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Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Lupe Ontiveros
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Selena |
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Jennifer Lopez stars as Selena, the story of the Grammy Award winning tijano singer. It is the story of Selena's rise to the top by the encouragement of her family. The struggles with family, love, and career are vividly portrsyed.
--Sincerae Smith, Resident Scholar
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Selena Quintanilla Perez lived a blessed life during the 1980s-90s through her successful singing career. Born in Texas and raised within a Mexican family, she became one of the first Latin pop stars to go to the mainstream audience. She falls in love and elopes with the guitarist in her band, Chris Perez, against her father's will. Her gutsy, honest, and talented nature was tragically stopped on March 31st, 1995 when her obsessed fan club president, Yolanda Salvidar, shot and killed her. The movie 'Selena' starring Jennifer Lopez displays the amazing but terribly short life of Selena Quintanilla Perez.
--Lauren, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Selena |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
- singer
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
- Southwest
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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