juliets wrote:Thats all very intriguing enrique, especially the part about Afro-Mexican relations. It would so cool if you became a pioneer in that area, especially since there is not much out there on it. It sounds like something I would associate with the major you just dropped. Too bad more of your credits don't carry over but i get what you're saying about finding the right area of study.
Hm, well. By name, yeah, "Multicultural relations" sounds about right for race relations. In practice, though, Multicultural was pretty much just a more watered down and commercial version of the anthro major. The sort that would let you exploit anthropological analysis for transnationals and such. Not what I'm looking for.
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nee jij.
What is your favorite TV-show?
Ever? Mad Men. No question. I'll give you maybe other shows had higher peaks, but the amazing thing about Mad Men is that it NEVER let itself down. The show took us through a whole decade in the cast's lives and it evolved pretty organically, without ever resorting to cheap tropes or any "jump the shark" moments. The ending doesn't feel like it's a TV show ending and the plot's all wrapped up, but like you've spent ten years becoming intimate with this group of people and now you're never gonna see them again.
Ongoing? Everything Netflix produces. I know you know this, but I'm a
massive fan of Netflix's original programming. I simply don't see any other network picking up the kind of stuff that they do, and even though it falls short sometimes, it's still
so much more than what anybody else does. You have a feminist/LGBT icon with Orange is the New Black, and world-wide (also LGBT friendly) epic with Sense8, what looks like a dumb cartoon about a horse
that ends up tackling the same themes as Mad Men in BoJack Horseman, the first ever Mexican attempt at a prestige drama in Club de Cuervos, a hilarious heartfelt romantic comedy that for once is
not pandering to white audiences in Master of None, a sort of mature cinematic universe expansion that has never been seen before with the Marvel shows (Daredevil and Jessica Jones). Even the more traditional dramas, like House of Cards and Bloodline, come out in a format that no other network would've done. Bloodline was such a slow burn that I'm sure even HBO would've cancelled it after a few weeks. I haven't watched all of Marco Polo yet, but gimme dat period drama with only one white person in the whole cast that does Game of Thrones better than Game of Thrones ever could (to touch on your last question
). Their upcoming stuff looks
wonderful as well. I'm super hyped for Bill Burr's
F is for Family, Judd Apatow's
Love and Mitch Hurwitz / Will Arnett's
Flaked. Network and Cable TV better step it up because Netflix is coming for them hard.
None of those shows are perfect, but their ambition alone makes them 10000x more interesting than anything else. (This kinda went on and on but my favorites are BoJack Horseman and Master of None)
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
So many places... but to go with a non-obvious answer, I've always wanted to spend more time in Bariloche, Argentina. I went when I was 12 and I still can't believe how beautiful it was. There's a lot of places in Mexico and the USA that I would like to live in as well (most of the southeast for Mexico and most coast states on the US), but outside of that, yeah, Bariloche.
Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, do you like them?
I have an older brother that's currently getting a PhD in Phylogenetics and Evolution (or something like that idk), who I mean yeah was pretty much my role model as a kid. I also have a younger half-brother who turns 10 tomorrow. I pretty much spent the first part of my life with the older one, and the second with the younger after big bro went to college. Yes, I like both of them, you could say I'm a fan.
What's your blood type?
O+. I grew up thinking it was a very special and cool blood type, and only recently found out it was the most common
But, hey, I'm in a position to help a lot of people so that's good!
What's the last pair of socks that you bought?
That... must've been like 8 months ago, honestly. I remember forgetting some in the US and being very disappointed when I came back without them. I take good care of my socks usually.
What's the last T-shirt that you bought?
Hmm... jeez I don't know. I'm not sure I've even bought any clothes since I went to America earlier this year. This is making me self-conscious.
What would you be doing on your favorite day ever?
I don't know exactly what, but a lot of different stuff I'm sure. Wow, great answer.
Can you write a 500-word essay for me on why the show GoT is inferior to the books?
I'd totally be willing to do this if I wasn't packing right now, but I'm going home tomorrow in the morning AND I'm moving into a new apartment when I come back so I need all my stuff ready now
Let me just say, I don't only think Game of Thrones is "inferior" to the books. I think it's straight up
bad and I find the motion that it's anything close to a prestige drama completely laughable. The books were perfectly OK but those HBO showrunners are silly people with no idea of why other people found an adaptation appealing in the first place.
Fiddler on the Roof
) but never anywhere else. My mom's travelled the world and my brother lived in Australia for years. I'm so jealous.
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