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Bright and Bold in Undocumented L.A.: Real Women Have Curves
“It’s got plenty of bubbly, cheeky joy and big-dreaming sincerity, but it pulls back before crossing the line into either treacle or fluff.”
There’s also an emotional maturity to the arc of Loomer and Benjamin’s book (Josefina López wrote the original play): Shock and revelation are less drivers of its plot than daily work — both the kind that’s done to pay the rent and the effort it takes, through deep frustration and the crossed wires of generations and cultures, to stay caring, keep listening, and to remain bravely open to change. Hana S. Kim’s video has a sweeping, refreshingly handcrafted feeling, saturating Arnulfo Maldonado’s malleable set with watercolor cityscapes and adorning it with illustrations reminiscent of Latiné street art — or, in the case of Estela’s song “Daydream,” bringing back that rainforest of flowers as the character imagines embracing her artistry and starting her own fashion label. While Ana dreams of New York and balances a sweaty summer helping at her sister’s business with an internship at the local paper (and, eventually, a budding romance with fellow intern Henry, played with sweet nerdiness by Mason Reeves), Estela has her own mountain to climb.
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