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Los Angeles used to portrayed as the place that has the beach, the nice weather, the

beautiful blonds, and the glamorous stars (what you see in bay watch). We here the story

of people who came to LA expecting this image because this is how LA is portrayed in

the media, but when they come they something that is totally different; they were

expecting to see a place filled with white people, and blond women, but then they see a

place filled with Hispanics, they see a mall that is completely oriental, shops with written

signs that they cant understand.

The film did a very good job in focusing on important elements of LA; one of the most

interesting things that got my attention is the fact the LA does not have center, it does not

have a heart, the vast majority of business are not in down town, down town does not

play an essential part of people’s life in LA, not like Manhattan in New York. The also

showed the opposite sides of LA, the......

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