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Ep 75 - Ariana DeBose Talks Donna Summer Musical, Zetna Fuentes on Becoming a Latina TV Director
Highly Relevant with Jack Rico
English - May 04, 2018 23:21 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB - ★★★★ - 44 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture latinx pop culture entertainment hispanic hispanicpodcasts jack latino latinopodcasts news rico Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we speak with triple threat star and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose who is currently one of the three stars of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway. We discuss the intense vocal preparation in becoming The Queen of Disco, why the show cast women in male roles, equal pay, pansexuality and Hispanic identity on Broadway.
Then I chat with Zetna Fuentes, a Latina TV director who has directed some of the biggest shows currently on television - Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Scandal” and Amazon’s “BOSCH” to mention just a few. We discuss why there are so few Latina directors in tv and film and what can be done to fix it, plus, how she uses her Hispanic heritage to influence her tv work.
Episode Summary
Ariana DeBose interview: 1:29
Zetna Fuentes: 31:45
JackedIN (US Latino Pop News Recap) segment: 29:42
Musical weekend playlist: 55:33
Accelerate - Christina Aguilera
Positivo - J Balvin
Simples Corazones - Fonseca
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