Mom and Isaac discuss The Three Caballeros! …Aaaand now you you have the song stuck in your head. Did anyone else remember that this movie is completely insane? Join us for a discussion of why, plus a breakdown of the ongoing legacy of Disney’s most famous Hispanic characters and jokes about why Donald’s such a creep in this thing.
Further reading:
1. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/10/disney-donald-duck-carioca-latin-america-imperialism
2. https://www.dailychela.com/the-three-caballeros-legend/
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Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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