Santo Domingo.- The actress Michelle Rodriguez said she always wanted to work in a Dominican production and will be a challenge to play the role of Minerva Mirabal, considered the head of the three famous sisters martyred by the Trujillo dicatorship.
Rodriguez, who is also a producer of the film, held her first press conference to speak about her performance as Minerva in the movie "Tropico de Sangre," which will be filmed in Santiago (north).
She said her performance seeks to convey an encouraging, positive and liberating message for the youth and wants Hollywood to consider Dominican Republic as a place to produce films.
The film would portray another view of the many facets of Dominican life during Trujillo’s tyranny, Rodriguez said. "I want to project a different perspective of the situation involving people, culture, the streets, all the things were needed to express what took place at that time."
Celines Toribio Mceed the event in Santo Domingo’s Hard Rock Cafe, with the participation of the producer Joan Giacinti and the screenwriter John Delancer.
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Jul 2008 1:37 PM
From: United States
Minerva Mirabal a heroine?
More like a rich spoiled brat who's family wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
Written by: DennisC, 4 Jul 2008 9:31 PM
From: United States
anthonyC:
You are nothing more than an imbecile ignorant, speaking of the dead like that in the first place,
don't your little brain if any you have, knows at all why those 3 sisters were assasinated by
Trujillo henchmen?,
do you have the slighest idea who were the husbands of these sisters?,
it is a shame that a so-called Dominican can even express such words , with that lack of respect,
the crime of those sisters were the begining of the end of Trujillo dictatorship.
I guess you are somehow related to those Trujillo murderers, despicable men, scum of the earth.
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Jul 2008 9:46 PM
From: United States
I am not Dominican
I stand by my statement.
If you continue with the personal insults I will report you and then ignore you.
Written by: DennisC, 4 Jul 2008 10:25 PM
From: United States
no wonder, you ignorant,
you will report me???
hahahahaha!!
ask me if I care,
but again, if you don't have the proper respect for the dead,
you should be the one to be reported, brainless gringo.
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Jul 2008 11:25 PM
From: United States
Hitler is dead. Stalin is dead, Trujillo is dead. Do you have respect for them?
Dig deep. Find the truth.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Ciby this is your big chance....you can have Porfirio Rubirosas part....It was made for you....Come home
Written by: Escott, 5 Jul 2008 1:51 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Sosua/Cabrera
Dennis, the only one you can insult and attack personally like that is "Mad Dog Belial". Other people are off limits.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Escott I have others on my list as well as the resident quarter wit bellial...they will remain anonymous at this time
Written by: DennisC, 5 Jul 2008 8:11 PM
From: United States
Esky man con scott,
we should not tolerate anybody at all, whoever he or she think she is, to denigrate in
this forum, women like the Mirabal sisters,
whoever do that, is a complete a....., and a major ignorant,
whatever, that man Anthony said he is not Dominican, then he is a gringo,
and as we know well, gringos are not supossed to use the little brain they have in a proper
conducted manner,
for that he is forgiven, , US people are between the most ignorant, poor headed people on earth.
Written by: anthonyC, 5 Jul 2008 10:01 PM
From: United States
DennisC,
The truth hurts doesn't it? BTW Having lived in the Dominican Republic and been married to a Dominican Woman for over 20 years I have come to realize that most Dominicans know squat about the history of their own country.
It is a shame. That a country with such a rich and vibrant history that they have to pin the Hero tag on a bunch of gold-digging, selfish, anti-democratic women.
At least having Michelle Rodriquez play her is the right choice. She won't have to act.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
it can be said anthonyc that I have heard this story myself from Dominicans..... I personally am uninformed but I believe you have a right to state with civility your opinion of the Mirabal sisters incident
Written by: lovingit, 6 Jul 2008 2:03 AM
From: United States, Delaware
AnthonyC, please, if you are going to denigrate the Mirabal sisters, then please provide facts and citations.
The violence and brutality done to the Mirabal sisters caused the UN to constitute November 25th as the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte...._Eliminate_Violence_Against_WomenI am actually opposed to having Michelle Rodriguez playing her character, but, whatever, an actress/actor is an actor, they are portraying someone and not themselves.
So AnthonyC, please, if there is a dark side to the Mirabal sisters, please share the facts. Your posts have only insulted them with no backing.
