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I feel like both Michael and Rafael's characters have gotten the short end of the stick to make the general audience accepting of Jane's flip flop actions which isn't fair to them. __________________
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I always thought his character was bordering on nice guy syndrome, but that's mostly likely my perception. I thought Noel reeked of it too, but the writers apparently disagreed. __________________
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I've always been under the impression that neither Rafael nor Michael are even close to "pure" characters.
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The Solanos - like Carlo Rota, Fabiana Udenio, and Justin Baldoni - are Italian. We've never been given any hint that Rafael and his father are Latino and Rafael's struggles with Spanish seem to be one more indication that he is not. While not every Latino person speaks Spanish - such as some of my own family due to when and where their parents emigrated - Emiliano would have had every incentive to teach his children given that they were growing up in Miami and it would have been immensely useful to them in both their personal and professional lives.
Michael Cordero has an Italian surname so he is probably also Italian as well, at least on his father's side. Also, I feel like such framing, aside from being erroneous, co-opts very real social justice issues regarding representation and Hollywood's portrayal of PoC. |
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For some reason I always took it as a given that Rafael was Latino, even though Justin has to be Italian-born or half Italian based on his surname, so thanks everyone for clarifying. Being Italian I'm pretty happy with having two apparently Italian main guys here also interesting that neither of them is a mafioso or a gangster, finally.
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What I need TPTB to do is make Jane take responsibility for her actions.
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It's really hard to blame Jane for anything because she's adorable, but I can't commit to fully ship her with either guy because she seems to move on from them so easily while both are painfully stuck on her. It was only last year that she was treating Michael like she barely knew him and falling for Rafael completely, this year it's pretty much the same, only switching the two guys. We audience always understand where she's coming from, but it must be hard from Rafael and Michael's POVs.
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Didn't Raf both understand and speak Spanish in s1?
I don't think he is shown as evil. He's always done what he can to ensure that he, Jane and Mateo are the "traditional" family (aka he and Jane together) Like last year with the proposal |
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Solano does have origins in the Iberian peninsula as a last name but I do not think he's latino in the way we use it. The family is likely European. I wonder if they're going to make Luisa's mother from South America since I do get the impression that she is a latina on the show. Quote:
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