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Spider-Man might live dangerously, but at least one key player isn't letting the series' fate hang in the balance. Writer James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) tells Comics2Film that he had officially signed on to the project before the WGA strike began.... SAG Award nominee Debra Messing isn't resting on her kudos. The Will & Grace alum is set to play wife to John Leguizamo in Humboldt Park, a Latino family drama to begin shooting Feb. 13.... Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's not gonna let the ball dro-o-o-op, either. The mix-master Brooklynite is launching Oscilloscope Pictures, a film-distribution and international-sales arm of his production house. We'll be waiting to say hello nicely to his new projects. — Anna Dimond
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Feb 4, 2008 10:20 PM
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Debra Messing isn't resting on her kudos. The Will & Grace alum is set to play wife to John Leguizamo in Humboldt Park, a Latino family drama
Interesting, the last time I looked she wasn't latino.
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Feb 5, 2008 12:00 PM
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Last time I looked, Latinos are allowed to marry non-latinos, and vice versa.
Interracial marrages are one of the cookie-cutter formulas for family dramas!
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Feb 5, 2008 9:48 PM
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Last time I looked, Latinos are allowed to marry non-latinos
Did I say they couldn't? Nope.
Apparently when it says Latino family drama that means something different to you. You don't stress Latino and then add major cast members that turn it into just another family drama. If you want to have a mixed cast fine, but then it's not latino or black or asian, or whatever. That's the point I was making.
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Feb 6, 2008 12:27 PM
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Did I say they couldn't? Nope.
No you didn't. Sorry!
But they also didn't say Debra Messing was Latino. I'm just saying a latino family can have non-latino members, and still be called a latino family.
Apparently when it says Latino family drama that means something different to you.
No-we still don't know the makeup of the rest of the cast. For all we know, it could be 50-1.
You don't stress Latino and then add major cast members that turn it into just another family drama. If you want to have a mixed cast fine, but then it's not latino or black or asian, or whatever. That's the point I was making.
Like I said, we don't know the rest of the cast. But did you ever consider that adding Debra Messing could draw viewers that normally would not watch this kind of show, thus giving exposure to lesser know Latino actors?
Almost all-white shows constantly get criticism for not being diverse enough, even if it is about a white family.
Your point could very well be valid, but I think the fair thing to do is see how it plays out! IMO
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Feb 6, 2008 6:37 PM
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