Thanks
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Loving it by innuendo and rumour do these things about any subject get into public discourse ...Take a look at the unsubstantiated rubbish belial spews....Because the UN says something means nothing also and lends no gravity to anything....That said I am not a Trujillio apologist...There is no doubt these young ladies were murdered and that is an injustice....the finger points...but allow the grassy knoll to speak their peace ....God only knows the wacko theories that abound on everything else get spoken...and very loud
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 3:51 PM
From: United States
Guys, best thing to do is totally ignore that gringo with his comments,
whoever said that gringos know crap about anything that have to do with the rest of the
planet, heck!!, they don't even know their own country for starters,
and to ask a poor man from whoever in US to know history of our country is useless at all,
besides, if a man shows the bad taste to speak about women that were assasinated almost
50 years ago, the only thing we can do is ignore completely the fool,
and remember , we are here writing in his language, not ours,
yet he has the audacity to speak about our people without any knowledge whatsoever.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Dennis you are directing your animosity at many and unjustly so ...you are doing exactly what you accuse the outsiders of doing ...you should make your point without resorting to invective and insults
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Dennis one more thing This film will probably be a piece of cheap exploitive hollywood wannabee crap that will do nothing for the three sisters image....this is make a buck pure and simple
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 4:29 PM
From: United States
Goulet, you are absolutely incorrect, I have no animosity toward anybody, I don't even know who the heck that person is, and don't want to know,
the same right he had to post his stupidities here, I also have it to voice my opinion
and reacting to his words,
But animosity?
nnaaahhhhh!!!
better call it indiference
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Jul 2008 6:40 PM
From: United States
DennisC
Oye, Dominican-Yor. Calling somebody ignorant while displaying your own is the epitome of hypocrisy.
Keep calling me Gringo. It makes me laugh.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 7:44 PM
From: United States
1st, I am not a dominican-yor you mercenary, don't live in the big city,
2nd, if you are gringo, the way I write in English , you should know I am not a Dominican-yor,
3rd, you could perfectly be that Dominican-yor and are disguising yourself,
4th, if you as I suspect have no idea whatsoever of the tribulations of that family that were killed
almost all of them, should be the last one speaking about it,
5th, if you are gringo, then you are one of those old gigs that see a left wing man even in your
soup, which I am not of course.
6th,, part of my own family were tortured and killed by the Trujillo's tirany,
7th, again, even if you are married to a Dominican woman for 100 years, you should never know
crap about what was going on in those years of Trujillo, unless........
and finally, time is off for you, indiference pays better with an ignorant gringo.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 8:03 PM
From: United States
More over Anthony, I am pure Dominican, born in Santiago, too many years ago for my own
liking,
you said are an American, yet we are communicating in your own language, English, which I can
write, read and speak perfectly, I did call you ignorant, perhaps should not have said that word,
since I don't know who you are,
but you can prove it easily,.,of course if you are American and do not seek help else where,
can you write in my Language, Spanish, the same way I write in yours?,
however, knowing Americans, do not expect a fair response from you.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 9:00 PM
From: United States
Goulet, if you call civility calling women that were assasinated 50 years ago by a tirany,
from some American calling them, and I quote,
Minerva Mirabal a heroine?
More like a rich spoiled brat who's family wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
If you Goulet call that civility, then you are as much an accomplish of words that are out of place, and with the upmost lack of respect as I have ever read in this forum,
and further comparing these names to others as Hitler, Stalin and the man that said to kill them,
Trujillo is an infamy,
I was wrong with you Goulet, and others that refute your words here are the ones who in the end have the bigger civility.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 9:04 PM
From: United States
With that said,
you should know I despise the left type of government in any form,
but I am conscient of those years of the Trujillo regime, I lived those years of the 50's,
with relatives that were Generals, Governors, but also others that were tortured and killed
by the tirany,
so you know where I am coming from.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 9:08 PM
From: United States
Therefore, I cannot tolerate one not Dominican blabbering crap without knowing also squat
about those years, where the SIM, (SERVICIO DE INTELIGENCIA MILITAR) VW's cars were going down all street of town and cities, 5 miles an hour terrorizing whoever was in their way,
WHOEVER DID NOT LIVE THOSE YEARS OF TERROR,
HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCUSE AND DENIGRATE NO PERSON KILLED BY THE TIRANY.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
I said both of you should drop the volume ..unfortunately both of you made a bad choice of words...and I am no accomplice of anyone....I have found both your posts interesting in the past and found it unfortunate that you have this misunderstanding
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Jul 2008 10:07 PM
From: United States
DennisC wrote;
"English, which I can
write, read and speak perfectly,"
You could have fooled me!
