Lupita is a great character. I really miss her in the later seasons. This hilarious clip is an excellent representation of her. Even though Lupita is a housekeeper/nanny for the Botwins she is, in a way, so above them all. She's kind of the only sane one in the sea of idiots-Doug and Andy being prime examples.
It's pretty obvious that Lupita is living up to a stereotype. Housekeepers are typically minorities or foreigners in TV land. I'd say 50 percent of the time they are, in fact, Latina. The people they work for are also typically white. So why would a more liberal/unconventional show like weeds fall into this racist trap? Lupita is Mexican, she's cleaning a white woman's house, her cousin is a drug dealer, and she watches telenovela. You may think...come on Weeds! Not cool! But the way they present it all is actually kind of great. An intelligent audience member will recognize that the stereotypes surrounding Lupita are so in-your-face that they are meant to be a joke. It points out how ridiculous the stereotypes are. Her character is a satire in itself.
And, like I said, Lupita isn't just some cleaning lady running around in the background like we see in shows like the O.C. or Gossip Girl. She's a key character and shows everyone who's boss. Like when she finds out that Nancy is selling pot. She hands the stash over to Nancy and says, "I want a raise." And she doesn't clean a thing ever again. She just stays and watches the madness unfold :)
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