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We’ve Come a Long Way. Maybe.

IMAGE: Poster for the film "Nacho Libre" by Jared Hess, featuring actor Jack Black.   NOTE: Wrote this column in June 2006. Repeating it here on my blog. Much of it still applies. My first reaction to Nacho Libre, Jared Hess’ big screen parody of Mexican wrestling, was: “There we go again.” Making fun of Mexicans, I sadly concluded, hasn’t been forgotten in America. After watching Jack Black – the film’s leading actor – in…
Pedro Chavez
December 14, 2015