¡Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas!

Rosie Perez directs and stars in this IFC documentary about her family and Puerto Rico. This duo-documentary goes back and forth between her life and retracing her roots and the history of Puerto Rico.
Bushwick, Brooklyn born Rosie Perez gets into every aspect of her life from being abandon by her mother, growing up with an aunt and finding out her great-grandmother had an affair with a man and he would deny his illegitimate children.

Jimmy Smits who is also Brooklyn born and half Puerto Rican and half Surinamese does the narration on the history of Puerto Rico.
I knew everything they said in this documentary and nothing was left out or added with what I know of the history of Puerto Rico although they did play down certain bad events.

I don't assume people know anything about Puerto Rico so here is a quick lesson.

1. All Puerto Ricans are U.S citizens.
2. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S.
   
3. Puerto Ricans send more troops to Iraq and every war then any state in the U.S.
4. Puerto Ricans do pay taxes just not some federal taxes.

Forced sterilization and testing the birth control pill on one third of the women in Puerto Rico showed how they were treated to benefit the white American women. Also the racism of America would put Puerto Ricans in categories like white-blue eyed Puerto Ricans in black troops, and dark skinned men in all white troops.

Some parts Rosie under played was the terrorist aspects of Puerto Rican Independents groups. While they did show that they stormed the Congress and shot 5 congressmen they didn't mention the time they took over the Statue of Liberty, twice.

Overall the documentary was okay. I see with interviews of her family members that both Puerto Ricans and Americans are ignorant about the long history of Puerto Rico. People didn't realize that at until 1969 NYC did not collect poor communities until a Puerto Rican group called the Young Lords forced the issue. Most Young Lords later became politicians and reporters. Also Rosie made a good point on why Puerto Ricans are so loud, simply because that is how to survive. I don't see it like another country waving flags during a parade instead another state. Idaho, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Maine they are all part of the U.S. and the people born their always speak proudly of their birthplace.

On a side note I think Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. should both become states. Add two stars to the flag and at least half of the Puerto Ricans believe the same only a small percentage wants to become an independent country.

The 4400 Minus 1

The 4400: The New World

Laura Allen left the show and how the hell do they explain it, easy she aged to 75 while her daughter Isabelle is a hot twenty year old. Lily Moore Tyler is dying of old age and only her daughters suicide will cure her but the young one decides to live so Lily died.

A group called Nova is planning something for 10/19 and the NTAC must stop it. Of course the call Shawn to betray his group and they still can't stop Nova. On October 19 everyone wakes to find a huge wheat field in Namibia. The Nova group showed off their power by creating life out of a desert.

All in all the two-hour third season premiere was dull and weak due to the absent Allen.

Why did Laura Allen leave? I think it was to do a comedy called Dirt with Courtney Cox-Arquette for FX in Early 2007 that has been picked up for 13 episodes. Either way she did the same in All My Children during the middle of a big storyline.

Windfall

Windfall: Pilot

An assorted cast of 19 friends put a dollar in a lotto pool and hit it big, to the tune of $386 million. The first problem is the 20^th winner, played by Malinda Williams, who is a pizza girl and only put a dollar but did not sign the lotto sheet, her storyline will be explored next week.

Luke Perry plays a man with a cheating wife and his wife's boyfriend is also married, not to mention it was his birthday that won the lotto(12 9 19 7 1).

The hour long show is simple and very predictable. A seventeen year old winner who is a slacker gets married to a Russian bride to keep his money from his parents. It was so obvious that the Russian girl is going to be a problem and in the closing scene she returns in tears.

I hold no hope for the show surviving the summer season.

The Quiet Time

It is the time right before I start working for the summer. It is also the days before the summer TV season start. I've been cleaning my home and resting.

In the upcoming weeks The 4400 and The Dead Zone will start and all the other Sci-Fi shows. I also have been trying new stuff on my 2 blogs. Now I'm going to finish The Dark Tower VII which I started last year, oh that reminds me Nightmare and Dreamscapes the mini-series will be on TNT starting July 12.

