The Hulu Cuban Thing

I don’t watch TV, per say.  I watch hulu.com.  As some of you may know Hulu is an internet service that streams television programs and movies.  One of the nice things about Hulu is that it has a desk-top platform where one can program their favorite television programs and watch them at their leisure.  When I discovered Hulu last year I quickly canceled my cable.  Now I program the television programs I like (24, House, Lost, 30 Rock, Better Of Ted, Modern Family, Bones, Caprica, Forgotten, Fringe, Heroes,  Castle etc.) and watch them on my schedule.

I just finished watching the latest episode of “Castle” which I found appropriate to mention on My Cuban Thing because it actually had to do with Cuba.  For those who are not familiar with the program  it’s just a typical police/drama murder investigation type TV show.  I enjoy it because of it’s a light heartedness and the inter-relationship between the two main characters (Nathan Fillion from “Firefly” and Stana Katic.)

As far as I can remember the last time a TV program had a plot that had anything to do with Cuba was “I Love Lucy.”.  This episode of “Castle” had to do with the murder of an exiled Cuban baseball player.  It took place in the Spanish Harlem section of New York City, which incidentally is not a “Cuban” neighborhood, and the run down of the usual “Cuban” suspects which had non-Cuban accents.  Though the story line and its  characters were somewhat superficial and can be easily opened to criticism, it was interesting to see a topic dealing with “Cuba” appearing on a prime time TV show.

There are many troublesome situations in the world today, the tragic earthquake in Haiti being one of them.  TV programs often portray many of these problems in their story lines to stay in touch with reality.  However the US embargo on Cuba has been an issue that has been going on for more than fifty years.  As light as it may have been, the “Castle” episode at least brought Cuba to Prime Time.

Since President Obama took office last year some changes have taken place.  Today Cuban Americans can travel to Cuba to visit their families, but more needs to be done.  Hopefully “Prime Time” television will bring this issue to light.  The embargo must end.

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