#44: The Many Accents of Rita Moreno
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2017
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Rita Moreno is perhaps the most famous and accomplished Latina actress in history, and she takes Maria and Julio behind the scenes of many of her most recognizable roles, both old and new, touching on issues of representation, accents, and race.
Maria and Julio lead a discussion with Rita about her star-turning role in West Side story and her latest role in the reboot of Norman Lear’s classic show, “One Day at a Time.”
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| 0:00.0 | I said to the makeup man one day, my God, why do we all have to be the same color? |
| 0:06.3 | We made Puerto Ricans are French and Spanish and whatever you happen. |
| 0:10.9 | And the makeup man actually said to me what are you a racist? |
| 0:14.0 | Puho! |
| 0:15.0 | A podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC |
| 0:21.0 | perspective. I'm Maria No Rosa and I'm And I'm Julio Rico Loberila. And joining us is the incredible Rita Moreno, |
| 0:27.0 | perhaps the most acclaimed Latina actress alive today. One of only 12 people in history. I love saying this week that. |
| 0:34.0 | And perhaps she's the only Latino or Latina to have an EGOT, which of course is an Emmy, |
| 0:39.0 | Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. |
| 0:41.0 | And yeah, she's also won the presidential medal of freedom the highest civilian honor in the |
| 0:46.0 | United States. |
| 0:47.0 | Orita it's great to have you it's great to see you. |
| 0:49.8 | Oh yeah listen Julio here's the thing I thing I'm no longer an egot I am a key |
| 0:55.6 | got because of the Kennedy Center Award there's an also an esope |
| 1:00.6 | oh because you won the sag Yes, the screen actors kill life |
| 1:04.4 | achievement. I mean not that I'm bragging but I am. But has anybody else |
| 1:08.7 | want all of those? This doesn't happen too often. We're speaking with you because Netflix just dropped a |
| 1:18.7 | reboot of the Norman New Year classic show one day at a time. |
| 1:21.8 | That always sounds when they say |
| 1:22.6 | dropped I'm so unaccustomed to these things what they drop they drop the can of film what |
| 1:27.7 | happened the new lingo of me a lavese one day at a time one day at a time and |
| 1:32.2 | the reboot the remake is all about a Latino family now I have to tell you |
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