The Sopranos

The Sopranos: Kaisha

-------------------(Not Kaisha)------->

Months are flying by and Christopher is doing Tony's real estate agent(Julianna Margulies) and also lots of drugs. He makes up a black girlfriend called Kaisha but eventually he tells Tony the truth.
Meanwhile Tony is trying to make peace with Vito's death and make peace with an ailing rival.

Best part is AJ going to work construction and picking up a Dominican woman who is ten years older and has a three year old son, to the dismay of Carmela. The actress who plays Blanca Selgado is none other than Dania Ramirez a Dominican actress who plays Callisto in X-Men 3: The Last Stand.

Under some construction

Blogging For A Year

Actually a year and week but it has been fun. I have this TV blog which I hope to change a lot over the next few days and my coin blog which I enjoy even more over here at http://coinedformoney.blogspot.com/

I have finished another semester in college and I'm just waiting for the last grades to be entered.

I went out the other day and saw Mario Cantone talking on the street I waited for him to breakout in a Bette Davis or other dead actress but he was just being normal.

As for the season that just past...
Best Finale: Malcolm In The Middle 2nd would be That 70's Show
Worst Finale: Alias
Best Show This Season: Grey's Anatomy
Worst Show This Season: Supernatural

Now I'm off to find some nice blogs to steal their styles.

Lost: Live Together ,Die Alone

65 days after September 22 2004 the Lost family has gotten rid of the button, ending that miserable storyline.

The only other good thing is we finally see the world outside of island and yes it's still going on.

IMMORTALITY

The big Rambaldi secret in Alias was immortality!

This seems to be slightly disappointing ending to Alias meaning Lost may have an even crappier ending.

Once again the endgame was immortality, Sloane is now immortal but trapped in a cave but no one else who is alive knows. No one alive knows that a secret immortality formula exists and apparently no one cares. Sydney's parents are dead and five years later her genius daughter and infant son are living happy with Vaughn.

In 24 Jack won the president lost and the Chinese now have Jack and probably will brainwash him and send him on a mission in next January's season premiere. So will America have to fight super-agent Jack Bauer.

How To Be Selfish by Oprah

Yes it seems I'm only blogging when I need to rant but here I go.

Oprah had a show today with the former Mrs. Armstrong and others bitching about marriage.

Oprah said was that you must listen for God to tell you that you should not get married.

What really was going on was women who lied about everything when dating a man now are getting scared that they can't continue their lies when married.

Kristin Armstrong, who still uses her ex-husbands last name, rather have a single life then grow-up and take care of her family. She gave a list of important things none of which were kids or family.

Being a selfish brat is fine but don't blame marriage or a man on your greed. As for "God Whispers" Oprah should get a statistics book and see reality.

That leads to last nights What About Brian: Sex, Lies and Videotape.
Deena quits her affair but Dave starts his own. Deanna used the same excuses that Oprah tried to legitimize. She said that she lost herself when she got married to Dave and wanted to experience the newness of being with someone else. Selfish, selfish, selfish.

Brian on the other hand is at the end of Marjorie's selfish quest to have a rich good husband and fun boyfriend.

David Blaine: Drowned Alive
He fakes being sick after all these stunts. It's more dramatic then just walking off.

Immigrants Gather....

...and get deported!

I hope that all these immigrants rallies around America are being monitored, photographed and soon deported. Today all these felons and their allies gathered and did not work.

It was great the subways were empty on my route and the streets were clear and safe.

I like legal immigration but these new breeds of mostly Mexican, South American and Caribbean don't come to America to be part of us. These felons come over and try to make this country like theirs. They left their crappy country and bring their problems and want us to turn into their crap-filled country.

Hey I don't go to your country and bring to you common sense and clean running water, so don't come hear and bring your ignorance and gang violence.

May 1 is not an American holiday, besides the fact that it began in Chicago in 1886, so stop celebrating it.

Another fact is that Americans will do all the jobs left when we finally deport the felons.

By the way Happy 75th Birthday Empire State Building.

Now please can I get off my rant and return to my regularly scheduled programs.