Culture Disney causes controversy with its new animated series called 'Primos' and social media is on fire - Another case of an American thinking that knows foreign culture better than the people actually living there.

By José Arrieta.

Disney's new children's production, called "Primos", raised an unexpected controversy in social networks after exhibiting its first moments at the Annecy Festival, France, considered the most important in animation and which has Mexico as its guest country for this edition.

Set in a fictional city called "Terremoto Heights", the series portrays the life of Tater Ramirez Humphrey, a 10-year-old Mexican-American girl who, according to the official synopsis, is in search of her dreams.

Things get complicated when her twelve Mexican cousins arrive to spend the summer at the family home. However, despite this, her relatives will allow her to learn more about herself and help her achieve her ambitions.

Both the name of the fictitious town, the number of people crammed into a single house, the yellow ochre filter and even the names of some characters, such as "Nacho" or "Cuquita", which they accuse of being generic, were harshly criticized in social networks.

"How many filters did this passed? Didn't anyone warn that it is incorrect to say 'Hey, Primos'? Didn't anyone think it was messed up to put 'Terremoto Springs' (sic) to a Latin American city? I'm not usually offended by these things but... even the name of a character has a sexual connotation in some countries," dubbing actor Ale Graue wrote on the social network.

The series follows a large number of characters, and we meet a varied cast of boys and girls with the most generic names such as 'Nacho', 'Anita', 'Gordita' and 'Cuquita'. It is precisely the latter that has generated quite a stir in social networks, as the term has several meanings in different Latin American countries. In Colombia, for example, it is a way of saying 'vagina', while in Mexico it would be the diminutive of 'Cuca', a very popular name.


(The creator of the series talking down to someone actually Latin American)

Created by Natasha Klein, the series depicts the family chaos that, according to the producer and leader of the project, she experienced in her childhood inside her own home, as an American with Mexican roots.

"Everything I do goes through this lens, it's the culture I was raised and grew up in, it's my family culture, it was all over the place where I grew up, so everything I do is influenced by it. Every note I took, every scene I did, is inspired by who I am and the culture I grew up in," Klein said at a panel where she explained the motivations behind the cartoon.

Kline, who voices a character named "Gordita" in the show, has been part of the production team for series and films such as "Big City Greens," "Star vs. the Forces of Evil" and "Lego Ninjago: The Movie," for which she received an Emmy Award nomination.

So far, Disney has not made any official pronouncement about the series, which is scheduled to arrive on television through Disney Channel and streaming through Disney+.


Article (The article is in Spanish.)

 

[Snekposter]

the number of people crammed into a single house

What the fuck are these people complaining about? Everyone knows Mexicans are the only people in the West that can give Asians a run for their money when it comes to cramming people into tight spaces. A girl, her family, and twelve cousins is pretty much just your standard family.

 

[white_socks]

Most families get crammed into a single home not because they enjoy having lots of people in one roof, but out of necessity, mostly financial. I'll bet all Mexicans, Asians, etc. definitely would prefer their own room and board than have to share it with annoying and ungrateful extended family members.

 

[God of Nothing]

The biggest raised eyebrow from me, a second generation beaner cursed to live amongst true mutt-blooded spics, is how white these kids are. I don't mean seasonal skinned (if you've known a family of beaners, you know) white, but the pink mayo skin. Little negrita is also the wrong shade unless her father or mother was a nigger. And they're all fucking ugly too.

 

[Zirnwyb]

I absolutely cannot wait for my liberal friend to gush about this shit to me and tell me how it's "Latino representation." and how I'd "Love it because it's something that represents your culture." when he damn well knows I'm a (not so)long legged pissed off Puerto Rican. Genuinely disturbed by harelip mini Frieda Kahlo there though. Like what the fuck were they thinking? She looks like a little goblina.

 

[Night Crawler]

Looks like cringey shit. I don't want to see niggers or beaners. You can shove your taco nigger cartoon up your Kike ass Disney. Thankfully I am adult and I don't have to watch this kind of shit. Even if I had kids I never would. I would just tell them no.

@Zirnwyb
Sounds like you need new friends.

 

[Zirnwyb]

Looks like cringey shit. I don't want to see niggers or beaners. You can shove your taco nigger cartoon up your Kike ass Disney. Thankfully I am adult and I don't have to watch this kind of shit. Even if I had kids I never would. I would just tell them no.

@Zirnwyb
Sounds like you need new friends.

I likely do but it's fun to needle him a bit and tell him he's being a racist. His vehement denials are amusing as shit.