Quizá si usted parara el tener miedo de ver que hay 2 lados o más a cada historia usted no sería tan defensivo.
Written by: DennisC, 6 Jul 2008 11:55 PM
From: United States
tonyC,
As I thought, whoever told you how to write those words in Spanish must have certainly be,.
as you call it, a Dominican-yor,
maybe I have fooled you, who knows, Americans are addicted to being fooled,
only thing you do well, is scream for everything, pure savages.
Defensive?
perhaps, I defend from people who have no knowledge of things of my country, who did not lived
those times as I did, I have to, I am Dominican, and proud to be,
and those women your words denigrated stupidly, were a symbol of resistance to the tirany,
but then again, what the heck you know about that,, except for reading some words.
I do not tolerate people who think have the rights to abuse verbally of others,
moreover , being citizens of USA, not Americans as you called yourselves,
America is a big continent, not a country.
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 12:08 AM
From: United States
TonyC,
by the way, if you use the term Dominican-yor as a mockery,
that's why we call your kind gringos in Latin America,
besides, if you despise the Dominican-yor so much,
what the heck are you doing married to a Dominican woman?
if she has some sense, she should feel embarrased of your words toward other Dominican women, that happens to be assasinated 50 years ago, using some despicable words to speak
about them.
but then again, only a fool American is capable of that infamy, so I understand you well,
believe me, most of you have not the mental capacity of doing things properly, and need to be
continuosly importing brains, (which most screaming savages, belly full of beer, don't have).
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Dennis a person of your age you must be at least 65 to have a good recollection of that Era.....You should not allow yourself to become so excercised..The Mirabal sisters were murdered in 1960 that is 48 years ago you do the math Dennis ..Also remember the warning in WIKI it says.".The neutrality of this article is disputed."..that is on the entry of the Mirabal Sisters...Insults and Yankiphobia only bring you down to the level of the ignoramus gringos....Remember and this is a fact ...during the so called revolution the signs in Santo Domingo said " Yanqui go home ,and take me with you "
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Jul 2008 7:23 AM
From: United States
DennisC
Why don't you join Belail for a group hug and a circle jerk?
You blind faith in all things anti-Trujillo is amusing at best. Just because a person was against the dictatorship of Trujillo does not mean they are automatically eligible for sainthood. Juan Bosch was anti-Trujillo. Does that make him great?
So go back an refresh your take on history the way you usually do...Playing Dominos at the Colmado under your apartment.
By the way. The most precious freedom is the freedom of speech. Apparently you are for freedom of speech only when it jibes with your beliefs.
One other thing. You are lucky that this is an internet message board. If it had been face to face I would have never allowed you to finish that statement about my wife. But what can you expect from a chopo.
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 5:15 PM
From: United States
same thing I expect from a fool american, white, more likely,
and you are so dumb you cannot even see I am also exercising my (as you claim it,)
freedom of speech, and refute your words about anything,
you call me chopo you ignorant,
I call you red neck , the classic big belly full of beer screaming fool, too classic white American,
and for your information, I am a mechanical engineer, what are you?
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 5:17 PM
From: United States
face to face would be fun, since I still can run if you are too crazy a white American,
only thing I said was if you despise chopos, Dominican-yor,
what are you doing married to a Dominican woman?
guess that drew your attention, fool.
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 5:49 PM
From: United States
Actually Goulet, I will be 63 next month,
and apparently you have not get it, last thing in the world I am is anti-gringo,
or anti-anybody for that matter,
I am just responding to an issue I consider sensible,
you refuse too to see it the way I do ? , then that is your privilege, as is mine to answer back
to words that in my view are insulting and with a lack of class and taste,
and that would include you, if you would be the one saying such words,
that man AnthonyC, said also what he wanted and posted his words here,
does he expect not to have anybody answering hard back at him???
