2. Some good examples of Latinos represented in film are Consuela from Family Guy and On My Block. Consuela is the maid in Family Guy and is portrayed as dumb and often confuses mister and missus. Consuela also has a very strong Hispanic accent. Although no characters have a strong accent, On My Block, has many Latino characters that play gang members, another popular stereotype.
3. I believe that some of these representations characteristics are fair as long as they are not taken too far. A good example is On My Block where there are many Latino characters but all of them have a subtle, realistic accent. As age increases, so does the accent.
4. I would retain the sexpot and latin lover stereotypes as any race could play this role not just Latinos. This is a very old-fashioned stereotype and I believe that it is already disappearing from the big screen as I believe it should.
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