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Salma Hayek is truly an international superstar. ...
Before Salma Hayek, there was only one star who was equally important to both Mexican and United States cinema: Dolores del Rio (Rubenstein 88). Del Rio set the precedent for Mexican beauty onscreen, and Hayek has certainly modeled a career after del Rio’s influence, and accomplished the task of being the only other Mexican film star to have great success in Hollywood. ...
After such success with telenovelas, her early Latin American films include the critically acclaimed El Callejon de Los Millagros [Midaq Alley], for which she was nominated for the Ariel, the Mexican equivalent of the Academy Award. ...
An important contributor to Hayek’s’ success and warm reception in the US is the Latin movement that was occurring at the time. ...
An interesting factor in predicting US pop culture success of a Latino musician or actor is their skin tone. ... Interestingly enough, one reviewer chose to focus on the fact that Hayek was playing a Mexican woman: “Salma goes native and shes never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a Mexican icon” (rottentomatoes. ... Part of her crossover success can be attributed to the current boom in Latin American culture occurring in US media, in addition to her universal beauty.
Approximate Word count = 924
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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