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NotChristine

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If you can't get enough Texas on your TV, we have good news for you: A new docuseries Texicanas is coming to Bravo! In Texicanas, we're headed to San Antonio, a city rich in Mexican culture that boasts one of the largest Latino populations in the United States. The show follows six San Antonio ladies as they navigate love, family, and, of course, drama, all while maintaining their connection to Mexican culture and traditions.

Premieres May 7. Watch the trailer here.

KnotsLanding

KnotsLanding

I was curious about this as someone who is born and raised in San Antonio. When they announced it and were filming around town, I felt like it was offering a very narrow (and obviously segregated) view of San Antonio. Now that I've watched it, it's obvious thats what they were going for. I'm not sure why Bravo is like that, but the obvious segregation is annoying. This could've benefited from simply casting a good set of women and not going with this Mexico angle (much like I feel RHONY or RHOBH could benefit from diversity). I feel half of them are interesting, but it felt very forced.

I do think it was well produced and the city looked beautiful, but I hated the narration and flash forward. I feel that works only on the established shows where you know everyone. Plus it didn't seem like they were fighting over anything serious. I wish they had just introduced each woman and let the narrative play out on it's own. I felt like it was severely dumbed down in that regard. Just when I was getting into a scene it would be interrupted with them narrating what is happening. They skipped over the birthday party to talk about the birthday party. Let me SEE the birthday party! They were trying to cram too much in.

Still, despite my reservations, I'm a housewives and Bravo whore so I will probably give it a go. 

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OnceSane

OnceSane

14 hours ago, TexasGal said:

I don’t know how I feel about the narration telling us the story.  So far I don’t like that but I’ll give it some more time.

11 hours ago, biakbiak said:

It made me think that they don’t have a lot of great footage in order to try and tie together the scenes which doesn’t bode well.

MTE, y'all.  Plus,it gave it a bit of a "Made in Mexico" feeling minus the joy of that show.

timeywimey

timeywimey

Also from SA, and I hadn't paid much attention to the lead up from this show. I've watched the first 15 minutes and have decided to check out. This is such a narrow view of SA, featuring no one actually from here. Unlike @KnotsLanding, my reservations are making me check out. 

I might come by this forum to see if things get interesting though!

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ShaNaeNae

ShaNaeNae

8 hours ago, timeywimey said:

Also from SA, and I hadn't paid much attention to the lead up from this show. I've watched the first 15 minutes and have decided to check out. This is such a narrow view of SA, featuring no one actually from here. Unlike @KnotsLanding, my reservations are making me check out. 

On 5/8/2019 at 2:36 AM, KnotsLanding said:

I was curious about this as someone who is born and raised in San Antonio. When they announced it and were filming around town, I felt like it was offering a very narrow (and obviously segregated) view of San Antonio. 

Hello fellow SA'ers!  Far west side representing.

I only fit in half of it while getting ready for work this morning but I enjoyed it for the most part.  I too was disappointed no one was really from here.  I moved here in 1998 and I've been here longer than any of them.  I also wasn't crazy about the jumping around.  I realized many scenes later that they were trying to tell the story of the group text or birthday party?  See I can't remember now.

Only thing I thought they left out which is true San Antonio is none of those women really spoke Spanglish.  It was either or but most everyone I hear around here is speaking Spanglish.

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Stats Queen

Stats Queen

I was curious about the show. I went to college in San Antonio from 1982 -1986 (St. Mary’s) and was transferred to Houston for work in 1988. I was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM. I am glad several San Antonio natives said that this represented a narrow slice of San Antonio. That’s what I thought but I was in college for most of those years so my citywide exposure was somewhat narrow.

I love San Antonio and would move back there in a minute. My brother followed me to college and still lives in San Antonio. I’m now a long time resident of metro Atlanta. Of all the cities I’ve lived in or visited, San Antonio is the best.

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biakbiak

biakbiak

1 hour ago, sheetmoss said:

Re; The narration

Didn't  Southern Charm have Cameran do it too on its first season?

So far I'm  enjoying  it

It’s been forever but I think she just did a little bit at the beginning of the episodes basically recalling the previous episodes over clips like she still does not throughout the entire episode. 

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Giselle

Giselle

2 hours ago, walnutqueen said:

Dumb and dumber cannot define"anal".

Also, they all need a jewelry intervention.

I guess that's the only reason I'm still watching. Fugly earrings and gaudy necklaces - and the faint hope this show is at least as lame as Invite Only Cabo.

After two episodes I can't watch this. One reason only... Myra. 

Can't stand her voice or her attitude.

Y'all enjoy. 

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ShaNaeNae

ShaNaeNae

I hate to say I'm kind of loving this show.  I like Luz and actually most of them except Mayra.  I'd be pissed if someone touched me like that too.  

Penny's husband pings my gaydar a bit. 

Also this is fairly new footage, the Spartan Race was just barely 2 months ago, March 23-24 I think.  

For such a low fitness level, Karla sure is thin!  If only I had that gene...

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Dance4Life

Dance4Life

On 5/20/2019 at 12:21 PM, OnceSane said:

Episode 3:

Airs May 21, 2019.

Did everyone already give up? 🤣

The show is not that good.  The narrating is beyond annoying.  

It is like a cheesy throwback to Saved By the Bell! Hahahahaha!

