"Spanglish" on Thirty Mile Zone, Episode #23
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LA Podcast
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LA Podcast
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audio
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Publication Date |
Oct 13, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:01:45

Thirty Mile Zone is the LA Podcast movie club. We are interrogating classic and obscure LA movies to try to better comprehend the image of our city that Hollywood exports to audiences near and far. 

Watch along with us: The next Thirty Mile Zone release is on October 27: "The Neon Demon"

Find archived episodes of this show, now fully open to for all to listen to, on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LApodcast

In Episode 23, Scott and Rachel discuss the 2004 James L Brooks film Spanglish, a tale about motherhood, immigration, and domestic labor in Los Angeles. Join us as we talk about how Hollywood chooses to represent Mexicans and Mexican Americans on film, the peculiar position of domestic laborers within the regional economy, ambivalence about assimilation, and more!

Thirty Mile Zone is the LA Podcast movie club. We are interrogating classic and obscure LA movies to try to better comprehend the image of our city that Hollywood exports to audiences near and far. 

Watch along with us: The next Thirty Mile Zone release is on October 27: "The Neon Demon"

Find archived episodes of this show, now fully open to for all to listen to, on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LApodcast

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