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Selena
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- 38 feature instances
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Selena is a 1997 biographical film written and directed by Gregory Nava, about the life of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez. The film details Selena's beginnings as a child performer up through her rise to stardom as a Latino and North American icon, ultimately culminating in her untimely and tragic death at the hands of her fan club manager Yolanda Saldivar.Jennifer Lopez stars in the titular role, with Edward James Olmos as Selena's father Abraham Quintanilla, Constance Marie as her mother Marcella, Jon Seda as her guitarist (and eventual husband) Chris Pérez, and Lupe Ontiveros as Yolanda Saldivar. The film is notable for providing a Star-Making Role for Jennifer Lopez.Not to be confused with the 2014 Serena. | |
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Stage Mom | |
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Stage Mom: More like "Stage Dad" Abraham was the one who wanted Selena and the kids to become musicians. | |
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Secret Relationship | |
| Selena / int_2bf993ad | comment |
Secret Relationship: When Abraham rejects Selena and Chris dating and kicks him out of the group, they continue to date in secret before eloping. It stops being a secret when news leaks of the marriage, forcing them to face her family... who approves of the decision to marry and welcomes Chris back to the family and the band. | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy Selena who enjoyed playing outdoors, vs. Girly Girl Suzette who did not want to be a drummer because "girls don't play drums". | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: Played straight and subverted. Yolanda murders Selena offscreen, but the karma gods aren’t mocked and she ends up getting trapped by the authorities in a long stand off. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
| Selena / int_3bc88a7f | comment |
Foregone Conclusion: Since this is a biopic of a deceased person, the story's end is inevitably sad. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: Yolanda tells these when she is confronted by the Quintanilla family about the stolen money from the fan club and boutique. Selena’s family and the audience all know she’s telling lies. | |
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Killed Offscreen | |
| Selena / int_423f5a19 | comment |
Killed Offscreen: The fatal encounter between Selena and Yolanda is not shown on-screen, simply cutting to police arriving on the scene with Yolanda in hysterics with a gun to her head, almost being Driven to Suicide after shooting Selena as the police and Feds try to talk her down into surrendering and face trial. | |
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Important Haircut | |
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Important Haircut: Suzy gives Chris a haircut so he can join the band. | |
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Downer Ending | |
| Selena / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: When the Quintanilla family and Chris are in the hospital and gets the news of Selena's death. They cry slow, painful tears. In Real Life, however, the Quintanilla family still tries to keep her name alive. Selena's father Abraham still manages her estate, image, and musical rights. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
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Artistic License – History: Abraham says that the scene on the beach where Marcela teaches Selena how to do the washing machine dance didn't actually happen – though they did often sit on the beach and talk about life. | |
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Loony Fan | |
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Loony Fan: Yolanda, of the deadly type. | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Selena's father is shown to have anger issues. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: While Abraham did go too far by yelling at Selena and Chris by threatening to disband the group, he did have a right to feel concerned with what would happen with the band should their relationship lead to marriage. Marcella, even Chris, sees things from Abraham’s point of view later on. | |
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Soapbox Sadie | |
| Selena / int_6b11ff57 | comment |
Soapbox Sadie: Abraham has quite a bit to say about the struggles of being Mexican-American. His kids roll their eyes whenever he gets going. | |
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How We Got Here | |
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How We Got Here: The movie begins with Selena's famous performance at the Houston Astrodome on February 26, 1995. During which, it flashbackes to 1961 during Abraham's early days with Los Dinos. Following the family's rise to fame during the early 1990s, the movie cuts back to the Astrodome concert mid-performance. | |
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The Tragic Rose | |
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The Tragic Rose: A symbolic example. During the concert where she sings “Dreaming of You”, Selena stops when a white rose is thrown at her. The look on her face quickly foreshadows her impending murder. | |
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Mexican Standoff | |
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Mexican Standoff: Yolanda did this for over nine hours before she finally gave up. | |
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Meaningful Funeral | |
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Meaningful Funeral: The film closes on a large candlelight vigil held by Selena's fans. | |
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Age Cut | |
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Age Cut: Briefly. The young Selena has an Imagine Spot of performing on stage, where she's fades into Jennifer Lopez. | |
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Boyfriend-Blocking Dad | |