that is his problem as well, if you attack without mercy people that have been dead for a long time,
and were a symbol of resistance along with their husbands,
somebody is going to hit back at him, in this case it was myself,
lucky you it was not you.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
DennisC as I said before I have enjoyed both you and AnthonyC s posts in the past let us all get over a momentary lapse ...no hard feelings ..you both have the same last name you know
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 7:10 PM
From: United States
Hey Goulet, now you got me curious, what last name would be that one that we share,
as far as I remember, I have not posted my last name here,
what Anthony doesn't know yet is, that we are somehow similar cases in a way,
he is married to a Dominican woman,
I am married to an American woman,
ironic huh?,
therefore, how could I ever be, anti-American ?,
she is the best woman I have ever met, of any race or country,
and I am what you could call a "white" Dominican, although we all know that somewhere
along the line, we all have some shadows one way or another.
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Jul 2008 8:02 PM
From: United States
I didn't marry a chopa.
She is from a fine, white Family with European roots.
While you hang around your local colmado sucking down cheap rum and saying nasty things to young girls as they pass by I play golf at the county club Santo Domingo (El Country) and sip single malts.
Redneck huh? Too Funny. Next time in back in Spain or Portugal I'll be sure to tell that to my family. they would get a kick out of it.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Very interesting indeed ....and common ground ...I am sure your disagreement was a misstep ...on both your parts...I was making reference to your signing your names with the capital C at the end....Good Luck to you both and correct this misunderstanding I think you have a lot in common
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 8:56 PM
From: United States
AnthonyC;
I am going to end this thing with you, this feud is getting ugly as it goes on and on,
funny too, I have been a member of the Santo Domingo Country Club forever,
funny also, my grandfather was Portuguese, and my mother is from Barcelona, Spain,
pure Catalan, so what do you know?,
you are married to a fine white Dominican woman of European roots,
I am married to a fine white American woman of European roots, who I adore,
so what do you say and we sign a peace agreement?,
if I ofended you with my reaction to your words, will all sincerity,
I apologize to you, there is no need for this,
I am not what you called me, as I am sure you are not either a red neck,
now that things are getting more clear, we do have too much bonds in common as you can see.
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 9:00 PM
From: United States
AnthonyC,
and another thing, I have never as long as I have lived, and will be 63 shortly,
have been hanging around in colmado with chopas, and sipping down cheap rum,
wrong brother, you are talking to the wrong man with that statement,
I only drink Scotch and 12 years or older, and wine of course.
Also, I do play golf and a lot, or as much as I can, my handicap is 7.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Cmon Tony your a big guy stick out your hand
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 9:06 PM
From: United States
AnthonyC,
my reaction to your words was for a simple reason,
my father, who was a prominent doctor and die in a plane crash, knew the Mirabal family
very well, and also their husbands, therefore I reacted defensively to those words,
but in reality, who doesn't always want a piece of whatever pie is there?
one thing though, and I know this well, they did opossed the Trujillo regimen vigorously.
Written by: DennisC, 7 Jul 2008 9:09 PM
From: United States
AnthonyC,
now if you decide to be uncivilized, then that's up to you,
I have send an olive branch to you,, there is no need for this,
everybody have a right to their own opinion.
but not all people who opossed Trujillo were communist at all,
some were simple patriots who wanted a better country against all the crimes and terror
occurring in my country.
Written by: anthonyC, 7 Jul 2008 9:10 PM
From: United States
"but in reality, who doesn't always want a piece of whatever pie is there?"
Great. You admit I was right.
Funny though. Most of the US's founding fathers lost their wealth due to their neglect of their financial situations while battling for the greater good.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Tony when this has been cleared up now maybe you guys can go and cheat each other in a round of golf
Written by: DennisC, 8 Jul 2008 12:37 AM
From: United States
Well TonyC, I told you my roots, I told you my wife roots, you said your wife procedence and roots,
you mentioned when you go back to Spain and Portugal, would mention the nick name I called you and they would get a kick,
nonetheless, what are you finally?, because I cannot believe you have Spaniards roots,
porque coincidencialmente, nosotros los hijos de Españoles nos preciamos de escribir en
nuestra lengua Castellana, o española correctamente, eso es un casi un mandato de nuestors progenitores procedentes de la peninsula Iberica, compuesta por España y Portugal, mi lado portugues es proveniente de la ciiudad de Oporto, en el norte de ese pais y de mi padre, como dije con anterioridad, mi madre es Catalana, nacida, vivio en Barcelona hasta que mi padre la conocio haciendo su maestria de medicina en esa ciudad.
