Posted on 09/06/2017 10:39:03 AM PDT by EdnaMode
With President Trump's plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shields young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation dominating the news cycle, the announcement of Gina Rodriguez's production projects is extremely timely: the Jane the Virgin star is developing a pilot for the CW called Illegal that will follow an undocumented family through the eyes of the teenage son, as well as a medical drama about a doctor from a Latin American country who can't practice in America when she immigrates to Miami but opens a clinic in her apartment to serve her community.
Deadline reports that Illegal is written and co-executive produced by Jane the Virgin writer Rafael Agustin and based on his real-life experience. Agustin was born in Ecuador and grew up in America. It wasn't until he was in high school that he learned that he and his parents were undocumented. Illegal is described as a one-hour dramedy about sixteen-year-old Rafael, "a charming but bumbling high school student just trying to survive puberty. But when this all-American teenager discovers that he is not American at all, his perfect Honor Roll world is turned upside down."
The project is clearly one close to Rodriguez's heart, as she has been a vocal supporter of DACA and has been very vigorous on social media with pro-DACA activism since Trump announced his repeal.
Rodriguez, whose I Can & I Will Productions has a production deal with CBS TV Studios, is also developing a medical drama for CBS called Have Mercy. It's based on a German show called Dr. Illegal and will tell the story of a Latina doctor who immigrates to Miami and takes a job working as a nurse's assistant, since she's not licensed to work as a doctor. But she risks everything to give back to the community when she opens a makeshift clinic in her apartment. The series will be written and executive produced by Queen of the South co-executive producer Dailyn Rodriguez.
The announcement of I Can & I Will's in-development shows comes the day after CBS announced another immigration story in development called Welcome to Maine from The Millers creator Greg Garcia. That sitcom would follow an immigrant and his daughter who move to an insular town in the whitest state in America. CBS has been criticized for a lack of diversity in the people who make its shows, and Rodriguez and Gacia's projects are among the network's first efforts to try to rectify that.
CBS will run non-stop commercials during NFL broadcasts, to draw in the millions of Kaepernick fans. :)
The Ministry of Propaganda is going all out to get this amnesty.
I have never heard of this person or her show.
Jane the Virgin is a slap in the face to church-going Hispanics everywhere.
Haha, yeah. :D
Yup, this is shameless Hollywood propaganda.
“But she risks everything to give back to the community when she opens a makeshift clinic in her apartment”
Who the hell needs a makeshift clinic? In the USA, hospitals cannot turn anyone sway, regardless of immigration status. So what is the point of this clinic?
She should return to Ecuador and give back to her ‘community’ there.
Another insipid tv offering that the Mrs. and I will not watch. Haven’t watched Jane the Virgin, either. Totally insipid.
several months ago, there was an article about 50 or so shows being cancelled. I had never even heard of 45 of them.
Shark Tank and Blue Bloods are about all I watch regularly. NCIS if I happen to be home that night.
Last spring, I binge watched The Night Shift on Netflix. I didn’t realize until I was almost done that it’s a long running NBC series. I’ve got no idea what night it’s on.
Mmmmm ... German comedy ... what could go wrong there?
DACA is DemoCACA! How about TACO: Trump’s Action for Child Outsiders?
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