Luis Santeiro

Luis Santeiro (born October 9, 1947) is a Cuban American television screenwriter and playwright. Quotes I was living in Miami. Some people would say, ‘You were very young when you came from Cuba. How did you know us?’ They think I’m portraying Cuba, I said, ‘No, I’m portraying Miami. I’m portraying what I saw in Miami.’ On how he wrote the first bilingual sitcom ¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? in “Meet Luis Santeiro, the Head Writer of the US’ Very First Bilingual Sitcom ‘¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?’” in Remezcla (2017) We would get letters from Nebraska. I’ve talked to Latin Americans, whether they’re from Colombia [or elsewhere], and they have somebody like that in their family…If you make it authentic, if it touches you, it doesn’t have to be your experience. On how writing truthfully enables you to connect with different audiences in “Meet Luis Santeiro, the Head Writer of the US’ Very First Bilingual Sitcom ‘¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?’” in Remezcla (2017) We went to the visual and the acting. You would lose some jokes if you didn’t speak both languages, but you didn’t lose the thrust. On relying on physical comedy to bridge any language gaps in “Meet Luis Santeiro, the Head Writer of the US’ Very First Bilingual Sitcom ‘¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?’” in Remezcla (2017) The teenagers have been sucked into American culture overnight, while their parents are concerned with preserving roots. On the cultural clash dramatized in his play Our Lady of the Tortilla in “Out of the Frying Pan, Onto the Stage” in New York Magazine (1991 Oct 28) External links Category:Cuban Americans Category:Screenwriters from the United States Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban exiles Category:People from Havana