What I Learned at the Video Store Today
My Family is an English-language movie about a Mexican-American family, the majority of whom speak English as a first language. Most of the actors are American and the bulk of the storyline takes place within the United States.
Yet the good folks at the local Blockbuster Video store always put it in the Foreign Film section. Ironically, they don't do this with other English-language films like The Godfather -- even though there are often portions in such films in which characters speak a language other than English. For some reason, only My Family gets this treatment. And yet other video chains often put the same film in the Drama section.
Ironic, isn't it?
My Family is an English-language movie about a Mexican-American family, the majority of whom speak English as a first language. Most of the actors are American and the bulk of the storyline takes place within the United States.
Yet the good folks at the local Blockbuster Video store always put it in the Foreign Film section. Ironically, they don't do this with other English-language films like The Godfather -- even though there are often portions in such films in which characters speak a language other than English. For some reason, only My Family gets this treatment. And yet other video chains often put the same film in the Drama section.
Ironic, isn't it?
Labels: Bilingüismo, Idiomas, Mexicano-Estadounidenses, Mi Familia 1995, Monolingüismo, Películas Latinas I, Pensamientos Acerca de Películas I, Videoclubs
posted by Tonio Kruger at 1:11 PM
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