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CLOSING NIGHT
Bordertown
I must confess I stopped watching after the first two episodes of Fox’s new animated series about Border Patrol agent Bud Buckwald and Mexican next-door neighbor Ernesto González, but I’m not ready to completely give up on Mexifornia, the fictitious town where the action takes place. Reviews have been mixed, yet it’s too early to dismiss the series created by Family Guy writer Mark Hentemann and executive-produced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. That’s why I want to see these two brand new episodes at CineFestival, complete with an extended Q&A with series writer and consulting producer Lalo Alcaraz (the cartoonist behind La Cucaracha) and SA actor Nicolás González (“the future of Latino acting in the U.S.A.,” says CineFestival director Jim Mendiola), who voices Ernesto. Too bad the other consulting producer, Gustavo Arellano (of Ask a Mexican! fame), couldn’t make it, but Lalo’s presence guarantees lethal comebacks whenever a bigot heckles from the audience. 7:30pm Sat.
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