I was in SATX for a hot minute while my mom trained at BAMC ......and, love, love, love everything Tex-Mex......pero, ya no puedo con estas rucas!

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OnceSane

OnceSane

I thought Luz's citizenship story was gonna be about her.  Why TF are we supposed to care about some dude we haven't met?  Will he feature prominently in Luz's storyline this season?  If not,I don't GAF.  I'd much rather watch Anayancy try to figure out her citizen application.  "Only form where we're considered white" had me rolling.  As did her attempts to avoid Mayra's help.  I like that she'd rather do it on her own to avoid Mayra taking over the whole shebang.

I'm digging Penny navigating her life: the fashion show, parenting with her husband and trying to help her friends all get along.  If we have to have a narrator for this, I think she's the best choice.

Karla trying to kneel/sit/walk at mass after the Spartan race…I died.  But I love how proud everyone was of her doing her best.  Karla has some of the best reactions to every situation.  I was afraid she'd be a little Lydia from RHoMelbourne, but she's totally not.  Though the fact she has to explain that her sister is the older one?  Girl, lay off the fillers.

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biakbiak

biakbiak

37 minutes ago, OnceSane said:

'd much rather watch Anayancy try to figure out her citizen application.  "Only form where we're considered white" had me rolling

Though she seriously need to renew her permanent residency card in the current environment because why it hasn't been enforced in the past not having a valid one is technically grounds for losing it and getting deported  and citizenship is going to take longer than two months. Also,  she should dump her boyfriend ugly and a Trump supporter not to mention making her parade around with those flowers which is.more about him getting credit from others than her enjoyment of them.

Peggy looks different in all her TH and real life and than her voice is a little different when she narrates so I get confused like she is two or three different people!

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KnotsLanding

KnotsLanding

This episode I'm going to try to rewatch, I felt they started to lose me here. The cast overall just isn't that interesting and it seems they're struggling for things to feature to pad out the episode. I still say they should've gone more straight up housewives/Ladies of London in format and cast an overall good show and let it play out naturally. I'm so sick of them explaining every Mexican tradition or saying like they are some sort of unknown alien race we have no knowledge of. I felt Mexican Dynasties did a better job of just allowing the characters to exist and the footage to speak for itself. This just feels very dumbed down and contrived. 

KnotsLanding

KnotsLanding

For a show with only eight episodes, this is shockingly dull. We're halfway in and still the only conflict among the ladies is someone being called anal? That isn't even really an insult and that is all we have so far. Overall the group just doesn't seem to mesh. I like some of the ladies, but overall as a group it's just boring. If they got a second season (which I know wouldn't happen) they'd need to recast at least half of the show. I feel there is promise. I like some of the ladies, but their solo scenes are boring and the group scenes aren't much better. They need seem to do anything or go anywhere fabulous. 

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walnutqueen

walnutqueen

7 hours ago, KnotsLanding said:

For a show with only eight episodes, this is shockingly dull. We're halfway in and still the only conflict among the ladies is someone being called anal? That isn't even really an insult and that is all we have so far. Overall the group just doesn't seem to mesh. I like some of the ladies, but overall as a group it's just boring. If they got a second season (which I know wouldn't happen) they'd need to recast at least half of the show. I feel there is promise. I like some of the ladies, but their solo scenes are boring and the group scenes aren't much better. They need seem to do anything or go anywhere fabulous. 

I agree.  For whatever reason, this show bores me.  I can't muster up the slightest interest in these women and their families or relationships.

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KnotsLanding

KnotsLanding

On 5/29/2019 at 12:14 PM, biakbiak said:

Not to mention we have heard so much about this stupid group text before it even has aired that I can’t imagine it will live up to the hype. 

The season is too short to have a flash forward, especially about a group text that probably won't amount to much. The constant narration not only dumbs the show down, but with the mentions of the group text you can tell they're trying to hype you up to think soemthing interesting is coming. I'm a believer of show not tell.

Also, the ratings are horrible. Mexican Dynasties was averaging 500,000 viewers and this is managing around 300,000 per episode. Considering these shows are airing after RHOBH which averages 1.6-1.7 million these results aren't good.  

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KnotsLanding

KnotsLanding

Okay it took until episode 6 of 8 to finally get to the text thing teased in episode 1 and now it’s almost over. 6 episodes for something dramatic to happen! These are some dull women who lead rather plain lived. This trip was just incredibly awkward and the place they stayed at seemed so low rent. Now I’m just curious to see how these final two episodes play out and how they wrap things up. 

Penny’s narraration continues to kill momentum. Replaying the moment when Karla and Mayra ignored each other at the party and explaining what was happening just killed me. How stupid do they think the viewers are? We don’t need something like that replayed and explained. Just SHOW us. 

Stats Queen

Stats Queen

This show was such a disappointment. Having a “narrator” distracted from the show. But this show did not hold my interest. I rewatched the first episode 4 times because I lost my attention. Same with the second episode. So, this has been on my DVR forever and I’m laid up with knee problems. Started to watch the 3rd episode but stopped and deleted all of the episodes. 

I was so disappointed because I went to college in San Antonio and lived there for a couple of years after college. My brother followed me to college in San Antonio and he still lives there. Granted, I moved from San Antonio in 1988, so it was a long time ago. I was hoping they would focus on the awesomeness of  San Antonio as I remember it and I was sadly disappointed.

But I loved, loved Mexican Dynasties- it was so funny and positive.

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