I know a really good Dominican butcher named Santiago
But I know where he is. That is no mystery. What is a mystery, is what the fuck happened to Santiago on FNL? As you well know, we're a lil' behind in keeping up with the series. Forgive us, we're late to the game, so to speak. But I can't just let the writers, or lack of writers in Season Two just get away with this kind of shit. In general, it seems Peter Berg, while dealing with an impressive breadth of issues, is a bit of a pussy when it comes to down and out dealing with shit. Nope, he just gets rid of characters he doesn't want to resolve.
When I was in my mid-twenties, I found out that my Great Grandmother was 100% Mexican. So, that changed things a little perspective wise for me. Today, I know myself as this anglo dude, as everyone else sees me. But imagine, if I'd found out that much earlier. Things might have been really goddamn different for me. Which brings me back to Santiago.
Sure, the relationship between Buddy and Santiago was forced and a little odd, but just when the characters were getting interesting, the writers abandon them. And I think, abandon the majority population of Texas and soon the United States.
When I was growing up in Texas, I always had Latino friends. In fact, most of my friends were Latino and I was the odd man out. The only other outlier was my friend Jason, who was Thai. He fought his 'asianess' off in Texas by totally diving into the heavy metal and later hard-core scene. Jason to me, is a lot like Santiago. What the fuck happened to Jason? Oh, and what the fuck happen to Jason Street. Jesus, I won't even bark up that tree.
Anyways, I think its sad that the writers couldn't bang their heads and come up with a storyline for Santiago. Try hanging out in any major city or small town and you'd probably overhear your next episode dialog. I think if anybody could have filled the boots of the Smash character it would have been Santiago. And hey, who knows, then they might even have picked up a whole other audience. You know the rest of America.
Anyways, I think its about time to watch another episode.
Yours,
Fuckin' Annoyed FNL Fanboy @angrywayne
PS- Somebody better lose this JD's Dad dude. He sucks, big time.
