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Hollywood raises the bar on ethnic authenticity
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Long gone, apparently, are the days when Charlton Heston could simply don a mustache and pass as a Mexican on the silver screen. According to a recent story on NPR’s Morning Edition:
“A new TV drama starting next month follows a Florida sugar-cane dynasty of Cuban-Americans. The cast of Cane went through extensive coaching to make sure their accents sounded Cuban, not Puerto Rican or Colombian — because audiences increasingly know the difference.”
