What’s Aged the Worst?
What Rosie Perez's character is made to do; her nude scene
In the discussion (5)
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- There is not a lot here; one hedged answer is that Perez's first-movie inexperience shows.
- What she is made to do has aged worst: browbeat Mookie as a bad father, morally in the right but made unpleasant, though she still has two dimensions.
- The nude scene has not aged well; a Perez interview is read on air saying she had a big problem with it, felt the atmosphere was not correct, and did not want to do the ice-cube shot.
- The hosts note Perez and Lee remain in communication, that she is honestly reflecting on a bad experience, and that the film launched her career.
- Her run through White Men Can't Jump, Fearless and Untamed Heart is praised; she became a character actress without her Latina identity being a talking point.