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| Bordertown "stars" agent Bud Buckwald and immigrant Ernesto Gonzalez |
"Comedy can be a tool that allows you to address some delicate issues that don’t get talked about," says Mark Hentemann, and he should know. Hentemann is a
writer and executive producer of the adult animated sitcom
Family Guy, but that's not what prompts this particular insight. Hentemann is discussing a new show ~ also an adult animated sitcom ~ called
Bordertown, which will be premiering January 2, and the "delicate issues" he's referring to are the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration, both legal and il-. In what is probably a first for a prime-time network show,
Bordertown has five Latino writers, and that, says National Hispanic Media Coalition president Alex Nogales, "is a major, major breakthrough. It’s rare that Latinos get those kinds
of opportunities. These guys not only bring two languages,
but two cultures. They can go back and forth in one conversation":
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/31/bordertown-fox-tv-series-lalo-alcaraz/
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