Dora The Explorer: The Live Action Film?

Aug 28, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Chisme, Cositas Latinas, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle 6 Comments Tags: #mexistyle, ariel winter, cartoon characters, Consuela, Consuela Family Guy, dora, dora the explorer, dora the explorer movie, Family Guy, film, film adaptation, housemaid, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, lifestyle, live action, live action film, mexican, mexican lifestyle, movie trailer, nickelodeon, television show, the explorer

Dora the Explorer movie trailer juanofwords

‘Modern Family’s’ Ariel Winter as Dora the Explorer.

This is not necessarily new, but it is kind of funny… I guess. Digo, how many spoofs on the Nickelodeon character Dora The Explorer are not already out there?! The worst one, according to me, is the one that incorporates Consuela from Family Guy to poke fun at the eight year old bilingual cartoon character in the future. Aunque también it always makes me crack up every time I come across it online. Then there is this picture, which I have to admit is my favorite:

This is my all time favorite Dora spoof, lol!

I want to know who the real person is underneath that getup!

Pero bueno, in this video Dora takes on a whole new persona. While she still sports her signature tee, shorts, Backpack, and most importantly that bowl cut hairdo, she’s now also “The World’s Greatest Explorer!” I know, LOL! It’s the trailer for the movie spoof of Dora’s first live action film: Dora The Explorer – The Search For The Infinity Orb. I’m starting to think this might not be such a far-fetched idea. They did make that movie about Abraham Lincoln being a vampire, no? I thought that was one of the dumbest movies ever!

Brought to life by Modern Family’s Ariel Winter, this new Dora still cares about the importance of teaching children and families bilingual skills, but she’s definitely not afraid to shoot a couple of rounds of blow things up if she has to. Think of her as a mix between Rambo and Carmen Sandiego… educating the world, but ready to open up a can of “whipass” at any time. Maybe there’s even some Chuck Norris in there?

Whatever the case, Dora’s not messing around anymore y’all!

Also making an appearance in this trailer is her good friend Diego. What do you think? Is it enough with Dora the Explorer spoofs already?

http://youtu.be/TnpTcrtsN3U

The Motherly Wisdom and Humor of Doña Lucha

Jul 16, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle No Comments Tags: #mexistyle, Dona Lucha, donalucha, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, lifestyle, Mara Escalante, Mara Escalante Dona Lucha, mexican, mexican lifestyle, television show

Doña Lucha

Do you know Doña Lucha? I didn’t until just a couple of days ago. First, I came across a couple of meme images of her online, then yesterday one of the Pequeños Gigantes from Univision’s hit show piqued my curiosity when she channeled the Mexican character in one of her skits. I had to see more. I looked her up online and have been laughing ever since.

Think of Doña Lucha as the ultimate Latina mom saying all of the “Shit Latina Moms Say” before it was popular on YouTube. She’s actually a character created by Mexican actress and comedienne Mara Escalante.

Below are just a couple of her videos online.

¿A poco no se te hacen parecidas sus palabras?

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Ay, Ay, Ay, Consuela!! – Should We Love Her or Hate Her?

Jan 25, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News/Politics 7 Comments Tags: cartoon characters, Consuela, Consuela Family Guy, Family Guy, housemaid, Juan Alanis, Juanofwords, mexican lifestyle, television show

Consuela from 'Family Guy'

Honestly! I’m not sure whether I should be offended or just plain tickled with the increasing popularity of this crazy little cartoon character named Consuela I’ve only recently discovered.

According to her creators on Family Guy, she is the leader of the Quahog Maids’ Union and Consuela is every bit the typical stereotype of a Latina housemaid… of Mexican descent according to the undercurrent of mostly young people who’ve taken her on as a “champion” of sorts for housemaids everywhere.

On the one hand, she’s definitely got the sarcasm and sass of many an abuelita down packed! Her broken English – she calls everyone Misser regardless of their gender - and seemingly on purpose way of getting out of everything by saying “NOOOOOO!!” - her signature line by the way – is pretty hilarious and seems all too familiar to me for some reason.

También es medio cabrona La Consuela

On the other hand, though, her appearance on episodes like Are You Smarter Than a Hispanic Maid? just make me cringe.

Episode: Are You Smarter Than a Hispanic Maid?

Outside of the show there’s also an info-graphic circulating the web calling her the “grown up” version of Dora the Explorer, or what Dora will look like in a few decades.

Is this really Dora's future?

Come on people! We Mexicans are capable of so much more than just cleaning houses – and NO, Dorita is not going to be a housemaid when she grows up! She’s into science people!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZP7or7hMS0]

While Consuela has become more than just another character on Family Guy - she’s one of the few that was created as a one time character and turned into a regular part of the show - the question for me is do we really need Consuela in the world? It’s bad enough the Urban Dictionary already defines Consuela as “the universal name for a hotel maid.” Really!?

I don’t know, what do you think?