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Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Abraham towards Selena. While he had good reasons to be weary of Chris dating his daughter, he also just wants to protect her. Eventually, following Selena's elopement with Chris, Abraham admitted that he was upset as he felt like he was losing Selena and apologizes for his earlier behavior; even willing to accept Chris into the family. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: There was a hint that Selena's father was aware of Selena and Chris's relationship...said hint was her and Chris exchanging romantic gestures before Selena went on the stage to perform. | |
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Man Hug | |
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Man Hug: Chris hugs both and AB and Abraham when he is welcomed into the family. | |
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Alas, Poor Villain | |
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Alas, Poor Villain: Yolanda is practically in tears during her stand off with the police, expressing indirect regret for murdering Selena. But given her manipulative personality, she could be crying Crocodile Tears. | |
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Trademark Favorite Food | |
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Trademark Favorite Food: Selena loved pizza. | |
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Faux Fluency | |
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Faux Fluency: Selena was not fluent in Spanish, so she had to learn her Tejano music phonetically when she was younger (she lampshades how ridiculous the lyrics are when translated to English). However, Abraham pressed the importance of her knowing both languages in order to break through, and after she became popular in the Tejano genre, her English command made it easy for her to crossover to the American mainstream. There's a scene where she holds a press conference in Spanish, and after trying to sum up her feelings in that language, she stumbled and finishes her sentence with "excited", which makes everyone laugh, but with her, not at her. The actual Selena quote this scene is based on is a bit less fortunate, was probably bowdlerized to keep the movie family-friendly. Selena said "estoy muy excitada estar en México" which sounds like it should mean "I'm very excited to be in Mexico" but really translates as "I'm very horny to be in Mexico." | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: Abraham goes into a rage when Selena says she loves Chris. He gets better after the two marry. | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: Yolanda Saldivar holding herself at gunpoint and feeling no will to live after killing her so-called "best friend" that same day. | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Chris, AB Quintanilla, and the male band-mates. | |
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Hypocrite | |
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Hypocrite: Abraham called Chris a "bum musician," yet Abraham himself had a failed music career and lived through his kids upon discovering their musical talent. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Selena's husband was Chris Perez – who had long hair, wore punk clothes, and played heavy metal before performing with her. Subverted when Chris turns out to be a Nice Guy. | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates: Selena dating Chris against the wishes of her father. He gets over it though. | |
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Hate Sink | |
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Hate Sink: Yolanda, for obvious reasons. And don't forget about the restaurant owner earlier in the beginning who rejected a young Abraham and the Dinos to perform due to his racism against Mexicans. | |
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Artistic License – Geography | |
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Artistic License – Geography: The scene in the Houston Astrodome was actually filmed in the San Antonio Alamodome. | |
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Gold Digger | |
| Selena / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Gold Digger: Invoked. The reason why Abraham wasn't approving of Selena and Chris's romantic relationship was because he was worried that Chris was a gold digger who would ruin everything they've worked for. | |
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Talent Double | |
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Talent Double: Jon Seda couldn't manage the guitar riff for Perez's audition scene, so the real Perez doubled for his hands in close-up. | |
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Buffy Speak | |
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Buffy Speak: Abraham disapproves of Selena's bustier, calling it "a bra with little sparkly things on them!" | |
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Biopic / int_98d00e38 | |
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Dead-Hand Shot / int_98d00e38 | |
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Even the Subtitler Is Stumped / int_98d00e38 | |
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Films of 1995–1999 / int_98d00e38 | |
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Hollywood Old / int_98d00e38 | |
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I Was Just Joking / int_98d00e38 | |
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Latin Land / int_98d00e38 | |
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Latino-American Media / int_98d00e38 | |
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Mononymous Biopic Title / int_98d00e38 | |
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No Fame, No Wealth, No Service / int_98d00e38 | |
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Sitting on the Roof / int_98d00e38 | |
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Slow-Motion Drop / int_98d00e38 | |
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Spicy Latina / int_98d00e38 | |
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Starring a Star as a Star / int_98d00e38 | |
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Talent Double / int_98d00e38 | |
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The '80s / int_98d00e38 | |
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The '80s / int_98d00e38 |
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