#I may be Cuban but I remember visiting Venezuela more than I do Cuba | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sol-draws-sometimes · 9 months ago

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You can tell not a single Venezuelan was involved in the making of Jane the Virgin, cause NOT ONCE DID THEY SING THE BIRTHDAY SONG!!!

It's a comedy show, like wouldn't it have been so funny to see a white man(or Rafael since he's not Venezuelan) celebrating a birthday at the Villanueva household and they're just expecting "Happy Birthday" but with the words in Spanish and they get fucking hit with; a song with a completely, different ass melody; with 4 verses, probably with Happy Birthday in Spanish afterwards; one more time in English cause, "We're immigrants so we gotta do it in English"; and the whole ordeal is about 5 times longer than the normal birthday song. Like, that shit is hilarious! Missed opportunity!!!

I caught it when Mateo turned one and they just sang Happy Birthday in Spanish, which latinos DO do, but that's just not Venezuelan. And like, yah Michael will probably have known about the existence of the song since he's been dating Jane for a while, but like it doesn't even have to be funny(I know that scene supposed to be serious), it's just a small thing that's Venezuelan you know.

Also, I'm not even super Venezuelan, I just have extended family cause I had a visabuelo(great uncle) that was Venezuelan, I'm sure an actual Venezuelan would've caught more things.

Anyway if you don't know what I'm talking about, go watch this skit it's super funny. Or here's the song in a form you'll normally hear it. There's also additional quips, you can see in this video. I don't know them cause my cousins don't really do it, but other people do, so it makes it even more chaotic.

#sol talks #my post #jane the virgin #jtv #venezuela #latino #latine #Like imagine a flashback of Miachle's first time over for a birthday being absolutely confused out of his mind #And I only know the main song #The only quip I know is “Y los pañales que te di”#Technically you don't have to repeat “natal” or “felicidad" but MOST people do(my family included)#idk missed oppurtunity for a funny bit #I may be Cuban but I remember visiting Venezuela more than I do Cuba #I always get excited when I find Venezulan shit cause it's like not exactly me but also MEEEEEEE(kinda)#Also I DO like Jane Virgin #TEAM MIACHLE THEY DID HIS ASS DIRTY #Personally S5 is the weakest but honestly I remember it being a good show I watched #Idk there just little details that make charcters feel more lived in #especially when they are from a nationality not commonly shown #Yo I'm so proud of myself learning the song #for the longest time I only knew the first verse and the ending #the middle is always a blur #BUT I DID IT #I only hear it when I'm with my Venezulean family or more recently I'll sing it to my Venezuelan friend since I know it now!#IT'S SUCH A LONG ORDEAL YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND #One time my family was at a park and we spotted Venezuleans and started talking to them cause they sang the song #I haven't watched Jane the Virgin in a while #But this is a thought I regularly have

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