 

[Still Exceptional]

I now a few Mexicans on the interwebs and not a one of them has anything good to say about this. Hell, some of them made some comparisons and reminded me of some old cartoons I used to watch back in the day they were saying are way better representation. Shows like ¡Mucha Lucha! and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.

Remember, Mexicans are the people who once told pearl clutching white libshit busybodies to fuck off when said libshits decided on their behalf that their beloved Speedy Gonzales was akshully racist. These people don't want some sort of coddled, "sEnSiTiVe" representation. They want the exact kind of shit they produce back home, and for them Speedy Gonzales was that.

MEXICANS LITERALLY INTENTIONALLY STEREOTYPE THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN MEDIA BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S FUNNY! THEY DON'T WANT YOUR SENSITIVITY!

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

If she is the one I found in my search just now (all her relatives are too generically named for me to get a smoking gun), "Kline" is from her husband and her maiden name is so Swedish that dad and granny both have Swedish first names too, and "Natasha" is an assumed name taken sometime early in her artistic career.

Brownfishing for sure and not even Jewish (though the husband appears to be).

 

[SiccDicc]

If she is the one I found in my search just now (all her relatives are too generically named for me to get a smoking gun), "Kline" is from her husband and her maiden name is so Swedish that dad and granny both have Swedish first names too, and "Natasha" is an assumed name taken sometime early in her artistic career.

Brownfishing for sure and not even Jewish (though the husband appears to be).

Wait, someone was dumb enough to marry this thing? Even if he is jewish... that poor bastard.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

Shows like ¡Mucha Lucha! and El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.

The difference is those were actually good and existed because someone had a cool idea they thought would be good for a show paired with a story they actually wanted to tell, not because they wanted to boost their EGS score with something attempting to pander to the lowest common denominator while using the least money possible.

El Tigre also looks like that because it was the first show animated in flash which they used to their advantage, making extreme use of techniques like foreshortening, blending puppets with draw drawn backgrounds and having a healthy mix of traditional animation and CGI for a very unique look that holds up even today with its extreme stylization, while Primos looks like that because its cheap, its all the animators know, and the directors are lazy.

They also actually cared about mexican culture and made a show about it because they loved it instead of using it as an aesthetic to pander to white liberals. Did you know the guys that made El Trigre went on to make the book of life?

Ontop of that, both of these were actually completely drenched in mexican culture from top to bottom, I could have literally sworn they were set in mexico, but apparently they are set in south cali and south texas respectively (i.e. as close to mexico as you get while still counting as US technically).

El Tigre still holds up because it was made with love by people who wanted to leave a mark, primos won't because its made by cynicism by people who want to make a quick buck.

 

[Still Exceptional]

The difference is those were actually good and existed because someone had a cool idea they thought would be good for a show paired with a story they actually wanted to tell, not because they wanted to boost their EGS score with something attempting to pander to the lowest common denominator while using the least money possible.

El Tigre also looks like that because it was the first show animated in flash which they used to their advantage, making extreme use of techniques like foreshortening, blending puppets with draw drawn backgrounds and having a healthy mix of traditional animation and CGI for a very unique look that holds up even today with its extreme stylization, while Primos looks like that because its cheap, its all the animators know, and the directors are lazy.

They also actually cared about mexican culture and made a show about it because they loved it instead of using it as an aesthetic to pander to white liberals. Did you know the guys that made El Trigre went on to make the book of life?

Ontop of that, both of these were actually completely drenched in mexican culture from top to bottom, I could have literally sworn they were set in mexico, but apparently they are set in south cali and south texas respectively (i.e. as close to mexico as you get while still counting as US technically).

El Tigre still holds up because it was made with love by people who wanted to leave a mark, primos won't because its made by cynicism by people who want to make a quick buck.

I'm reading through comments by Mexicans on the ¡Mucha Lucha! theme song by Chicos de Barrio (thankfully mobile YouTube has a translate function) and some of the comments are in the vein of "Can you believe this was made by an Asian woman and an Australian man?" and other commenters being surprised. Some of them legit thought this how was produced by a Mexican because it's a blatant goddamn love letter to their culture.

Leftists would likely call this show cultural appropriation these days, but it's actually a clear cut case of cultural appreciation.

Hispanics are shitposting this thing into the ground. I don't even speak much Spanish so I have no idea what they're saying, but I don't have to because the meme format is easy to understand. They're shitting on this show hard and they use both of these shows to do it.

 

[NevskyProspekt]

I absolutely cannot wait for my liberal friend to gush about this shit to me and tell me how it's "Latino representation." and how I'd "Love it because it's something that represents your culture." when he damn well knows I'm a (not so)long legged pissed off Puerto Rican. Genuinely disturbed by harelip mini Frieda Kahlo there though. Like what the fuck were they thinking? She looks like a little goblina.