Written by: DennisC, 8 Jul 2008 12:47 AM
From: United States
Yo hablo ambas lenguas, Portugues y Castellano, (español) perfectamente, estudie en colegios de Españoles, el Instituto Iberia de Santiago, y Don Pepe era un maestro madrileño que exigia todo perfecto, como ex-capitan del ejercito Español.
Y note que cuando trataste de escribir en Español, ciertamente no lo hiciste con todas las correcciones de lugar.
No dudo que hayas aprendido bastante de la lengua Española, pero si fueses de nuestra raza,
hubieses escrito correctamente y construyendo bien todas las oraciones y fraces.
De lo que tu puedes estar seguro es que yo tengo toda mi descendencia totalmente Iberica, aun mas, soy un hombre muy bien conocido en mi pais, trabaje muchos años con Shell Oil Co con toda la industria nacional, ademas era comentarista de baseball con la Aguilas Cibaeñas de Santiago, hoy mi hijo tambien ingeniero, lo hace por mi.
From: United States
"Ciby this is your big chance....you can have Porfirio Rubirosas part....It was made for you....Come home"
LOL...I see you, too, have noticed my matinee star looks goulet...LOL..I'm just kidding people.
If they're going to make a movie about the Mirabal sisters fine...let's hope it's better then that crap that Salma Hayek put out a few years ago. Edward James Olmos was a horrible Trujillo to boot. I always felt that Anthony Quinn would've been a great Trujillo but unfortunately he is no longer an option.
A fine white woman with european roots?...lolololol..who the hell talks like that?..lol..I'm still laughing...
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Ciby respect your elders
From: United States
Hey goulet who would you like to see play Trujillo on the silver screen? Or Rubirosa for that matter...
On a similiar note the worst depiction of a Dominican on the silver screen has to be the character of "Peoples" in the Hughes brothers film "Shaft". Talk about walking stereotypes. I cringe every time I see it.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
Although he is no longer with us and he passed much to soon and to young I would like to have seen Raul Julia do El Jefe Julia had great range and depth to play that part...Rubi ????? what a part for a young unknown who can act
From: United States
"Rubi ????? what a part for a young unknown who can act"
How about Manny Perez?..Maybe he could pull it off..
Interestingly enough Raul Julia was supposed to star in some play about Ramfis Trujillo playing the starring role but he opted out at the last minute due to his freindship with Rhadames Trujillo, another son of Trujillo who was killed a few years back by Colombian druglords.
Ramfis Trujillo...now there's an interesting movie if you ask me..
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
yes I had the opportunity to have dinner with his cousin it was very interesting you are correct...Kim Novak wow
From: United States
During Trujillo's time there were rumors that Ramfis wasn't his son (these rumors were even perpetuated by Galindez)...hogwash..I saw a rarely seen photo of Ramfis, looking a little heavier then in most of his pictures from the era, in some casino with Kim Novak flashing that crooked smile that was undeniably Trujillo's smile as well..Just on that photo alone there has never been a question in my mind as to who Ramfis' father was..
Side note: Novak was initially asked by her studio to change her last name because no one wanted to see movies starring "some polack". Novak, who is actually of Czech descent, refused.
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
she went from Ramfis to Sammy Davis and almost ruined her career what was left of it I will send you a great clip
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
From: United States
"she went from Ramfis to Sammy Davis and almost ruined her career what was left of it I will send you a great clip"
No matter what she still has two classics under her belt, namely "Vertigo" and "The Man With the Golden Arm"....I watch "Vertigo" myself at least once every year or so..
From: United States
Thanx for the clip goulet..it's crazy how they used filters when panning in on an actress with the camera back then..
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
glad you are an afficianado of older films ....I am a Sinatra freak but the only part of his I like is Manchurian Candidate or Von Ryan actually in my opinion the greatest VOICE no act
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
no i did not like Maggio
From: United States Virgin Islands, St Thomas C' Amalie hotel 1829 at the Bar
you got a good one there....that album had some left over tracks from his Francis Albert Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim album a masterpiece....but practically they all were ..on his death Pavoroti said Mozart of the 20th century......WOW is that overkill ...I love it
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More like a rich spoiled brat who's family wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
You are nothing more than an imbecile ignorant, speaking of the dead like that in the first place,
don't your little brain if any you have, knows at all why those 3 sisters were assasinated by
Trujillo henchmen?,
do you have the slighest idea who were the husbands of these sisters?,
it is a shame that a so-called Dominican can even express such words , with that lack of respect,
the crime of those sisters were the begining of the end of Trujillo dictatorship.
