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Going viral: Funny Cuban-flavored abuela video

 
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It’s unclear if the video is professionally produced by MTV or the work of someone who goes by the name lamismaluna, who is given credit along with tr3s.
It’s unclear if the video is professionally produced by MTV or the work of someone who goes by the name lamismaluna, who is given credit along with tr3s.

lyanez@MiamiHerald.com

A video with a decidedly Miami flavor is going viral on YouTube.

It’s called S**t Abuelas Say.

The abuela in question speaks in Spanish like a stereotypical grandmother (with a heavy Cuban accent) and hints of living somewhere in Miami-Dade. And she’s a hoot.

The spectacle is reminiscent of a modern-day episode of Que Pasa, USA?, the popular 1970s TV sitcom.

In multiple snippets of the short YouTube video, the unidentified pudgy abuela disperses advice, criticisms, reprimands and hyperbolic threats to her grandchildren, who look-on without saying a word.

She complains about younger members of the family who don’t pick up calls on their cellphones.

“One day, there’s going to be a real emergency and we’ll see what happens then!” she barks after the voicemail beep, then barks that she won’t be leaving a message.

She says Cuban coffee “is what’s keeping her alive.”

She criticizes a granddaughter for gaining weight, then peddles a plate full of fattening foods to a grandson — calling it a snack. In another scene, she tells the granddaughter she needs to eat because being skinny is not healthy.

Abuela also spends a lot of time gossiping on the phone and follows Spanish-language horoscope guru Walter Mercado, all with an infectious charm.

It’s unclear if the video is professionally produced by MTV or the work of someone who goes by the name lamismaluna, who is given credit along with tr3s.

Or if the abuela is an actress or a real abuela.

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