet Alberto still found it in his heart to be kind whenever possible. I really respect that. And I think his kindness inspired Rocio (the mom, who is totally cool) and Milagro (sister) to keep on after his death.
The body horror aspects were interesting, for both Jaime and Ignacio Caripax. I hope they lean into that in later works.
But what really caught my eye was the cave of candles that appeared twice in the story. There’s a European story, Godfather Death, about a godchild of the personification of death who gets given the power to heal, and ultimately (in some people’s views) wastes it in greed and/or love. He gets to watch his life, represented as a candle, blow out. However, in Spanish, death is a feminine concept, and so Death is a godmother in that situation. Godmother Death* is thus a common story in Latin America too, but especially in Mexico and Guatemala, where Maya beliefs mixed with Catholic ones.
It turns out, the creators wanted to bring in some Latine magical realism and reference the classic Mexican film, **Macario, which is based on a novel based on a local legend that was likely based on La Madrina Muerte. I’ve ordered the book, lol, and will watch the movie soon. I’m quite excited to see it.
I found it quite interesting that Jaime’s acceptance of Khaji Da and the Macario/Madrina Muerte scene happened really close to each other. In a way, he chose compromise to continue with life, as opposed to Macario’s/the Godson’s stubbornness which lead to their deaths. His willingness to work with Khaji Da (scarabs are symbols of rebirth btw) shows a willingness to work with his place in the life and death cycle, and the Madrina Muerte themes showcase his interest in alleviating suffering***.
In any case, if you have money for a ticket, I highly suggest going to see Blue Beetle! It’s totally worth it.
*La Madrina Muerte, in Spanish. I’ve been somewhat obsessed with it since I was a preteen, as I came across the Spanish version translated to English first. My tumblr name is *somewhat* related lol.
I was somewhat inspired by La Calavera Catrina art, Santa Muerte and the Grim Reaper when I drew this.
**for some reason tumblr has decided that two links is quite enough for this post. Sometimes it just doesn’t let me add more links? Or copy/paste!!? Anyway if you’d like to read a more knowledgeable article about the relationship between the two films, look up ‘macario blue beetle’ & then an article by slashfilm will appear.
***In the legend, the godson is given a plant, a potion, or just the power to heal. But he must abide by Death’s position by the bed of the afflicted person. If death is at the foot of the bed, then they were meant to live, and he gets to take away their suffering and cure them entirely. But if Death stood by the head of the bed, then the person was meant to die soon, and so the Godson had to leave them be. In either case, Death prefers to end suffering - through complete healing or a cessation of life. However, Jaime makes sure (when he can) to help people live and be able to choose what to do with their life (like in the case of Ignacio). And Khaji Da respects that.
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I saw people state inside job is antisemitic bc of the lizard people, who run the world and drink blood. this is a common antisemitic conspiracy theory that implies jewish people are a secret society of lizards that controls the world. also implies they're not human and evil
edit: i was informed that the theory actually, at its core, revolves around jewish people controlling lizard people. "Jews run the banks and the media, thus they run the world." the idea of a jewish secret society is a problem that has existed for centuries and has a long history to it, and because of this, accusations of a celebrity being a lizard is antisemitic regardless of their religion
While obviously i'm not going to argue with anyone (im not jewish and if jewish people say the show is antisemitic, it because it is), i was curious about the IRL "reptoid" celebreties' religions and these were the ones i could find in the internet
edit: as i said, celebreties' religions aren't as important as the context around the whole thing. and in addiction to that, judaism isn't just a religion. its an ethnicity aswell. meaning that, as far as i understand it, any ethnically jewish person could practise any religion
Anderson cooper - Agnostic, catholic mother
Bella Thorne - Christian
Donald Rumsfeld - a lot of things going on, but Christian
Ellen DeGeneres - grew up christian, non-religious now
Guillermo del toro - grew up christian, Agnostic now
Hillary Duff /Lizzie McGuire - Christian/fictional character
Jennifer Lopez - grew up Catholic, scientologist now
John Kerry - Catholic
Madonna - raised catholic, Jewish now
Mark Zuckerberg - raised jewish, Atheist now
Miley Cyrus - interest in Budhism
Naomi Campbell - grew up jenovah's witness, Protestant now
Paul Rudd - Reform Jew
Queen of England - Supreme Governor of the Church of England
jake gyllenhaal - Jewish
taylor swift - Christian
these are the ones i couldn't find so i won't speculate
Missy Elliott
Calvin Harris
so we have a total of 18 celebreties:
7 Christian
4 agnostic/atheist/non-religious
3 Jewish
1 interested in Buddhism
1 Scientologist
not going to give my opinion in this or the show (again, I'm not jewish so i don't have the knowledge and nuances necessary). however, learning that Zuckerberg used to be jewish does recontextualize all of the "he's secretly a lizard/alien" jokes
also, Inside job's producer, Alex hirsch, has jewish family from his father side, but was raised agnostic
edit: again, it's an ethnicity. zuckerberg and hirsch are still ethnically jewish
and i'd like to reforce this "I'm not jewish so i don't have the knowledge and nuances necessary". anything i say here about judaism should be taken with a grain of salt
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El Diario Independiente
Election Candidates Confirmed!
25 July 1950
Following candidacy bids by both Cabinets, below is the complete list of candidates running for a seat.
Amazonas – Santiago Arango Valencia – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Amazonas - Manuel Marulanda Vélez - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Antioquia – Roberto Urdaneta – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Bolívar – Jeronimo Zuluaga Vargas - People’s Liberation Party
Boyaca – Nicolas Mendoza Ortega – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Caldas – Alcides Garcia – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Casanare - Guadalupe Salcedo - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Cesar – Enrique Figueroa – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Cundinamarca - Alberto Lleras Camargo - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Cundinamarca - Isauro Yosa - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Cundinamarca - Laureano Gomez - Partido Conservador Colombiano
Guainia - Diego Esteban Rodriguez - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Guaviare – Benedicto Jose de Sucre – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Huila - Jacobo Prias Alape - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
La Guajira - Dario Enchandio - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
La Guajira – Guillermo Leon Valencia – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Magdalena - Gerardo Loaiza - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Norte De Santander – Mateo Alejandro Gonzalez – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Quindio - Andres Enrique Gomez - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Santander – Esteban Cardona Duque – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Tolima - Juan de La Cruz Varela - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Tolima - Teofilo Rojas Varon - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Valle del Cauca - Miguel Pérez Moreno - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Valle del Cauca - Santiago Rios - Colombian Nationalist Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
Valle del Cauca – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla – Partido Conservador Colombiano
Vaupés – Jair Giraldo - Partido Conservador Colombiano
Vichada - Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo - Colombian Liberal Party - CNP-CLP Alliance
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