I guess you are somehow related to those Trujillo murderers, despicable men, scum of the earth.
I stand by my statement.
If you continue with the personal insults I will report you and then ignore you.
you will report me???
hahahahaha!!
ask me if I care,
but again, if you don't have the proper respect for the dead,
you should be the one to be reported, brainless gringo.
Dig deep. Find the truth.
we should not tolerate anybody at all, whoever he or she think she is, to denigrate in
this forum, women like the Mirabal sisters,
whoever do that, is a complete a....., and a major ignorant,
whatever, that man Anthony said he is not Dominican, then he is a gringo,
and as we know well, gringos are not supossed to use the little brain they have in a proper
conducted manner,
for that he is forgiven, , US people are between the most ignorant, poor headed people on earth.
The truth hurts doesn't it? BTW Having lived in the Dominican Republic and been married to a Dominican Woman for over 20 years I have come to realize that most Dominicans know squat about the history of their own country.
It is a shame. That a country with such a rich and vibrant history that they have to pin the Hero tag on a bunch of gold-digging, selfish, anti-democratic women.
At least having Michelle Rodriquez play her is the right choice. She won't have to act.
The violence and brutality done to the Mirabal sisters caused the UN to constitute November 25th as the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte...._Eliminate_Violence_Against_Women
I am actually opposed to having Michelle Rodriguez playing her character, but, whatever, an actress/actor is an actor, they are portraying someone and not themselves.
So AnthonyC, please, if there is a dark side to the Mirabal sisters, please share the facts. Your posts have only insulted them with no backing.
Thanks
whoever said that gringos know crap about anything that have to do with the rest of the
planet, heck!!, they don't even know their own country for starters,
and to ask a poor man from whoever in US to know history of our country is useless at all,
besides, if a man shows the bad taste to speak about women that were assasinated almost
50 years ago, the only thing we can do is ignore completely the fool,
and remember , we are here writing in his language, not ours,
yet he has the audacity to speak about our people without any knowledge whatsoever.
the same right he had to post his stupidities here, I also have it to voice my opinion
and reacting to his words,
But animosity?
nnaaahhhhh!!!
better call it indiference
Oye, Dominican-Yor. Calling somebody ignorant while displaying your own is the epitome of hypocrisy.
Keep calling me Gringo. It makes me laugh.
2nd, if you are gringo, the way I write in English , you should know I am not a Dominican-yor,
3rd, you could perfectly be that Dominican-yor and are disguising yourself,
4th, if you as I suspect have no idea whatsoever of the tribulations of that family that were killed
almost all of them, should be the last one speaking about it,
5th, if you are gringo, then you are one of those old gigs that see a left wing man even in your
soup, which I am not of course.
6th,, part of my own family were tortured and killed by the Trujillo's tirany,
7th, again, even if you are married to a Dominican woman for 100 years, you should never know
crap about what was going on in those years of Trujillo, unless........
and finally, time is off for you, indiference pays better with an ignorant gringo.
liking,
you said are an American, yet we are communicating in your own language, English, which I can
write, read and speak perfectly, I did call you ignorant, perhaps should not have said that word,
since I don't know who you are,
but you can prove it easily,.,of course if you are American and do not seek help else where,
can you write in my Language, Spanish, the same way I write in yours?,
however, knowing Americans, do not expect a fair response from you.
from some American calling them, and I quote,
Minerva Mirabal a heroine?
More like a rich spoiled brat who's family wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
If you Goulet call that civility, then you are as much an accomplish of words that are out of place, and with the upmost lack of respect as I have ever read in this forum,
and further comparing these names to others as Hitler, Stalin and the man that said to kill them,
Trujillo is an infamy,
I was wrong with you Goulet, and others that refute your words here are the ones who in the end have the bigger civility.
you should know I despise the left type of government in any form,
but I am conscient of those years of the Trujillo regime, I lived those years of the 50's,
with relatives that were Generals, Governors, but also others that were tortured and killed
by the tirany,
so you know where I am coming from.
about those years, where the SIM, (SERVICIO DE INTELIGENCIA MILITAR) VW's cars were going down all street of town and cities, 5 miles an hour terrorizing whoever was in their way,
WHOEVER DID NOT LIVE THOSE YEARS OF TERROR,
HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCUSE AND DENIGRATE NO PERSON KILLED BY THE TIRANY.
