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more about #maids lavenderstain: this reminds me of Maz Jobrani, a Persian Actor who always used to get terrorist roles. he said of the experience: I stopped doing it because it made ... more » MerryLilly: To make it even sadder: If only this were just a Hollywood stereotype... PS. Sorry, my period just hit. Lame excuse, I know. But still.. more » MerryLilly: A thousand UGH for this stereotype: Woman + Hispanic + Accent = Maid. Again.. UGH! more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): "I long to play a judge. I long to play a lesbian woman. I long to play a councilman, someone with some chutzpah." So she wants to be a man? Sounds a... more » dj_chick: She's done other things, too... like playing that chick who killed Selena in the movie. She did a really good job, too, because to me, she'll forever... more » Evie Havok: Oh, Lupe, I wish you could play those characters, too. Unfortunately, people of color are not mainstream material as characters of substance. We have ... more » Mary McCarthyite: OK: Very Sad. Stupid Hollywood. Bright side? Playing a made is different from working as a maid...or is it? more » Hamsterpants: I saw her in a (ahem) "Murder She Wrote" the other night. She was an angry wife married to a philandering Mexican businessdude. She was pretty good. U... more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: more than 150 times? Talk about a stereotype. For shame, Hollywood writers/casting directors. more » HitOrMs will never get a gold star because she doesn't hate on sex workers: NO FIRME, NO FIRME!!!!!! To be fair, her scene where Corey Feldman gave her the tour of the Walsh house was probably the funniest moment in the movie ... more » tomboygirl: The maid on Will & Grace had chutzpah. more » birminghamdrunk: ay dios mio. more » kelsium: Sad sad sad. Hollywood FAIL. This is seriously pathetic... 150 times? Some actors have one type--I have no problem watching Jason Statham play the sa... more » Ailatan: The sad thing is that you have to be darker to play maid. You can't be a latina and look like Alexis Bledel? She is 1/2 Argentine 1/2 Mexican, her fir... more » rosasparks: Ugh. I can't take it anymore today. I'm going to have a snack and try not to punch someone in the neck. I long for those things for her, as well. more » TexasCrude: Triste! more » ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): Rosario... Im looking at you. You tengo comedic talent up to aqui. more » -
#stereotypes
Before Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek & America Ferrera
Actress Lupe Ontiveros has played a maid more than 150 times. "I'd get parts if I spoke the way they wanted me to speak," she says. "I did it because it was an investment in my career." More »
