By David Templeton Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This time out, he sends noted author and lecturer Himilce Novas to see the reverential new bio-pic Selena . For many, it is clear, Selena is more than just a movie. She was a natural stage person. And she was inordinately strong.
Every performer does that.
Though the movie is less than frank as a biography, Novas agrees that Selena's event-status is justified. That, I think is tremendous. To see your own face on the screen, to see your culture represented, is a very powerful thing. And we have to speak perfect Spanish or the Mexicans look down on us. Selena was very important to the Mexican-Americans, because she struggled and rose above all that.