"English, which I can
write, read and speak perfectly,"
You could have fooled me!
Quizá si usted parara el tener miedo de ver que hay 2 lados o más a cada historia usted no sería tan defensivo.
As I thought, whoever told you how to write those words in Spanish must have certainly be,.
as you call it, a Dominican-yor,
maybe I have fooled you, who knows, Americans are addicted to being fooled,
only thing you do well, is scream for everything, pure savages.
Defensive?
perhaps, I defend from people who have no knowledge of things of my country, who did not lived
those times as I did, I have to, I am Dominican, and proud to be,
and those women your words denigrated stupidly, were a symbol of resistance to the tirany,
but then again, what the heck you know about that,, except for reading some words.
I do not tolerate people who think have the rights to abuse verbally of others,
moreover , being citizens of USA, not Americans as you called yourselves,
America is a big continent, not a country.
by the way, if you use the term Dominican-yor as a mockery,
that's why we call your kind gringos in Latin America,
besides, if you despise the Dominican-yor so much,
what the heck are you doing married to a Dominican woman?
if she has some sense, she should feel embarrased of your words toward other Dominican women, that happens to be assasinated 50 years ago, using some despicable words to speak
about them.
but then again, only a fool American is capable of that infamy, so I understand you well,
believe me, most of you have not the mental capacity of doing things properly, and need to be
continuosly importing brains, (which most screaming savages, belly full of beer, don't have).
Why don't you join Belail for a group hug and a circle jerk?
You blind faith in all things anti-Trujillo is amusing at best. Just because a person was against the dictatorship of Trujillo does not mean they are automatically eligible for sainthood. Juan Bosch was anti-Trujillo. Does that make him great?
So go back an refresh your take on history the way you usually do...Playing Dominos at the Colmado under your apartment.
By the way. The most precious freedom is the freedom of speech. Apparently you are for freedom of speech only when it jibes with your beliefs.
One other thing. You are lucky that this is an internet message board. If it had been face to face I would have never allowed you to finish that statement about my wife. But what can you expect from a chopo.
and you are so dumb you cannot even see I am also exercising my (as you claim it,)
freedom of speech, and refute your words about anything,
you call me chopo you ignorant,
I call you red neck , the classic big belly full of beer screaming fool, too classic white American,
and for your information, I am a mechanical engineer, what are you?
only thing I said was if you despise chopos, Dominican-yor,
what are you doing married to a Dominican woman?
guess that drew your attention, fool.
and apparently you have not get it, last thing in the world I am is anti-gringo,
or anti-anybody for that matter,
I am just responding to an issue I consider sensible,
you refuse too to see it the way I do ? , then that is your privilege, as is mine to answer back
to words that in my view are insulting and with a lack of class and taste,
and that would include you, if you would be the one saying such words,
that man AnthonyC, said also what he wanted and posted his words here,
does he expect not to have anybody answering hard back at him???
that is his problem as well, if you attack without mercy people that have been dead for a long time,
and were a symbol of resistance along with their husbands,
somebody is going to hit back at him, in this case it was myself,
lucky you it was not you.
as far as I remember, I have not posted my last name here,
what Anthony doesn't know yet is, that we are somehow similar cases in a way,
he is married to a Dominican woman,
I am married to an American woman,
ironic huh?,
therefore, how could I ever be, anti-American ?,
she is the best woman I have ever met, of any race or country,
and I am what you could call a "white" Dominican, although we all know that somewhere
along the line, we all have some shadows one way or another.
She is from a fine, white Family with European roots.
While you hang around your local colmado sucking down cheap rum and saying nasty things to young girls as they pass by I play golf at the county club Santo Domingo (El Country) and sip single malts.
Redneck huh? Too Funny. Next time in back in Spain or Portugal I'll be sure to tell that to my family. they would get a kick out of it.
