192: Selena with special guest Gabe Munoz - a podcast by Scott and Pete

"Anything for Selenas!" Break out the rhinestone bedazzled bustier bras, because we get into the biopic Selena (1997) with our friend and singer/songwriter Gabe Munoz. We talk about the Mexican American icon Selena Quintanilla and her legacy to Tejano and pop music, who died at the young age of 23, when she was on the rise to breakthrough to the mainstream. We get into the moviestar making performance of Jennifer Lopez who stepped into role of Selena. Controversal casting aside, a Puerte Rican American actresses playing the role of a Mexican American, Lopez embodies this role inside and out. The opening shot of Lopez wearing the famous purple jumpsuit walking into the Huston Astrodome still gives us chills. We don't even care she famously lipsyncs all the numbers, it's a star making performance. Lopez rises above a very mediocre script by its writer/director Gregory Nava (El Norte), and got a Golden Globe nomination in best actress in a comedy or musical. We talk about what Jennifer Lopez's career owes to Selena, our favorite stage looks, and what still draws young latinx people to the music of Selena. 

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