Darling Rita Moreno Moves

“No more torrid tamale jokes. When Rita Moreno kicks off the new cabaret season at the plush little Café Carlyle by jokingly introducing herself as Chita Rivera, you know both Rita and Chita are as tired of those old “Latin from Manhattan” labels as Lina Romay and Estelita Rodriguez were in the 1940’s. Not to mention Lupe Velez, who was tired of everything Besides, the old Hollywood casting-department clichés that drove coffin nails into the early careers of talented women like Ms. Moreno no longer have any relevance. “

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