NUYORICAN 1980

For context, these are the same guys who went to Japan, filmed a person hanging in the Suicide Forest for views and likes, and made insensitive jokes about it. That alone speaks volumes about their character and the lengths they’ll go for the spotlight. Now they’re back in the spotlight with a “reality show” showcasing their manchild behavior and inflated egos—as settler colonizers. Yes, you read that right. They moved to Puerto Rico and became part of the problem: displacing locals through settler colonialism. They’ve done staged photo ops of “helping” the community—when in reality, under the tax incentive law they benefit from, charitable donations are mandatory. They’re not being generous; they’re just meeting requirements and spinning it as altruism. They’ve caused trouble on the island: from supporting privatization of public beaches, to illegally riding ATVs where turtles nest, to trying to buy up properties in La Perla (Old San Juan), playing right into colonialist patterns. They flex their wealth on an island where the median salary is $25,000—because in the U.S., they’re just small fish in a big pond. Add in the corrupt local government, and you’ve got a classic case of quid pro quo with outsiders exploiting tax breaks. In short: these manchildren are bad energy with too much money and way too much attention

This is profiting from sexualization of childhood. How could any responsible person support such a thing!

This was pretty bad. Very dragged out scenes of the most simplistic things like laying in bed for a whole couple of minutes staring into each other eyes with some kisses and caresses. Then literally almost ten minutes of watching a pie being eaten. In some scenes, I honestly thought that I had accidentally hit pause because of the extended scenes focused on nothing happening as you stare at the screen. There’s more scenes of nothingness but I am sure the point is taken with how this movie was purposefully filmed to be snail slow. I enjoy indie films but this was one I can’t say that I did.