They don't even bother remotely trying to give any cultural attention or representation to us Puerto-Ricans anyway because we're basically viewed as a colony in need of Americanization. That's why there's been a push to force American racial politics into Puerto-Rican culture despite Puerto-Ricans not giving a shit about what color anybody is. We're tri-racial anyway and you can find every shade under the sun in a typical Puerto-Rican family.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

It's never good enough with these people. Why do companies even bother pandering to them?

I'll try and give context to why Latino/as are mad about this show as I've been recommended a fuckload of videos on this topic

The phrase "Oye, primos" is a grammatically incorrect way of saying "hey cousins". You would say "oigan primos" instead. In Latin culture, it's common for an elder to call someone by their name, not by the relation. They would say "Oye, Juan" instead of "hey! cousin!"

"Terremoto Heights" is basically Earthquake Heights in English, it's common in Mexico to get earthquakes which you know shitloads of people die. It's like an Asian/Middle Eastern makes a show about Americans and the city takes place in "Sandy Hook City"

These are all the cousins names:
1) Lotlot, 2) Tere, 3) Tonita, 4) Lita, 5) Scooter, 6) Cookita, 7) Gordita, ChaCha, 9) Tabi, 10) Big Nacho, 11) Cousin Bud, and 12) Nachito.

One of the characters who's a pale little girl with glasses (voiced by the creator lol) is called "Gordita", which is the female version of calling someone a fat ass. Cha Cha is Mexican slang for someone who comes from a improverished life to clean houses for low pay.

The word Cuca in spanish means "pussy", and the ito/ita suffix means little depending on the gender of the word. so, when you mix cuca with ita, you get Cuquita... which means "little pussy" in Columbia. A little girl is named little pussy

 

[Counterfeit Obol]

I'll try and give context to why Latino/as are mad about this show as I've been recommended a fuckload of videos on this topic

The phrase "Oye, primos" is a grammatically incorrect way of saying "hey cousins". You would say "oigan primos" instead. In Latin culture, it's common for an elder to call someone by their name, not by the relation. They would say "Oye, Juan" instead of "hey! cousin!"

"Terremoto Heights" is basically Earthquake Heights in English, it's common in Mexico to get earthquakes which you know shitloads of people die. It's like an Asian/Middle Eastern makes a show about Americans and the city takes place in "Sandy Hook City"

These are all the cousins names:
1) Lotlot, 2) Tere, 3) Tonita, 4) Lita, 5) Scooter, 6) Cookita, 7) Gordita, ChaCha, 9) Tabi, 10) Big Nacho, 11) Cousin Bud, and 12) Nachito.

One of the heavier characters is called "Gordita", which is the female version of calling someone a fat ass. Cha Cha is Mexican slang for someone who comes from a improverished life to clean houses for low pay.

The word Cuca in spanish means "pussy", and the ito/ita suffix means little depending on the gender of the word. so, when you mix cuca with ita, you get Cuquita... which means "little pussy" in Columbia. A little girl is named little pussy

Yeah, I wasn't reading the article closely when I was making that post. I now understand why the latinos are pissed off.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

Yeah, I wasn't reading the article closely when I was making that post. I now understand why the latinos are pissed off.

it's okay. just wanted you and any one else reading the thread to understand context. plus there's some things the article didn't mention that I needed to clarify as well

 

[NoReturn]

One of the heavier characters is called "Gordita", which is the female version of calling someone a fat ass. Cha Cha is Mexican slang for someone who comes from a improverished life to clean houses for low pay.

I thought Gordita was the skinny white one with glasses.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

I thought Gordita was the skinny white one with glasses.

she is, I misremembered. edited my post

 

[Oilspill Battery]

I'll try and give context to why Latino/as are mad about this show as I've been recommended a fuckload of videos on this topic

Can you toss a few our way? I'd love to see them.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

Can you toss a few our way? I'd love to see them.

The biggest one I've seen is this guy "The Angry Mexa", he has made a shitload of videos on the topic. he's a weird guy though, I caught one of his streams one time and he was having a mental breakdown over "Latinos being misrepresented in media"

https://www.youtube.com/@theangrymexa

and the rest are memes

Tweet 1 translated: those who did that "hey cousins" will know what this means??? Or would they have added it because yes?

Tweet 2 translated: "hey cousins" is this video

Tweet 3 translated: after this "hey cousins" thing, we should revive #shutupgringo

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

Cha Cha is Mexican slang for someone who comes from a improverished life to clean houses for low pay.

Americans would have no use for such a word, because to us all Mexicans are cha chas.