Dr. Ignacio Sanchez Prado, Washington University in St. Louis
Due to changes in the industry that took place in the 1990s, romantic comedies are the predominant genre in Mexican commercial cinema. This talk examines several films from the last five years to show the ways that the genre has developed both formally and ideologically. Engaging with diverse romantic comedies, Dr. Prado will also discuss the persistence of neoliberal ideologies as the central concern of commercial Mexican cinema and the implications that romantic comedy from Mexico has in the domestic cinema market and in attempts to reach U.S. Latino audiences.
Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado is an Associate rofessor of Spanish, Latin American Studies and Film Studies at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis. His research is focused on Mexican cultural instritutions, with a particular focus on literature and cinema. He is the author of five books, and the most recent is Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema (1988-2012).
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