Well, I went to see this movie whilst I was in Mexico’s capital in Texas-that’s right San Antonio. The premise of the movie was simple: what wouldlife be like without Mexicans? Well, nothing would get done, there would beno meaning to life and the earth would stop spinning; oh wait that’s lifewithout yours truly. Before the movie it would appear to the average Joe that little would change without the Mexicans, but little does he know…
The setting is California. One day all the Mexicans disappear. There is no one left to mow the lawns, paint the houses, traffic drugs andwork at fast food restaurants, especially since Asians in California arestill pissed off about the whole WWII imprisonment thing and having to builda few railroads. The hardest hit by this are the poor folks over at BorderPatrol- without having to catch Mexicans crossing the border they are about as useful as Bill Clinton at a monastery; i.e. totally useless.
Then the white folks start realizing how much the Hispanics are missed,especially the hippies who might have to get a job now since they can’t be doped up all day. I don’t remember the African American reaction; I do remember some cop, though, giving extra tickets to double-parked Hispanic cars that should have been recycled a long time ago.
Nothing much really happened in the film. You got to hear some Hispanic facts and if you got anything out of the movie besides it being a waste of time, it’s that Hispanics eat 99% of the tortillas in California; great.
All right, well if your city is unfortunate enough to be playing this movie,make sure you take your maid or your gardener along. Heck, go to McDonald’s and invite the whole kitchen staff for some major bonding.
Makes you wonder how things get accomplished in northern states, where Mexicans are few and far between. Sounds like typical Hollywood elitist crap, where they presume that the whole world thinks like them.