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Ayala: Selena: The Series, though far from perfect, counters stereotypes and tells an authentic Mexican American story
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Selena performs at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1994. Photo courtesy the Houston Chronicle.HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Netflix’s “Selena: The Series” might have been over-hyped. It might deserve some of the harshest criticisms it elicited.
But no matter how much the series may have disappointed those who expected more Selena and less of her father or her brother, it has succeeded far beyond its ratings.
It has broken through industry obstacles to tell a Mexican American coming-of-age story, a Texas story, a Tejano story and, ultimately, an American story.