In Starz's new 'Vida,' the politics of gender and gentrification on LA's Eastside get personal
by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times
May 07, 2018
2 minutes
Gentrification and the landscape-altering socioeconomics of modern Los Angeles loom large in "Vida," Starz's half-hour series set in Boyle Heights amid the city's moneyed real-estate boon and affordable housing crisis.
It's a Latinx community on the verge of whitewash, like Silver Lake 20 years ago. But the neurotic hipsters who populate shows such as "You're the Worst" or "Love" haven't taken over yet. Taquerias, lavanderias and old bungalows
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