I am going to end this thing with you, this feud is getting ugly as it goes on and on,
funny too, I have been a member of the Santo Domingo Country Club forever,
funny also, my grandfather was Portuguese, and my mother is from Barcelona, Spain,
pure Catalan, so what do you know?,
you are married to a fine white Dominican woman of European roots,
I am married to a fine white American woman of European roots, who I adore,
so what do you say and we sign a peace agreement?,
if I ofended you with my reaction to your words, will all sincerity,
I apologize to you, there is no need for this,
I am not what you called me, as I am sure you are not either a red neck,
now that things are getting more clear, we do have too much bonds in common as you can see.
and another thing, I have never as long as I have lived, and will be 63 shortly,
have been hanging around in colmado with chopas, and sipping down cheap rum,
wrong brother, you are talking to the wrong man with that statement,
I only drink Scotch and 12 years or older, and wine of course.
Also, I do play golf and a lot, or as much as I can, my handicap is 7.
my reaction to your words was for a simple reason,
my father, who was a prominent doctor and die in a plane crash, knew the Mirabal family
very well, and also their husbands, therefore I reacted defensively to those words,
but in reality, who doesn't always want a piece of whatever pie is there?
one thing though, and I know this well, they did opossed the Trujillo regimen vigorously.
now if you decide to be uncivilized, then that's up to you,
I have send an olive branch to you,, there is no need for this,
everybody have a right to their own opinion.
but not all people who opossed Trujillo were communist at all,
some were simple patriots who wanted a better country against all the crimes and terror
occurring in my country.
Great. You admit I was right.
Funny though. Most of the US's founding fathers lost their wealth due to their neglect of their financial situations while battling for the greater good.
you mentioned when you go back to Spain and Portugal, would mention the nick name I called you and they would get a kick,
nonetheless, what are you finally?, because I cannot believe you have Spaniards roots,
porque coincidencialmente, nosotros los hijos de Españoles nos preciamos de escribir en
nuestra lengua Castellana, o española correctamente, eso es un casi un mandato de nuestors progenitores procedentes de la peninsula Iberica, compuesta por España y Portugal, mi lado portugues es proveniente de la ciiudad de Oporto, en el norte de ese pais y de mi padre, como dije con anterioridad, mi madre es Catalana, nacida, vivio en Barcelona hasta que mi padre la conocio haciendo su maestria de medicina en esa ciudad.
Y note que cuando trataste de escribir en Español, ciertamente no lo hiciste con todas las correcciones de lugar.
No dudo que hayas aprendido bastante de la lengua Española, pero si fueses de nuestra raza,
hubieses escrito correctamente y construyendo bien todas las oraciones y fraces.
De lo que tu puedes estar seguro es que yo tengo toda mi descendencia totalmente Iberica, aun mas, soy un hombre muy bien conocido en mi pais, trabaje muchos años con Shell Oil Co con toda la industria nacional, ademas era comentarista de baseball con la Aguilas Cibaeñas de Santiago, hoy mi hijo tambien ingeniero, lo hace por mi.
LOL...I see you, too, have noticed my matinee star looks goulet...LOL..I'm just kidding people.
If they're going to make a movie about the Mirabal sisters fine...let's hope it's better then that crap that Salma Hayek put out a few years ago. Edward James Olmos was a horrible Trujillo to boot. I always felt that Anthony Quinn would've been a great Trujillo but unfortunately he is no longer an option.
A fine white woman with european roots?...lolololol..who the hell talks like that?..lol..I'm still laughing...
On a similiar note the worst depiction of a Dominican on the silver screen has to be the character of "Peoples" in the Hughes brothers film "Shaft". Talk about walking stereotypes. I cringe every time I see it.
How about Manny Perez?..Maybe he could pull it off..
Interestingly enough Raul Julia was supposed to star in some play about Ramfis Trujillo playing the starring role but he opted out at the last minute due to his freindship with Rhadames Trujillo, another son of Trujillo who was killed a few years back by Colombian druglords.
Ramfis Trujillo...now there's an interesting movie if you ask me..
Side note: Novak was initially asked by her studio to change her last name because no one wanted to see movies starring "some polack". Novak, who is actually of Czech descent, refused.
No matter what she still has two classics under her belt, namely "Vertigo" and "The Man With the Golden Arm"....I watch "Vertigo" myself at least once every year or so..
Favorite Sinatra song (doesn't everyone have a favorite Sinatra song?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoVUld8bKhc